Chapter 51
The picture only showed the lower body of the man, so it was impossible to determine his true identity. However, from the spacious room, luxurious furnishings, and somewhat aged legs, the previous assumption seemed correct. Considering that only blond men had light yellow body hair, out of the eight names on the list, only three remained: Professor Mark, the finance teacher who taught Lily one or two courses—tall and in his early forties, with some balding golden hair;
Carl, the head of the International Student Management Center at Celestial University, with a bit of a beer belly, always smiling, with a red nose and curly golden hair; and Professor Leon, the head of my computer science department and Jack’s former mentor, in his fifties, with short golden hair and a ruddy square face, gentle but silent.
A little more evidence, and I could expose this bastard.
But what then? Call the cops? Without proof Lily was being coerced, they wouldn’t do anything. What was I supposed to do?
And another thing: the photo was too high-quality for a phone. If Logan took it with a camera, getting rid of the original would be that much harder. Did I need a whole new plan?
I didn’t have much time to think. I heard Lily opening the bathroom door. Quickly, i sent the pic to my phone, I knew I was going to need it later, if its about lily cheating on me it has gone on for too long, I also deleted the message from her phone and cleared the browsing history—so she wouldn’t know. I hurriedly put Lily’s phone back in her handbag, stuffed the paper with names into the pocket of the clothes on the floor, and threw myself onto the bed, pretending to be tired while waiting for Lily to come out. When she appeared at the door wrapped in a pink towel, I could see we were both exhausted from last night’s nightmare and the intense morning sex. We cuddled up on the bed and fell asleep until evening.
Just as it got dark, the phone’s ringtone suddenly woke me up. Groggy, I answered the call and couldn’t help but feel angry when I heard the voice—it was Logan.
I tried to keep my cool. "Hey, Logan, what’s up?"
"Hey, Ethan, has Lily come back?" Logan asked, sounding a bit too friendly.