Chapter 73: AUTOPSY REPORT
At Ethan’s apartment, Erika was downstairs sipping the last coffee from her coffee mug so that she wouldn’t sleep in the jet. When she was done, she entered the kitchen, washed the mug and kept it aside.
Entering into the living room again, she mounted on the first staircase before she yelled urgently, "Ethan, hurry up! We are going to miss our flight!"
Even though the door of the room Ethan was in was closed, he still had to cover his ears to protect his eardrums from exploding. "I’m coming!" He yelled.
He had been woken up by Erika that morning with the excuse that she didn’t want to be late and delay butler David. They were to return back to California to collect the autopsy report they had already informed butler David about. He quickly zipped his luggage before he opened the door and went down to go meet Erika.
"You do know that we are taking a private jet right?" He asked her and she nodded. "So we are not going to be late for any flight," he reminded her.
Upon realizing her stupidity, she smiled sheepishly.
"Oops, I forgot," she said. The both of them left the house and went to the airport.
At the Hart’s mansion, butler David was about turning the doorknob of the mansion but he was suddenly questioned.
"Where are you going sneaking out like that?" Mary questioned him.
Butler David didn’t act jump scared but his heart nearly flew from his chest. He faced Mary to find Juliet standing beside her. The both of them were all dolled up to go out as usual.
"I am going to the market, madam," he replied calmly without a stutter.
"But we still have groceries stashed up," said Juliet.
"I know that but I was thinking of going so that I can replace the ones that are about to run out," he responded.
Mary sized him up from head to toe before she nodded her head as a sign for him to carry on.
Butler David quickly entered the ride he had ordered and the driver drove off. Now that he had lied about going to the market, he would need to go there first before he could arrive at the restaurant.
Both Mary and Juliet entered their own car and drove off too. But when Juliet noticed that her mother had been tailing behind the cab their butler was in, she asked her,
"Mom, you are going the wrong way. Also, why are you following the butler?"
"It’s because I have a feeling that he’s going to meet Erika," Mary replied.
Juliet who was leaning on the car seat immediately sat up when she heard Erika’s name. "He is going to meet that poor girl? How do you know?" She questioned her mother.
"Just trust me," Mary replied. All of a sudden, she frowned when she saw the cab park at the market. "He is going to the market?" she mumbled to herself.
"He can’t possibly be going to the meet that Erika," said Juliet.
Mary continued to follow butler David until he was done with his groceries shopping. She could have left but her instincts told her to continue and she did.
The old butler entered another cab and went to a different location, a restaurant.
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"I’m so sorry that I was late. I lied to Mary that I was going to the market so I had to go their first so that my lie won’t be caught," the butler apologized for his tardiness as he placed his bags of groceries on the sit next to him.
"It’s no problem," replied Erika.
Butler David nodded with a smile and quickly brought out the autopsy report that was in his jacket. "Here, this is a copy of the autopsy report." He handed the report to Erika.
"Thank you so much," she appreciated.
She opened the report to read some words on it she couldn’t understand a thing so she closed it back and kept it in her bag.
"If I may ask, why did you need the autopsy report? Did something happen?" The old butler asked them worriedly.
Erika slightly shook her head, "I have a brother who is a doctor so I narrated what said to me but he found it strange for her to die while the cause of her death was still unknown," she replied.
Butler David was a little shocked to hear her say she has a brother because all the years he had known her, she never said a word about her family.
"So he asked for me to bring the autopsy report so that he can take a look at it," she added and the old man nodded in response.
"If I may ask, Mr David. Do you have anyone whom you suspect could have murdered the late matriarch?" Ethan suddenly questioned butler David, making Erika give him a look.
Butler David was stunned when he was asked that question. He didn’t know if he should spill out the name in his mind or not.
"It’s okay, Uncle David. You can tell us," Erika tried to comfort the man.
Butler David released a sigh before he spoke, "I don’t know if I should say this but I suspect Mary Hart."
The couple were a little stunned when he mention Mary’s name. So am not the only one who suspects that gold digger? Erika thought to herself.
"Why do you say so?" Erika asked him.
"Well, it’s because Mary showered the late matriarch with care while she was on her deathbed which was really suspicious to me especially after when the matriarch died. She lived her life like the family had not just lost a member," he responded.
It was no secret to every servant of the Hart mansion that both the mother in law and daughter in law always fought and despised each other. Which baffled the old butler when Mary suddenly had a change of heart.
All of a sudden, someone butted in on their conversation.
"Why are you meeting with this girl?" questioned the person.
