Second Sister by Chan Ho-Kei

Author:Chan Ho-Kei [Ho-Kei, Chan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781788547109
Publisher: Head of Zeus
Published: 2020-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

2.

“The train to North Point is arriving. Please let passengers exit first.”

The platform announcement brought Nga-Yee back to the present. She was at Yau Tong station, waiting to change trains. Ever since hearing Detective Mok’s words at N’s place, her mind wouldn’t stop going back to his revelation.

Lily Shu was kidkit727.

Right at the beginning, N had said the post that started everything had the feel of a lawyer defending a client in court, and that he’d follow up on that. Nga-Yee hadn’t expected that he would deputize Detective Mok for this task. She was surprised to learn that Lily had pumped the lawyer’s assistant for information. And the culprit hadn’t merely attacked Siu-Man, but had deliberately waited till after Shiu Tak-Ping’s case was resolved to take her down, gathering material to smear her on the internet.

The most surprising thing, though, was N’s response.

“All right, you’ve heard the recording. Now will you leave?”

That was all he said. As if Martin Tong’s words had no relevance to him.

“Leave? Doesn’t this recording tell us who the culprit is? Why didn’t you tell me the investigation was over? Were you waiting for me to get my wages so you could extort more from me?”

“This still isn’t conclusive evidence.”

Nga-Yee almost exploded at the way N seemed determined to draw this out. Lily Shu had an iPhone, just like the culprit; she’d fought with Siu-Man over a boy, which meant she had a grudge; she was one of the few people who knew what happened in the karaoke bar on Christmas Eve; and the lawyer Mr. Tong had confirmed that she had information about the Shiu Tak-Ping case that the general public didn’t. No matter how you sliced it, Lily was clearly kidkit727. They had witnesses, material evidence, and a motive. How was this not conclusive? The only explanation she could think of was that N was trying to save face: he’d been circling their suspects with his high-tech methods, only to have Detective Mok get there first with old-fashioned legwork.

She’d argued with N for a few more minutes, but he wouldn’t budge. The most she managed to extract from him was a promise to bring her along the next time he questioned Lily. She was filled with rage all the way home, and she couldn’t sleep at all that night.

For days now, she’d been thinking about Lily, Kwok-Tai, and Siu-Man. How deep was Lily’s hatred? Even though Siu-Man had stopped speaking to the other two, pulling out of their love triangle, Lily still felt the need to intimidate her by the strongest means possible. When Nga-Yee thought back to the other day, a shiver went through her. If Lily’s tears meant that she regretted going too far and causing Siu-Man to kill herself, at least there was still a shred of humanity left in her. But what if she’d realized that Kwok-Tai was going to reveal their romantic entanglement, and had put on a guilty act to deflect suspicion? If those were crocodile tears, this girl was truly terrifying.

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