Chapter 18 two to one

At two thirty in the morning, Carter and Shirley walked into the hotel together.They planned to move in earlier, but the car broke down on the road and has not been repaired. They register.The bellboy accompanied them to the upstairs room with the luggage.Before falling asleep, Carter set the alarm for seven in the morning. When the alarm clock rang, Carter woke up.He didn't wake Shirley up, and drove out to find a repair shop by himself.He found one eight blocks from the hotel, parked the car there, and walked back to the hotel, eating breakfast at a restaurant on the way. In general, Carter left the hotel between an hour and an hour and a half away.When he returned to the hotel, he knocked on the door, but no one answered it.Shirley must still be asleep.

Carter got the key at the service desk, took the elevator back upstairs, and opened the door with the key.Shirley wasn't in bed. The bathroom door was ajar, and Shirley wasn't in the bathroom either. Carter shrugged. Shirley usually got up late, so she must be having breakfast outside now. Carter sat in the room and waited.It's starting to get stuffy outside, so it's still comfortable to stay in an air-conditioned room.Carter didn't want to travel, but Shirley insisted on taking him to the beach.A vacation, a vacation, is a pain in the ass. There are two beds in the room.Shirley slept in a bed by the window last night, but this bed was made neatly—as if no one had slept in it at all.And Carter slept in a disheveled bed—he hadn't made it before he went out in the morning.

The maid came in and made Carter's bed, apparently thinking Shirley's bed didn't need to be made. But the waitress was lying under the bed, as if looking for something. "What are you looking for?" Carter asked. "I'm looking for another ashtray. There should be two ashtrays in this type of room, one on each bedside table. Now there is only one left, and the other is missing." Carter helped to find it, but failed. gained. The waitress squinted at him, "Sometimes, when guests leave, they always like to pack small things into their luggage and take them away with them."

He stared at her coldly, "Miss, I'm not ready to leave yet. Besides, I only steal towels and soap, and I don't have any interest in ashtrays." The waiter finished cleaning and left.Carter took off his coat and opened the wardrobe to hang it up. His clothes were all hanging neatly there, but Shirley's were gone. He frowned thoughtfully.He remembered opening the suitcase and hanging all the clothes in the closet before she went to bed, and the empty suitcase was next to the bed.Now, not only are her clothes gone, but her empty suitcase is also gone. strangeness!He opened the chest of drawers, where his underwear and panties were neatly packed.The other drawers were empty.He inspected the room more thoroughly, and there was no trace of Shirley, not even a hair, as if she had never been in the future.

He sat down again.If Shirley just wanted to go out for breakfast, she wouldn't take her suitcase and luggage with her. What if Shirley wanted to really leave him?This is great.He congratulated himself for his vision. He took another breath.Shirley would not give him freedom so easily.Couple for many years, he knows her well. There is no way but to wait.Shirley often does things strangely.You don't have to make a fuss, it just adds to the trouble.Shirley will be back soon and will give him a reasonable explanation. He sat down for the third time.I really don't understand why they got married at the time.The two had disliked each other back then, and they still do not agree with each other until now.Shirley clung to all the money in the family and was mean to him.His marriage had brought nothing but misfortune and trouble, but it was a marriage so safe that he knew he could never divorce her.

Could it be that Shirley had an accident when she went downstairs for breakfast?In that case, someone should inform him. She had a lot of identification on her, and she had the key to the room with the hotel and room number on it. There was also the issue of luggage. This must have been premeditated. She took the luggage away with her. It was definitely not as simple as just eating breakfast.He stared at Shirley's neatly made bed again. Suppose—just suppose—that Shirley had eloped with another man.How could she be attractive to others?She was already six years older than when she married, and time had not improved her looks, her irascible temper, or her sharp mouth.

Besides, Carter is a very sensitive person, and if another man is present, he will never be unaware. Six p.m.Shirley still hasn't returned. Did she really elope with another man?Of course it can't be my friend... However, there are all kinds of wonders in the world, maybe there will be some horny wild man... It's already eight o'clock late.Luckily, Carter fell asleep in a fit of drowsiness.It was half past eleven when I woke up, and Shirley hadn't come back yet. If Shirley elopes with another man, will she leave without money?of course not.Shirley loves money best, and she will never give up even a single dollar that she gets easily.Between feelings and money, Shirley will definitely choose the latter.That's for sure.

Would she have cleared all the property behind his back?No, it won't.Clearing out all your possessions is no easy task.He wasn't a fool either, and while the money was in Shirley's hands, he knew where she kept every dollar, and she certainly hadn't touched it. But Shirley was gone - along with her bag and luggage. He must report to the police.He put on his coat, took a sip of wine, and took the elevator downstairs. "I'm sorry, but my wife is missing, how should I report it to the police?" he asked the person at the counter. The counter attendant looked surprised.Two waiters, one named Jacques, the other named Kerr - whose names he only learned later.Yake asked: "Are you Mr. Carter?"

