"I will tell you something once you delete my number from your phone. I also want you to tell him and his team if they ever ask, that the boys are still in NYPD custody, or tell him that they send the boys to a temporary foster house."
The Officer's eyes widened instantly.
He didn't expect that Mrs. Gray had to protect her anonymity up until this point. He thought that she was just a regular wife of a rich man.
But it seemed the real Vincent Gray was terrifying enough to make his own wife try to protect her anonymity as much as possible.
"Ma'am, are you... are you okay?" Officer Derek asked.
"Promise me, Officer," Chloe insisted. "Guarantee my anonymity or I will never tell you a piece of information that will help you."
Officer Derek felt tremendous pressure on his shoulder right now.
It seemed that Mrs. Gray was befitting of her title because she was very oppressive, which was a surprise because her gorgeous face gave you the idea that she was an easy woman to bully or persuade.
"Okay, I will do that," Officer Derek finally decided. He fished his phone out and then showed his phone screen to Chloe.
He deleted his call logs and then put them back inside his pocket.
Then, he pulled a piece of paper given by that boy and said, "This is the paper that your nephew gave me before. Here, you can have it," Officer Derek handed the paper to Chloe, and after all that, he asked, "Is it enough?"
"Yes," Chloe nodded. She pocketed the paper and said, "Officer, my husband is abusive and narcissistic. He cares A LOT about his public image, to the point that he hired the best PR team possible just to make sure nobody dares to smear his name out there."
Officer Derek tried to open his mind to this. Though he was a little weirded out by the idea of a different Vincent Gray, he had to believe her because she was the wife, "Go on, Ma'am. I'm listening."
Chloe glanced at the one-way mirror to check at Chelsea, who was rampaging like a madwoman again. She was angry at Chelsea for being so stupid, yet so cruel, because she killed their mother and wanted to kill four children just because of a false promise made by Vincent.
It was so ridiculous in Chloe's mind.
"My sister is crazy, indeed. But she wasn't always like this. She was a normal woman once, and she starts to turn delusional because Vincent starts coming in and out of my family's apartment," Chloe explained.
"With you, Ma'am?"
"No, I've been separating myself from my husband," Chloe said. "It's a long story. But the thing is... my husband doesn't want me to leave. He wants me to crawl back to him. So he went to my family-side a lot and started twisting the truth to the point that my family started hating me."
"Chelsea who has been in love with my husband for so long, naturally found an empty spot that she wants to fit in inside my husband's heart."
"And they had an affair?" Officer Derek asked.
"No, I don't think so," Chloe replied. "Vincent cheats a lot, but he is still very picky with whom he will sleep with. Chelsea has nothing that he likes, and he benefits nothing from sleeping with her. But he has to keep his close connection with my family."
"What's the point of him keeping a close connection then?"
"Obviously, to force me to return home," Chloe said. "Since he can manipulate my family at will, it's not hard to see how much he could take advantage of Chelsea's delusion. He wants to make her a slave that will do all his bidding, including forcing me to come out of my hiding by using my nephews."
"..." Officer Derek had difficulty digesting all of this information. Not because it sounded ridiculous. But because it sounded logical and real enough, it made his stomach churn.
It was too crazy.
"Officer, have you checked any social media today?"
"I have not," Officer Derek replied.
"Then you should check social media, Twitter, Instagram, or anything, and then check the trending video. You will see the video of my fight with my sister," Chloe said. "And in that video, Chelsea got so heated, she claimed that she is the future wife of Vincent Gray. The video went viral because of Chelsea's joker-like scar, and also the fact that she blatantly and confidently claimed she is the future wife of Vincent Gray. Those are deadly combinations that make both Chelsea and Vincent the butt of a joke by everyone on the internet."
"... so you're saying that...." Officer Derek started getting a glimpse of the motive behind this case.
"Yes," Chloe nodded again with confidence. After all, she was Vincent's wife for the past ten years. She knew much more about his true personality than any person ever will in this world. "Vincent didn't expect Chelsea's delusion to backbite him and turn him into a joke on the internet. People start laughing at him, calling him an idiot and such, and there is no way for him to delete that video online with his PR team when everyone must've downloaded and uploaded it everywhere."
"He is a total narcissist that will never accept any kind of humiliation, and being laughed at by the entire world must've tipped him over the edge. It's not hard to connect this with Chelsea's case right now," Chloe clenched her fist while explaining this. She felt nervous, scared that Vincent might suddenly break that door open and catch her spilling some secret.
But she didn't want to hold back. She wanted to get some revenge on him and wanted to help Vernon as well.
"He must've asked Chelsea to meet somewhere, and actually persuade her with a false promise of hand-in marriage in exchange of murder. Since Chelsea is already insane at this point, she must've accepted without second thought," Chloe said. "You should check Chelsea's phone, you'll definitely see many phone calls, or even text with damning evidence inside."
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