Guidebook for the Dark Duke

er a while, he heard Edward whisper, “I understand.
I will definitely remember all your teachings.”

Evan laughed silently.
Out of the corner of his eyes, he glanced at the door that just closed again, with a feeling of secret pleasure in his heart.
Such a selfless and fraternal speech must have hit a soft spot in the duke’s heart.
His plans were slowly being realised step by step.

After Evan finished comforting Edward, he read a passage from the Bible to Edward.
Edward’s behaviour toward Evan had obviously become a lot closer.
He almost snuggled up to Evan’s side, listening to him with a submissive look on his face that was full of attachment.

Evan sighed in his heart.
The child lost his mother at the tender age of three and Duke Wilson was not a very good father, so he had an almost sensitive obsession for friendliness from strangers.

After he finally finished reading the Bible to Edward, Duke Wilson warmly invited him to stay for dinner.
Edward also looked at him expectantly so Evan had no choice but to stay for dinner.

The dinner at the duke’s castle was very rich.
Although Mrs Haydn’s craftsmanship is very good, she lacks this exquisiteness.
Evan lamented in his heart while eating, when will he be able to live such a good life.
God is so unfair.

After finishing dinner, Evan rejected the duke’s invitation to stay overnight and very resolutely left Cornwall Manor.
Some things shouldn’t be overdone.
He couldn’t be too eager.

Evan didn’t go back to his house but went to the church.
Mrs Sanders was sick and had asked for leave so for the next few days, he would be busy dealing with everything happening in the church.

In fact, it was a coincidence that Mrs Sanders fainted at home on the afternoon of John’s death.
After the diagnosis, Dr.
Hester prescribed a lot of medicine for her and told her to rest in bed.
The diagnosis was said to be stress caused by overworking and Evan received a lot of condemnation from Doctor Hester because of this, as if it was all his fault.

Evan had no way to defend himself so he had to pay more attention to the management of the church.
At the same time, he also had someone inquire about news of Jimmy in London.
He had a strange premonition that John’s death must have something to do with Jimmy’s sudden departure.

During this period, news of John’s death began to ferment again.
The police station was surrounded by reporters every day.
Everyone wanted to get first-hand information, the Lawrence couple also began to frequently visit Sheriff Chandler’s home, hoping for the slightest bit of news.

Sheriff Chandler was in the center of the storm, receiving complaints from all sides.
He would sometimes go to Evan to complain, Evan also wanted to hear about some useful news.
Unfortunately, they were all clichés and the police hadn’t found any useful clues.
Evan was very disappointed.

That afternoon, Evan was sorting out the ledgers of the church.
It’s been two weeks since they found out about the problem but he hasn’t had time to check into it.
With the whole town of Delanlier being swept away by news of John’s murder, this matter had been forgotten.

At this moment, Doctor Hester suddenly came, this felt a little strange to Evan because Doctor Hester was not a particularly devout believer.
He has never seen Doctor Hester in the church at all except when he came during worship.

“Reverend Bruce, something has happened.” Doctor Hester said anxiously.

Evan’s heart suddenly raised, “What’s wrong?”

“Sheriff Chandler arrested Alia.” Doctor Hester said, almost crying.

“What!” Evan was shocked.
Although he didn’t like this maverick heroine a little, he also understood very well that Alia absolutely had no guts to kill.

“They said that Alia went to see John that night and they had an argument.
Alia’s handkerchief was found in John’s house and they’ve identified Alia as a suspect.
She’s been taken for interrogation.
Oh my God! How can my little Alia bear such humiliation.” Doctor Hester said, almost in pain.

Evan frowned tightly.
He knew about the fact that Alia didn’t want to marry John but it would be too absurd for her to kill him because of this.

“Why did Alia go to John’s house that night?” Evan asked in a deep voice.

Doctor Hester suddenly looked a little ashamed, “Well….she told me….She didn’t want to be engaged to John, so she went to him to negotiate….”

These words were quite difficult for the doctor to say, so his whole face was flushed when he finished speaking.

Evan looked at Doctor Hester’s performance, he had a little doubt in his heart about his judgement.
It seems that this era was more conservative than he thought it was.

“If that’s the case, then what’s the use of you coming to me? I’m neither a police officer nor am I a detective.
There’s nothing I can do if you tell me this.” Evan sighed softly and said, “Sheriff Chandler is a smart police detective.
He will definitely find out if Alia is not at fault, don’t worry.”

Doctor Hester looked anxious after hearing this, “It was Alia who asked me to come to you.
Yes, she told me that you can prove her innocence, that she didn’t intend to kill John.”

Evan frowned, “To tell you the truth, Alia did talk to me about her engagement before.
She wanted me to speak to you about the engagement with John, that it was better to call it off.
But, it doesn’t prove that she didn’t do such a terrible thing.”

Doctor Hester was disappointed.
It seemed as if Doctor Hester aged a few years at that moment.
He sat down on a chair and buried his face in his hands.

“It’s all my fault.
It’s my fault for going on with the engagement without asking for Alia’s opinion.
So, she was forced to do this.” His voice was filled with sadness.

Evan couldn’t help frowning, “Don’t blame yourself.
For now, Sheriff Chandler does not have any concrete evidence to prove Alia’s guilt.
Even if she went to see John that night, he can’t be sure that she killed John.”

Dr.
Hester was even more distressed, “The evidence is enough for the court.
John’s time of death was in the middle of the fireworks display and almost everyone in the town was there at that time.
Only Alia and John didn’t go, they….they have now determined that Alia did it.”

Evan was surprised, “Why didn’t Alia go?”