Hidden Secrets James nodded, Emma was right.

　　His mind felt like mush, and without the help of the two of them, he might never have known that the person turned out to be William.

　　'I'm just saying you should have informed me before doing this.' He had just sat back down in the chair when he suddenly stood up again.

　　'No, I can't.

　　I have to go back and interrogate William again.

　　With this recording, let's see what that guy has to say!' 'What's the rush? It wouldn't hurt to wait until I finish breakfast,' Benjamin said.

　　He wanted the newly appointed captain to rest a little longer."

　　James sat back down and patiently waited for Benjamin and Emma to finish breakfast.

　　Then, he took them directly to the police station to reinterrogate William.

　　William's attitude was the same as yesterday, completely uncooperative.

　　"No matter what you ask, my answer is only one: I don't know," he sneered at the three of them.

　　James was about to lose his temper, but Benjamin stopped him.

　　"Did you rest well yesterday?" Benjamin asked.

　　William shifted his gaze to Benjamin, feeling wary of him for some reason.

　　"It was alright." "I helped you, remember?" Benjamin reminded him.

　　"I told you the location where the body was dumped." "But that led me to being caught here," William replied, not grateful at all.

　　If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been caught.

　　"Honestly, the situation is not in your favor right now.

　　The police suspect that you killed Sophia," Benjamin continued.

　　"I killed Sophia?" William's emotions grew more agitated.

　　"Do you have any evidence to support that claim? Don't forget, it was me who reported the case.

　　If I had killed her, would I still report it?" He said more in one breath than he did all day yesterday.

　　Benjamin smiled; he always found a way to make an uncooperative person talk.

　　"Isn't it a bit too coincidental that you found the body while fishing? Also, you deliberately concealed your relationship with the deceased, which makes the police suspect you." "Even if I intentionally concealed my relationship with Sophia, that does not prove that I killed her," William retorted.

　　"I want you to listen to this," Benjamin had James play the recovered audio recording again.

　　He saw how nervous William became after hearing the recording, sticking out his tongue and licking his lips unconsciously.

　　"I believe you also know about Ethan and Sophia's relationship.

　　This recording was made when someone threatened Ethan," Benjamin said.

　　"Then you should go find the person who threatened him, not me." William's gaze briefly met Benjamin's before quickly looking away.

　　"I don't understand why you made me listen to this." "Listen to this as well," Benjamin had Emma play the restored recording.

　　After hearing this recording, William's face turned pale, and his body trembled with nervousness.

　　"I believe you have heard this voice before and also understand why I made you listen to these." "It's impossible.

　　How could this happen? I used a voice changer..." William started to speak but closed his mouth, glaring at Benjamin in annoyance.

　　He had fallen for it again.

　　"It seems like you have already admitted to threatening Ethan and demanding money from him," Benjamin laughed.

　　"Ethan was angry, of course, but he knew that if he didn't pay the money, the photos would be publicized.

　　So he gave her a large sum of money anyway.

　　Afterward, she asked me to help her hide the money, and she said we were going to leave this place together and start a new life.

　　I was so happy and felt like I could finally be with her.

　　"

　　”James asked.

　　"He was very afraid and immediately agreed to give me money, so I asked him to put the money in the trash can and wait till no one was around to take it," William said.

　　It was his first time doing something illegal, and he seemed to still feel a bit scared when looking back.

　　"How many times in total did you ask Ethan for money?" James asked further.

　　"I don't remember," William shook his head.

　　"Human nature is greedy.

　　Once you have the first time, there will be a second time, and the stakes will only get higher.

　　Ethan started to show impatience, even proposed breaking up with Sophia and promised her a significant amount of compensation." "But you weren't satisfied and wanted to take one final big hit before breaking up," James said.

　　"Yes.

　　This time we asked for one million chips and threatened to kill him if he didn't give it," William replied.

　　"Did he give it?" "No." "So you planned to kill him but didn't expect that Sophia would be killed by him instead?" "I don't know, I don't know anything," William suddenly exclaimed, Sophia's death had affected him, "I conspired with Sophia to extort money from Ethan, and I was worried that you would discover this, so I didn't reveal the relationship between me and Sophia.

　　As for how Sophia died, I genuinely don't know." "Do you think I would believe your words? If you have nothing to do with Sophia's death, then why did you suddenly resign after her death, and then found her body and reported it to the police?" "I can only say it's a coincidence," William lowered his head, even he himself didn't believe it could be such a coincidence.

　　"Coincidence?" James stared at William with a doubtful look.

　　"Yes, it's all a coincidence," William repeated, trying to convince himself that it was indeed a coincidence.

　　"As I said earlier, I knew it was impossible between me and Sophia, so I always thought that one day we would break up.

　　Ever since I started asking Ethan for money, I had this burden in my heart.

　　And when Ethan refused to pay one million, it reinforced my idea of leaving Sophia because we were impossible.

　　I resigned from the company, but I didn't expect it to be the moment when Sophia was murdered.

　　What surprised me even more was that I would fish out her body from the river.

　　When I saw Sophia's body, I was completely stunned, feeling that everything was the arrangement of fate, it was my fault, and I should do something for her." "So you called the police?" "Yes, that's all I could do for her," William said guiltily, "you have no idea how I've been these past couple of days.

　　Whenever I close my eyes, I see her horrifying face after death.

　　When I rushed to the dumping site and stood on the bridge, looking down, it seemed like she was crying to me from the river.

　　I betrayed her, and I should be down there with her." "So you jumped into the river, were you trying to end your life?" James said.

　　"Yes.

　　I've been living in fear, not knowing how to go on with my life."

　　"William spoke and glanced at Benjamin, saying, 'What surprises me is that this was all your setup.

　　You saved me from the river and brought me here.' 'So you're saying you didn't kill Sophia?' James asked.

　　'I really didn't kill her,' William said.

　　James let out a breath and turned to Benjamin.

　　If what William said was true, then he was truly a pitiful person.

　　After finally finding a woman who loved him, she turned out to be his older mistress who was financially supported by someone else.

　　And now, she's dead, while he has been implicated in a murder and become a suspect.

　　'When was the last time you saw Sophia?' Benjamin asked.

　　William replied, 'It was the afternoon she was killed.

　　She bought a lot of groceries and said she wanted to have a final meal with Ethan.

　　I helped her bring the groceries upstairs.' 'Do you remember what time you left her?' 'It should have been 6 o'clock.

　　She was cooking dinner at the time, and after I left, I submitted my resignation letter to the company and left the North Bank Community.' 'Did you never see her again after that?' 'The next time I saw her was the following morning when I fished her body out of the river.' 'I have no further questions,' Benjamin turned to James.

　　After William was taken away, James asked Benjamin and Emma, 'Do you believe what that kid said?' 'I don't think he's lying,' Emma said.

　　Benjamin said, 'At least half of what William said is true, but he intentionally concealed some things.' 'What did he conceal?' James asked.

　　'I don't know yet,' Benjamin said, 'Bring Ethan here, I have a few questions for him.' 'Alright,' James had Ethan brought in.