Carter was a little flattered that someone remembered his name the first time he stayed at the hotel, which showed that he left a deep impression on strangers.Yake then asked, "What did you say? The wife is missing?" "Yes, I went out to fix the car this morning, and I didn't see my wife when I came back. I thought she was out for breakfast and shopping, but she hasn't come back yet. I'm starting to worry." Yake flipped through the passenger registration book, "But Mr. Carter, we only have one person registered here, not your wife." "I don't care what is written in the register, my wife and I came here, and now she is gone. "

Yake showed an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, sir. I distinctly remember, however, that you were alone when you came to register, and there was absolutely no one else." Carter couldn't help but laugh. "My wife was with me when I came to register. How could such a thing be remembered wrongly? " Yake nodded. "Yes, sir, it's unlikely that you can remember this kind of thing wrongly. However, I remember that there was only one person when you came." He said, beckoning to the waiter next to him. Immediately, a waiter ran over.Carter recognized this as the man who had carried their luggage upstairs.

"This gentleman," said Jacques, pointing to Carter, "he said he came with his wife. If I remember correctly, you were the one who carried his luggage up the stairs yesterday." The waiter nodded eagerly. "Yes, sir, yes, I carried the luggage upstairs, but he was alone, without any women." Carter stared at the waiter. "My wife is tall and big-boned, and she wears a strange red hat, think about it." "Excuse me, sir," he answered, "but you are only one." Carter never doubted his nerves and memory.Shirley was with him when he walked into the hotel in the early hours of the morning.At that time, it was Yake who was guarding the counter.Recalling carefully, there were only these two people in the hall at that time: Yake and the waiter.And now, they collude together, why? Carter knew that Shirley hadn't eloped, something must have happened.He spent five dollars, and found out from the side that the waiter's name was Lisson, who was Yake's younger brother.Leeson has a prior conviction for burglary. When Carter left the room at seven in the morning, he remembered Shirley rolling over.Did she continue to sleep?Or go out for breakfast?Could it be that Leeson sneaked in to look through things when he saw both of them going out. Because Shirley's breakfast was just a cup of coffee, she would be back soon, just in time to run into Leeson stealing, the two got into a fight, and he hit her with something-could it be the missing ashtray, something like this It can always appear at hand - Leeson killed Shirley. Leeson went to his brother Yake.The two discussed that if the body was found, someone would definitely suspect Leeson, because Leeson had a criminal record.So they had to dispose of the body and arrange it as if Shirley had never been there. However, in this case, they will still be very troublesome.Carter would definitely insist that he and his wife came together, and the two brothers could only say that Carter was alone when he came.This evolution will undoubtedly attract the police. Wouldn't it be better if the brothers insisted that they saw Shirley come out of the hotel? Carter poured out a glass of brandy and mused. Where's Shirley's body?And luggage?If the corpse was transported out of the hall at eight o'clock in the morning, it must be afraid of being seen.Therefore, the best way is to find a place to hide first, and transport it away when there are few people. In the middle of the night, the two brothers will be on duty again.Where is the body hidden?In the nearest room, of course, the closer the better. As soon as he thought about it, Carter immediately walked into the passage outside.He walked slowly to the door of the first room on the right and turned the handle gently.The door was unlocked, and he opened it a crack. There is a man and a woman in the room, both of them are busy with sex and ecstasy naked. He quickly closed the door.Why did someone forget to lock the door when they did that? It seems that checking the rooms one by one will not work, who knows what else will happen? Carter's eyes fell on a room without a number at the end of the passage.This is the room where the cleaning tools are kept. He goes in and checks.There was no Shirley's body.Still, it's a good place to hide and watch.If someone is carrying something on the aisle, it can be seen clearly. Carter went back to his room for the brandy, ducked into the cabin, sat down as comfortably as he could among the mop, bucket, and detergent, and watched through the crack of the door while he drank with the door ajar. At three o'clock in the morning, Carter had run out of brandy and was considering whether to go back to his room to get another bottle.Suddenly there was the sound of a cart being pushed in the corridor.Leeson was pushing a luggage cart with a large suitcase on it.He walked to the end of the corridor, pushed open a door, and walked in. Ten minutes, fifteen minutes, twenty minutes.Leeson hasn't come out yet.What is so troublesome? The door finally opened.Lisson pushed the cart out. There was a large box on the cart, and two Shirley's suitcases were placed on it. Carter pushed open the door of the cleaning room and walked up. "Aha! If I'm not mistaken, there should be a dead body in this big box." Leeson turned pale, and then sighed. "You guessed it, but