The Alchemists

He must be able to find her and contact her. He would tell her that Summer was fine and they had tried to find her to return the child to her mother's l.a.p.

[Where were the two criminals killed?] He asked again.

Marion mentioned an address and Nicolae quickly opened his tablet. He had to look for CCTV camera footage in the area and find Summer's mother. She must have killed the two criminals, and one of the cameras would have been able to capture her tracks.

In his heart, Nicolae became very curious to know what this Summer's mother was like. That woman was very impressive. She always kept her daughter's privacy well, and now she could even face two criminals who kidnap her child on her own. This woman seemed to be quite tough.

Nicolae immediately searched for footages from various cameras in the vicinity of the location mentioned Marion. He managed to find the criminal's boat he left yesterday which was now in an area outside Paris. He saw the boat arrived and parked on the side of the canal at midnight.

Nicolae fast-forwarded various footages until 2 am to find out who came to the boat and killed them. But strangely, he did not find any movement. Everything was quiet. No one was coming nor going.

Very weird.

He then took his cellphone and contacted Marion to get confirmation. Lest he misunderstood Marion's words.

"Marion, you said the two criminals were killed around 2 am? Are you sure about that?"

"I know how to check rigor mortis, Nic. Their bodies had rigor mortis for at least 20 hours. If you don't believe me, you can come there yourself to examine the dead bodies. I left them on their boat," Marion replied casually.

She was in a high-end cosmetics shop and was picking out some makeup and accessories for JM when a phone call from Nicolae came. She nonchalantly spoke on her cellphone while browsing the counters of various hairpins and bracelets.

Some women who were also checking stuff nearby were obviously shaken to their cores when they heard her, and all their eyes went round. They turned to Marion with horrified expressions.

This woman ... just casually talked about two dead bodies on a boat? Gosh ...

"You didn't report the murder to the police?" Nicolae asked in amazement. "So, the bodies are still there?"

"It's none of my business," Marion just shrugged, lifting a hairpin adorned with precious green gems. She then called a shop assistant and handed the pin to him. "This is so beautiful. I want this one. Hmm .. I think in two days, the people around there will soon find out there are some corpses in the boat. Their bodies were beaten to a pulp. I suspect the decaying process will be faster than ordinary corpses and people will immediately smell it and report it to the police. If you look at it from the way they were killed, it was more like an execution by the mafia. Ugh ... the male head was crushed by repeated blow of a very heavy object. "

Shop visitors who heard Marion's words immediately turned pale and hurriedly left the store after they stared at her with horrified expressions.

"I've seen the CCTV footages from around there, there was no movement at all. No one was in and out of the boat until morning. It's strange ..." Nicolae frowned.

He researched all the videos he got and finally let out a short sigh. He just realized that whoever killed the two criminals had apparently manipulated all the footage captured by CCTV around the area to remove their tracks.

Who are you, really? Nicolae lifted his face and looked at Summer, who was sleeping soundly beside him. Somehow, he could not find the child's parents without revealing her identity to the public.

***

Marion came back to help take care of Summer after dinner. This time she was accompanied by JM who looked very happy to see that cute adorable little girl. She immediately turned to her mother.

"Mom... why don't you give me a little sister? Jean-Henri is too naughty and noisy. I want a cute little sister like this," she said in a cute tone.

"Wait... what did you say? Do you think it's so easy to get pregnant and give birth? Wait until it is your turn," Marion grumbled as she brushed aside her child's head.

JM immediately avoided her mother's hand. "Mom, don't just hit my head like that. I'm still growing. You might injure my brain!"

"Iishh ..." Marion just rolled her eyes at JM's words who was pretending to be in pain. "Don't make me embarrassed for having a weak daughter."

Nicolae and Summer just looked at each other, watching the interaction between the mother and daughter. Since JM was now older, she and her mother looked equally beautiful and tall, and they often pretended to bicker, even though the two were actually very close.

"Ohh ... little sister, you are so beautiful. Later, when your mother has found you, I will ask her permission to make you a famous model. We can rule the world together ... muhuahahahaha ..." uttered JM while kissing Summer's cheek and holding her with a happy expression.

Summer just laughed and nodded. She then sat on JM's l.a.p. The older girl immediately peeled some oranges for her. They both seemed to be getting along very quickly. Once they were done playing, JM then helped bathe Summer and put new pajamas on her.

Nicolae and Marion prepared dinner, and then the four of them had dinner together. Nicolae didn't talk about Summer in front of her and JM at all. They did not want to make the two children scared.

However, after Summer had gone to sleep and JM was told to return to her suit, Nicolae sat on the penthouse terrace with Marion with a bottle of wine and two glasses. Marion explained in detail what she found on the boat where the two criminals were found dead. Nicolae told about her the police report and some information he got from Summer.

"I don't think the killer of criminals is a woman," Marion commented. "From what's left behind, I think the culprits are three to four big men. You can look for some mobsters or criminal groups around here to find out who they are."

"Is that so? Do you think ... the child's parents are involved with the mafia?" Nicolae asked, frowning. "I really don't feel that way."

"What is clear is that this person really likes her privacy. She must have her own reasons. But clearly, the criminals were killed by four men who beat them to death. A woman would not kill and leave such a mess. I personally would kill them with poison, a knife, or a gun. Everything will be very clean. " Marion took a sip of wine while imagining the gruesome murder scene on the boat.

Ugh ... She didn't like messy assassins.