Chapter 1086 - 1086

As Heath Woods jokingly put it, if Astrid Giles had been more ruthless and abandoned those eight suitcases, she would have left the country long ago. People call this insatiable greed—she was a classic example of being ruined by her own avarice.

Next, we need to talk about the man who helped Astrid Giles escape.

His name is Dion Dutton, nicknamed Brother Dutton, and he's the owner of a bathhouse in Silverwood City.

Dion Dutton is currently 38 years old, exactly twelve years younger than Astrid Giles.

Besides that, he has another identity: Astrid Giles's "pretty boy."

Upon hearing this, Dirk Carter furrowed his brows and asked, "Pretty boy? Which of the four men?"

"The guy who escaped last and stuck a knife in you."

"Him? He seems burly to me, not the slightest bit like a pretty boy."

Upon hearing this.

Heath Woods chuckled and said, "Boss, you've hit the nail on the head. Dion Dutton is indeed a brute, but he has a skill that is reportedly exceptional in bed—lasting half an hour each time—and he made Astrid Giles quite comfortable in bed; eventually, she kept him around."

"Half an hour is considered exceptional skills?"

Dirk Carter mumbled.

Heath Woods didn't catch it all and asked, "Boss, what did you say?"

"Nothing, carry on..."

Dirk Carter said.

Once Dion Dutton's identity was confirmed.

Next, let's talk about the Polly Linden case.

The previous content was not much different from what Brent Lowell confessed earlier.

Astrid Giles, after experiencing two failed marriages, underwent a personality transformation—even if she appeared normal during the day at work, the devil within her would emerge once night fell.

Before the Polly Linden case.

Many women had already been tortured by her.

This included her secretary, Tina Griffin.

Tina Griffin, currently 30 years old, has been with Astrid Giles for several years.

Because she's sharp in handling tasks, Astrid Giles was quite fond of her. But about half a year ago, by chance, Astrid discovered Tina Griffin was involved with a deputy director in the Civil Affairs Bureau.

As someone with a family, to be so unfaithful—such behavior enraged Astrid Giles on the spot.

Then Astrid Giles began months-long physical and psychological torture of her.

After her self-surrender, following a psychological evaluation, Tina Griffin was found to be somewhat deranged, completely under Astrid Giles's control, obeying her absolutely.

After finishing.

Heath Woods pulled out a photo and handed it to Dirk Carter.

Dirk took it and was stunned.

It was a full-body nude photo of Tina Griffin, taken by the public security department.

Her exposed body parts, like her head, neck, arms, and calves, were intact, while other areas were covered in scars, more terrifying than the ones on Megan Goodman; saying it was horrific wouldn't be an exaggeration.

Back then, Polly Linden was also confronted with Astrid Giles's dark side due to a joke.

That night.

She deceitfully asked Polly Linden to drive her home.

Once home, she handed Polly a beverage, and that drug-laced drink incapacitated Polly Linden.

Next, while under the influence of alcohol, Astrid Giles began various forms of abuse on Polly Linden.

When she crazily thrust a beer bottle into Polly Linden's body, causing massive bleeding.

Astrid naturally dared not send her to the hospital.

Just like that.

A youthful life abruptly ended.

After calming down, she phoned Dion Dutton.

Though Dion was scared when he arrived on the scene, he still helped Astrid Giles dispose of the corpse, placing Polly Linden in an oversized suitcase and driving to the wilderness to bury her.

After Dion Dutton confessed to burying the body, the discipline inspection commission and the police simultaneously mobilized and found Polly Linden's corpse.

At this point in the case, the truth was essentially uncovered.

Dirk Carter sighed in relief, nodded, and said, "Alright, with this, I can give Nancy Sharp an explanation."

He looked at Heath Woods and asked, "What about Megan Goodman? Did Astrid confess?"

Heath Woods nodded and said, "Yes, she did. Their meeting was purely coincidental..."

No need to elaborate on how they met.

The main question is why Astrid Giles decided to harm Megan Goodman upon first meeting her?

According to Astrid Giles's confession, her motive was simple: one was revenge against Dirk Carter, and second, Astrid believed that with Megan Goodman being young and pretty, she must have had an extraordinary relationship with Dirk Carter.

She knew Dirk Carter was already married.

So, in her view, Megan Goodman should be Dirk Carter's mistress.

Under the influence of the demon within her, Astrid lured Megan Goodman to her place and subjected her to inhumane torture.

After the trial of the case ended.

The special team hired psychological experts to evaluate Astrid Giles's mental state.

The final results showed.

When committing these perverse acts, Astrid Giles possessed complete civil conduct capacity, meaning she was to face legal sanctions.

After clarifying the Polly Linden case.

The Brent Lowell case wrapped up as well.

Next was the Lane Quincy case.

Since Polly Linden was killed by Astrid Giles.

The one who plotted to murder Brent Lowell must be her as well.

During the subsequent interrogation, Astrid no longer resisted and admitted she convinced discipline committee leader Jasmine Summers to help execute the "frame-up."

Astrid Giles is an astute person.

She knew that after Dirk Carter assumed office, Jasmine Summers felt stifled, so she approached her privately.

Convincing Jasmine Summers wasn't difficult.

Firstly, she told Jasmine Summers that once Lane Quincy fell, Sidney Lewis's faction would lose its foundation.

Secondly, if Farrell Lowell succeeded in assassinating Dirk Carter, the discipline inspection commission would fall into chaos, and in that situation, she would help Jasmine summers advance, even if it couldn't secure the Executive Deputy Secretary, moving a few ranks forward should be possible.

Jasmine Summers hardly hesitated and agreed to help.

She received Farrell Lowell's secret location from Astrid Giles and disclosed it to Lane Quincy under the pretext of work reports.

But she didn't know that Astrid Giles only used her to complete the first step.

Her full plan was for Lane Quincy to find Farrell Lowell and assassinate Dirk Carter, and then have Dion Dutton eliminate Farrell Lowell.

Given her many years of experience, Astrid Giles knew Lane would usually hire Tom Cruise for such things.

Thus, Dion Dutton was mobilized early to approach Tom secretly, using an extremely covert method to install a bomb in the car Tom supplied to Farrell Lowell.

Once Farrell returned to the car after completing the task, he would surely be blown up by the bomb.

His death would leave no evidence.

Even if Farrell couldn't kill Dirk Carter, the charges of plotting against Dirk would entirely fall on Lane Quincy.