I've got to talk to my brother first. He's in charge of all our brains." "Very good." Carter said coldly, "You can use the phone in my room. Leeson pushed the car into Carter's room. Called Yake. He wiped the sweat from his brow," my brother immediately just come. " Carter put his arms around his shoulders. "Did you kill my wife because she caught you searching our luggage?" Leeson looked depressed. "I didn't mean to steal. I just wanted to see. I've been washing my hands and quitting for seven years.I have a wife and three kids and I don't steal anymore.I just have a hobby of looking at other people's things. ""hobby? " "Yes. I would peek at people's things and estimate how much money I could make if I stole them. But, I just thought about it. One time last year, I could have stolen six or seven thousand dollars at a time, but I didn't Didn't do anything." "But my wife bumped into it. She thought you were stealing?" Leeson said angrily. "I've never seen such a violent woman like your wife. She rushed in and hit me on the head with her bag without any explanation. But her high heels slipped and I fell, hitting my head on the ashtray on the bedside table, and the ashtray shattered. She died quickly and with little to no pain, I can assure you of that." "But why did you take the luggage with you?" "Because when she fell, the blood was on the suitcase. She didn't bleed much, just on the suitcase. If we only took the suitcase, the police would definitely be suspicious, and no one would just walk away with an empty suitcase.So we just took her stuff and pretended she never came.You said she had been here, we said no.Take two against one. ""What are you going to do with my wife's body? " "My brother has a piece of land in the north, and there is an old well on it. We are going to throw the body in and cover it with soil. No one knows, no one knows." Someone knocked on the door softly.Yake came up. Yake flashed in quickly and glanced at the situation in the room.He looked at the box, then at his brother and Carter. "What did you tell him?" Yake asked Leeson. "Nothing." Yake rubbed his hands together. "Let me see what's going on here. It's supposed to go like this: You, Mr. Carter, call the service desk and ask Leeson to bring up a big box. Leeson brings up the box and you want him twenty Come back in a few minutes. He came in twenty minutes as ordered, and you arranged for him to transport the box to the basement and then take it away. However, Leeson noticed blood on the suitcase." When Yake said this, he turned the suitcase over so that the black blood stains were facing upwards. "Leeson remembered that you had unreasonably made a fuss about your wife's disappearance. He immediately became suspicious and called me up. I rushed there immediately. Should we open the suitcase and check? Or should we call the police?" "Hey, wait a minute." Carter became angry inexplicably, "You can't frame me like this!" "Why not?" Yake said with a smile, "We are two to one!" "Don't forget, Leeson's fingerprints are everywhere, even in the suitcase." Carter argued, "How do you explain it to the police?" Yake thought for a moment. "Thanks for the reminder. Fingerprints are a problem. That's the way it is. If Leeson and I need to go to jail, we drag you into the water. We insist that you hire us to kill your wife. I could see at first glance that there must be many conflicts between you and your husband, and there must be a lot of circumstantial evidence that you are not in love. "Lison looked at his brother with admiration," yes, if we were to go to jail, none of us would be able to escape. " Obviously, they were going to drag him into the water.In fact, if they collude with the police, there is clearly going to be trouble. Yake broke the deadlock with a smile. "To put it another way, why do mature and sensible people like us go to the police station? People should never make trouble for themselves. There is no hatred between our brother and your wife, but your wife's violent temperament caused misunderstanding. If... ...you are a freedom-loving person." Carter sighed.Yake's words are not unreasonable. Carter stared coldly at the box. "In this case, get the corpse out and dispose of it. People cannot be resurrected after death. What has been done should not be abandoned halfway." Li Sen began to push the cart. "I'll move the contents of the suitcase to the truck first, and then I'll move your wife." Carter stared at him. "Isn't my wife in this box?" "No, not," Leeson said, "I was putting her in the box when Kerr jumped out of the closet. He became suspicious of us after hearing your words, and was waiting for me there.He's not here to help you find a wife, he's just trying to blackmail us. "Rissen paused," I thought, and I broke another ashtray.This box is Kerr. Your wife is still in the room over there. " Yake sighed, "I think, I have to use some brains again, and I have to make up a reason for Kerr's disappearance! Maybe the hotel's public money theft is a good reason. It kills two birds with one stone." When they left, Carter tipped Leeson five dollars—he had to move that much. He was going to have a good night's sleep.But before that, he has one more thing. He picked up the phone and dialed the number of a professional killer. "Hello, I'm Carter. My agreement to let you kill my wife has been cancelled. I've changed my mind. Liquidated damages? Well, I'll pay you a quarter of the agreement." Carter is a man who likes freedom.He just bought a large sum of insurance half a month ago.