Chapter 1289: Twists and turns and getting closer to the truth

Chapter 1289: Another setback and getting closer to the truth

At nine o'clock in the morning, Jack, refreshed, stepped into the 12th Precinct again.

In sharp contrast to the person who was in a very good mood, the female detective and the writer looked a little listless.

Seeing this FBI agent, Cassel greeted him first, then looked behind him in confusion, "Where are Hannah and Jiejie?"

"They were exhausted from catching wanted criminals in Connecticut, and today they plan to take a good rest."

After saying that, Jack felt his waist was still a little sore, so he silently performed a healing spell on himself.

Cassel was a little confused, "But I saw they were quite excited yesterday."

The art of lying lies in telling half truths. Anyway, the two girls were indeed exhausted. They were even sleeping soundly in each other's arms before he left.

Jack changed the subject directly, "Youmi doesn't want to explain and asked to see a lawyer?"

Beckett, who was dozing on the table, looked up after hearing this, took the coffee and thanked him weakly, "Yes, Cassel made him speechless, and then he asked to see a lawyer. I asked Kevin and Esposito to go to his studio to verify his alibi."

"Let me first tell you about the specific process of the interrogation." Jack handed Cassel another cup of coffee, and the writer vividly recounted the story that happened after he entered the interrogation room last night.

The rest of the story is not complicated. Grace, who is also Miranda's assistant, has mentioned before that Ella, who aspires to be a fashion designer, has been promoting her designs to the designers participating in the "Amazing Five".

This included a despicable person.

At that time, Youmi was worried that his design could not pass the semi-finals. At this time, a design presented by Ella caught his attention. So he shamelessly plagiarized Ella's work and entered the finals with it.

The problem is, the “Amazing Five” final was just a gimmick.

As the name suggests, the works of those who can pass the semi-finals and enter the final five will be published in "Tianqiao". The only difference is the order of the pages.

And when those designs appeared in the magazine, it meant that the truth was revealed. Ella was Miranda's assistant, and Yumi couldn't imagine how Miranda would punish her after finding out about this.

So this despicable man decided to take the initiative and get Ella expelled so that she would never be able to gain a foothold in this circle again. This way, no one would believe what she said.

"He confessed all this himself?" Jack felt that the sissy man might not be so honest.

Cassel shrugged. "Of course I inferred it based on the clues. He acquiesced and then asked to see a lawyer."

"So he succeeded in achieving his goal by remotely tampering with Miranda's schedule, but unfortunately, after Ella got the IP address, she found Yumi's studio through other means and confronted him on the spot."

Jack sighed and said, "In that case, this is the scandal that Ella mentioned that could ruin Project Runway. If this matter is reported, it will be clear that Project Runway and Youmi are in cahoots, not only forcibly seizing her designs, but also trying to ruin her reputation."

Beckett took a sip of coffee and nodded in agreement, "We thought so too. The two of them must have had a head-on conflict in the studio. Ella threatened to make it public, and Youmi was afraid of being ruined, so she chose to kill him to silence him.

Now we have the motive, we just need to connect him to the crime scene and the clues."

"But the problem is that the clues don't connect."

Kevin arrived before he even arrived, and walked into the detective's office with his head down. "It wasn't Youmi who killed Ella, at least not by himself."

"What do you mean?" Cassel asked in surprise.

Kevin put a transcript on Beckett's desk. "It's true that many employees saw Ella and Yumi quarreling that night, but after Ella left angrily, Yumi stayed in the studio until three in the morning without leaving."

"Are you sure?" Beckett was a little unbelieving. Could it be that the clue was lost again?

Kevin nodded helplessly, "His alibi is very clear. I have confirmed it with more than one employee."

Cassel's voice suddenly rose eight octaves. "Check his call records, check all his contact information. This guy must be related to this matter."

"We thought so too." Esposito walked into the office with a smug look on his face and high-fived Kevin.

"I asked Kevin to come back and inform you first, and I checked the call records of the landline of Youmi Studio. I found that after Amy left that night, this guy made six consecutive calls to Tianqiao magazine."

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The high heels tapped on the ground, accurately showing the owner's angry mood at the moment.

"Youmi still doesn't want to speak?" Cassel guessed the result before Beckett returned to his seat and spoke.

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"Yes, and his idiot lawyer is still dreaming of helping him get rid of the crime, so he asked him not to say anything." The female police detective was so angry that she held her forehead with her hand.

"Maybe we can." Cassel was interrupted by the "ding" sound of the police station's elevator before he could finish his words. The elevator door opened, and Miranda walked into the detective's office with the steps of a strong woman who didn't care about her relatives.

"Detective Beckett, I heard that you need our help?" She used the plural form because there was a little follower following behind her.

Andy turned sideways and waved to everyone. His well-behaved and cute appearance formed a sharp contrast with Miranda's domineering queen style.

Beckett looked a little confused. As he stood up, he kept saying, "Huh? We don't have any."

Jack coughed lightly and pulled two chairs over. "Actually, I was the one who notified you two."

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After looking at the Ella design that Jack handed to her, Miranda took off her reading glasses and sighed, "What a beautiful design! It's incredible that there has always been a genius hiding beside me."

As she spoke, she frowned and looked at everyone. "I don't understand. If Ella knew that her design was stolen, why didn't she come to me directly? She should know that I would never condone such behavior."

"Maybe it's because she didn't think you would waste your time listening to her explanation. After all, she had already been fired by you at that time."

Andy's blunt words caused Miranda to frown and stare. She subconsciously shrank behind Jack in fear, but then she realized that she was no longer her assistant, but was called in to help, and she straightened her back quickly.

Beckett quickly interjected, trying to make the atmosphere less awkward, "Or maybe she was so angry that she just wanted revenge, including you who fired her from Runway."