The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family
Chapter 3996

Stephanie was visibly relieved after Gopher had left.

Charlie asked her, "Stephanie, does Gopher Light often come to harass you?"

Stephanie shrugged and said helplessly," That guy is infamous for his reputation as someone who is kind on the surface but in reality, he's actually really cruel. You would often see him smiling, talking, and being polite with people, but he is in fact more terrible than anyone Charlie frowned and asked, "Can you be more specific?"

else."

"This..." Stephanie glanced in the direction of the warehouse and then whispered, "I'll tell you about this slowly when I have the chance."

By the time her words fell, Claudia had already come out. Claudia looked at Charlie and said seriously, "Gopher Light committed telecommunication fraud in Oskia. After that incident, he fled to Canada to seek refuge with my mother..." "Gopher's grandfather and my grandmother are siblings, so the both of our families are more or less related.

Gopher is the only child in the family, and his mother was afraid that he would be caught and sent to prison. So, she begged my mother to take him in, and my mother arranged for him to follow by my father's side as his driver..."

"Three months ago, Gopher and the group's second-in-command worked together to persuade my father to collaborate with the American gangs. My father did not agree to it." "Then two months ago, someone set fire to my house, and I was the only person who managed to escape out of my whole family of five..."

"Since then, the group's second-in-command has taken over my father's position, and Gopher has become his most trusted confidant..."

Charlie asked her, "Is there evidence that they were the ones who set the fire?"

"No." Claudia's eyes were flushed red as she said firmly, "It has to be them although there is no direct evidence."

Charlie then asked again, "What did the police say?"

Claudia pursed her lips and

whispered," The Vancouver police said that the fire was due to an accident. They said that rats had chewed through the cables in the basement, causing a short circuit and that the fire had ignited the flammable items stored in the basement. The flammable items that they mentioned were fifty gallons of gasoline, and our family has never stored gasoline in the basement before..."

Having said that, Claudia choked up and said, "Moreover, Gopher also made an appointment with my mother one week in advance. He came over to my house for dinner on the night of the fire. He brought two bottles of red wine with him, and he was drinking with my brothers on that day. I did not eat at home that night because I have never been too fond of him. After that meal, the fire then broke out that night..."

Claudia wiped her tears and continued saying, "When the fire broke out, I went to my parents' room directly, and at that time, I realized that my parents were not breathing anymore. After that, I went to both of my brothers' rooms, and I realized that they were not breathing and that they had no heartbeat either..." When Stephanie heard this, she was dumbfounded, and she blurted out, "That... In that case, your parents and brothers did not die in the fire! This is clearly murder! Didn't the police investigate it?!"

Claudia shook her head and said,

"The result announced by the police was accidental death. I was looking for a place to hide after escaping from the scene of the fire, and while I was in hiding, it was Gopher who signed the cremation consent form as a family member. The matter was pushed aside after my parents and two brothers were cremated."

Stephanie subconsciously said, "You should go to the police to sue them for murder! Tell the police and let the police arrest them!"

Charlie said lightly at this time, "Stephanie, the reason why Claudia is still alive now is because she did not tell the police about these circumstances."

"Yes..." Claudia nodded gently and whispered, "They think that I managed to escape the fire by a fluke, but they do not know that I have actually found out that my parents and brothers were already dead when the fire started..."

"If they knew this, they wouldn't have let me live."

Stephanie could not help but ask, "Then why did you come back if you had already escaped?"

Claudia said helplessly, "What if I did not come back? If I didn't return, they would have guessed that I know something, and that is the reason why I did not dare to come back. In that case, they would definitely look for me everywhere and be in a hurry to kill me..." "On the contrary, if I came back, it would only make them feel that they had done everything seamlessly, and they must think that I do not know anything."

"Furthermore, they do not doubt my words. I told them that the reason why I disappeared for a period of time was because my family members had died and my face was also burned. It was a huge blow to me and so, I did not want to see any other people. I have been waiting for myself to slowly accept this reality before I decided to come back."