Xiao Hei smiled and said, "You are so courageous, you actually dare to bring your lover home for a date."

"We have never lived in this house, my wife rarely comes here, and she is not familiar with the surrounding neighbors..." Mastin Cage showed an expression that you know.

Luke turned to look at Mastin Cage's wife, "Are you sure your wife doesn't know about this?"

Mastin frowned, "I'm sure, what do you mean?"

Luke did not answer, "Contact your lover Gail Thompson."

"Do you really want to contact me now?" Mastine Cage looked at his wife, a little worried.

"That's right, right now, make sure she is safe and whether the key is still in her hand?"

"You won't tell my wife about this, will you?"

"As long as you cooperate with the police investigation and as long as this matter does not affect the police investigation, we will not interfere."

Mastin nodded and took out his cell phone and dialed a number.

Luke reminded, "Play voiceover."

Mastin was a little reluctant, "My wife will find out."

Luke took the phone directly and held it in his hand. If the victim was really Gail, then Mastin was also a suspect.

A voice sounded on the phone, "Sorry, no one is answering the phone right now, and the owner has not set up a voicemail. Please call again later."

"Is there any other way to contact you?"

"No." Mastin was a little nervous, "Gail suddenly shut down his phone during the day, could something really happen?"

Luke returned the phone to the other party, "When was the last time you saw or contacted?"

"Yesterday morning, we talked on the phone."

"At that time, was there anything abnormal about her?"

"I didn't hear it."

"Has she encountered any difficulties recently?"

"I have no idea."

"Is she married?"

"Yes."

"Does her husband know about your relationship?"

"How is it possible? We have always been very careful."

"Do you have a picture of her?"

Mastin clicked on a software on his phone, operated it for a while, and handed it to Luke.

Luke took a look. She was a white woman about forty years old, with brown hair. She was not very beautiful, but the smile on her face was contagious.

"Where is her home?"

"203 Diermore Community."

Luke said, "Keep calling her. If you contact her, remember to notify us."

"I understand." Mastin responded and asked with some worry, "If...what if...it's really her, will you tell my wife?"

"What do you think?" Luke finished his sentence and rushed to Gale's house.

The last arrest of Domit James left Luke with lingering fears. For safety reasons, he even called Jackson.

Luke was reluctant to drive his Mercedes-Benz. If a shootout broke out, he would be heartbroken.

Jackson drove the police car and Luke sat in the passenger seat.

Xiao Hei was lying alone in the back row, "Do you think if Gale was really the victim, who would have killed her?"

Luke yawned, "We haven't even figured out the victim's condition yet. Isn't it too early for you to say this?"

Xiao Hei touched his chin, "Sometimes too many clues can cause confusion and even confuse investigators. On the contrary, the initial intuition is more accurate."

This was the first time Jackson heard this statement. Although it didn't make sense, it was quite bluffing. "Who do you think it could be?"

Xiao Hei said seriously, "I think she might be Mastin's wife.

Perhaps, she had known about her husband's cheating for a long time, and when she saw that her husband dared to openly bring other women home for a date, she was filled with anger and felt extremely insulted.

Then, he directly killed her husband's lover.

She definitely had enough motivation to do that."

Jackson thought for a while, "I don't object to you saying that she had a motive to kill, but why did she kill someone in her own house and burn her own house down? The only person who lost in this way was herself."

Xiao Hei shook his head, "Don't forget that there is something called insurance. Many wealthy people's houses have fire insurance. Even if the house is destroyed, the insurance company will still compensate her. She will not suffer any loss.

Moreover, seeing her husband dating that woman in the house must have made her feel sick, and she may not have wanted the house a long time ago. If she burns it clean, she can still get a compensation, which is the best of both worlds."

Jackson seemed to be convinced by him, "The analysis makes sense."

Xiao Hei smiled and said to Luke beside him, "What do you think?"

“It’s no problem to analyze the motivation, but it’s not easy to implement it in practice.

First of all, Mastin said that he did not ask Gale to meet at the house last night.

So why did Gail appear in the house?

In addition, Mastin’s wife is also a woman, so it is not easy to commit murder and set fire.”

Xiao Hei said, "What's so difficult about this? As long as she knows about her husband and Gale, she can find an opportunity to use her husband's mobile phone to send a message to Gale and trick Gale into the house.

Or just hire a killer to kill Gale, and finally destroy the body and eliminate all traces.

Being able to keep a vacant house without renting it means that their family is definitely rich. She is also a rich woman and has the ability to hire a killer.

You can check her bank account, maybe you can find clues to the killer."

Luke thought for a moment, and Xiao Hei's reasoning made sense in theory, but he still felt that it was unlikely.

Because theory and practice are two different things, many plans are easy to say but complicated to implement and full of too many uncertain factors.

Jackson came up with a new idea, "If the deceased was Gail, could the murderer be her husband.

Her husband found out about Gale's cheating and wanted a divorce, but he didn't want to pay alimony, so he simply killed her without stopping.

It is somewhat similar to the motive of the murderer in the previous car crash robbery case."

Luke said, "The motive makes sense, but the actual situation needs to be investigated to know."

Not long after, a group of three people arrived at the community where Gale's family lived.

With the experience of the first two gun battles, Luke no longer dared to be careless.

Although he only understood the situation, he was also prepared for a firefight.

Luke and Blackie were responsible for calling the door, while Jackson stayed in the car with a rifle, ready to support at any time.

"Ding dong" Xiao Hei rang the doorbell.

Luke stood on the right side of the door, his right hand on his gun.

After a while, the door opened and a white man stood at the door, looking at Luke and Xiao Hei with some confusion, "Who are you looking for?"

"Is this Gail Thompson's house?"

"Yes, what are you doing with my wife?"

"We are LAPD, we are investigating a criminal case, and we want to find out some information from Gail Thompson."

"What do you know?"

"Don't be nervous, we are just asking routinely, is she at home?"

"Yes, I'll go in and call her."

"We'll go in with you." Xiao Hei was worried that the place would take the opportunity to escape. After all, if it was like Jackson's analysis, Gale's husband was also suspected.

Gale's husband was a little resistant, "No, I don't like strangers entering my home."

Xiao Hei suggested, "Then call her out."

Gale's husband was a little dissatisfied, "What do you mean? Are you doubting me?"

"No, we are just conducting a routine investigation."

"OK, if you don't give me a satisfactory answer after a while, I will file a complaint against you." Gale's husband was a little dissatisfied, "Gale, please come out, the police are looking for you."

Both Luke and Xiao Hei looked wary.

After a while, a woman came out of the house and asked, "What did you just say? Why are the police looking for me?"

After seeing this woman, Xiao Hei was stunned. Isn't this Gail?

She's not dead!

She was not the one who was burned.
To be continued...