When Isaac brought back the photo of the woman's back and asked the four parents to identify it, they recognized the person immediately.

"She...she is the nanny I booked online before coming to London. During the few days in London, she has been taking care of Hardy and Edwin." Mrs. Hawthorne held the photo tightly, "She is hugging Hardy! How could she appear there? She asked me for leave this morning!"

Mr. Hawthorne's reaction was bigger than his wife's. "It's all my fault. I didn't know she asked for leave and sent her the address to pick up the child. It's all my fault!"

"Mr. Hawthorne, can you answer a question for me?" Isaac asked.

"As long as it helps, ten will do." Mr. Hawthorne looked remorseful.

"The police checked the car where Hardy was staying at that time, and there was no sign of the door being pried..." Issac said while carefully observing Hawthorne's expression.

"Because I told Hardy that someone would pick him up soon before I left, and taught him how to open the door in the car." Mr. Hawthorne was taken aback, and quickly gave an explanation.

"But the situation at the scene is not like this." Isaac's tone also turned cold, "This is related to the safety of a child, Mr. Hawthorne, I hope you will be more honest when you answer me again."

"Honesty?" Mrs. Hawthorne looked at her husband with some unease. "What's going on? Why do you say that?"

"Because the door is opened from the outside," Isaac replied, "and Mr. Hawthorne said that he taught Hardy to open the door. In fact, if Hardy can really do this, he will not be in the car. It was comfortable and I tapped on the car window. The car window is full of his handprints."

"I, I don't know why." Mr. Hawthorne was a little flustered, he held his wife's hand, "Honey, please believe me, Hardy really learned it at that time, and there is only one car key, and it is here, others How is it possible to use it to open the car door."

"Where is that key now?" Isaac asked.

"It's here..." Mr. Hawthorne began to dig out his pocket, and suddenly, his expression froze, "Why isn't it here?" He scratched his head, as if trying to remember, "I remember that I always carry the key with me, and when I heard the nanny After asking for leave, I immediately took a taxi back to the place where I parked at that time, if I was still there at that time, I opened the door, and I was still there at that time!"

"Maybe you were too flustered and accidentally left the key nearby." Mr. Hawthorne's friend, Mr. Southey, patted him on the shoulder unbearably.

Mr. Hawthorne's shoulders slumped, as if accepting the explanation.

"It seems that some people are questioning Scotland Yard's ability to collect evidence at the scene." Although this reason is plausible, Isaac is still skeptical.

"Please pay attention to your attitude." Mr. Southey said displeasedly, "You should go outside to look for clues now, not here, playing awe-inspiring to some poor parents who lost their children."

"Detective novelist?" Isaac nodded like he was taught. "In your book, you can do whatever you want, your protagonist can do anything, even if you write all the policemen as idiots, it doesn't matter to me. But now it's in reality." Sir, you probably don’t know that London is the most closely monitored city in the world, everything is captured by cameras.”

"What was photographed?" Mr. Southey suddenly had a bad premonition.

Isaac gave Mr Hawthorne a pointed look, "Someone left the car keys where they were so the child could be taken away."

Mr. Hawthorne's face turned pale.

"Who is it?" Mrs. Hawthorne didn't react immediately, thinking she had discovered the latest clue.But the other two were no fools, and they both looked at Mr Hawthorne in disbelief.

"Shouldn't it be time to tell the story behind it?" Issac knocked on the table, although his opponent's psychological quality was bad and he cheated him, but he couldn't understand the motive behind it.

Mr. Hawthorne kept his head down. "It was an accident."

What happened at the beginning is not different from what Mr. Hawthorne said, except that he concealed his relationship with the temporary nanny they hired-a high school sweetheart who was forced to separate because the other party's family suddenly went bankrupt and transferred to another school.After so many years, he thought he had forgotten her long ago, but this time he met by chance in London, and she became his child's temporary nanny.But, what the hell, grown-ups whose impulses take over their senses can do bad things, like Mr. Hawthorne, who thought his high school sweetheart was still the cheerful, laughing girl who ignored the fact that a good girl wouldn't sleep with a married man , even though they were once in love.But Mr Hawthorne trusted her so much that when he had to leave in a hurry and couldn't take the baby with him, he called her and left the keys on the inside of the wheel so she wouldn't be able to open the door.

"When I went back, the child didn't come back. Honey told me that the nanny had asked for leave in the morning. I called her and she told me that everything was fine with the child. She took him to the amusement park." Hawthorne was ashamed , "At that time, an idea suddenly popped up in my heart, why not take this opportunity to do a marketing?"

"Marketing?" Isaac glanced at Southey, the new best-selling author already stunned by the development. "You're Mr Southey's agent, but what kind of marketing would take advantage of a child's safety?"

"K is a detective novelist, and I wanted to take advantage of that and make him a real-life wise man, like Richard Castle. He was famous before, but what made him more successful was being a police consultant. After participating in solving the case." Hawthorne whispered, "If K also leaves this impression in the public mind, it will be very helpful for his future development."

"So, you want to create the illusion that Hardy is missing, and then let Mr. Southey find Hardy." Isaac seemed to understand.

Now that we have started, there is nothing bad to say next.This idea took root in Hawthorne's mind, and all he saw was the bright prospect of this plan after its success, with zero risk and high returns, which made him unable to be tempted.

However, he didn't tell anyone about this idea, and he was planning and preparing in secret.But when Edwin also disappears and he can no longer contact his high school sweetheart with Hardy, he finds that everything is out of control.

"Can't get in touch... what did you guys use to get in touch?" Isaac asked.

"An unregistered mobile phone." Hawthorne simply smashed the can, "This is just an affair in London, and I have no intention of betraying my family."

Mrs. Hawthorne slapped him loudly, "Why didn't you say it in the first place?! If something happens to Hardy, it's all your fault!"

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Mr. Hawthorne's reasons were bizarre enough, but Isaac believed he was telling the truth.Now they're focusing on the current babysitter of Hawthorne's high school sweetheart, Linda Helina, whose story is far less frivolous than Hawthorne's.After the family went bankrupt, Linda Helina was sent by her mother to her grandmother's house in London. Just after she was settled, her parents committed suicide by jumping off the building because they couldn't bear the failure, as if they were not the ones who calmly arranged their daughter's life before, or maybe it was The arrangements have already been made, so it is extraordinarily organized.

Linda Helina was not happy in her grandmother's house. She lost her parents, and her mother's relatives blamed her for her mother's suicide.The girl later became very rebellious and left a lot of records in the police station.At the age of 23, she met her true love, a busy little police officer. Since then, Linda Helina's life has been on the right track. She has become a full-time wife and has three children.However, there were unforeseen circumstances. In a law enforcement accident, her husband was shot in the spine by a bullet. Since then, he has never been able to leave the wheelchair.Although they received a sum of compensation, the pressure of life still made them not optimistic. After the child was a little older, LindaHelina began to look for a job.

"How could she have anything to do with this?" Lestrade was a little depressed.

"You know her?" Isaac asked.

"Actually, I haven't met her, but she is well-known in the police system." Lestrade said with some melancholy, "You know, in our business, there will always be unpredictable dangers. An abandoned wife is what everyone wants."

At least don't be like him, he hasn't suffered any accident yet, just because he was busy with work, his wife cheated on him, and was pointed out by that little bastard Sherlock in front of him.

"But where the hell is Sherlock now? This case is not difficult for him at all." Thinking of the embarrassing past, Lestrade thought of some little bastard again.

The question 'Where is Sherlock' is probably what everyone who cares about Sherlock wants to know, but as the central figure of the topic, Sherlock calmly mixed with a group of cloaked people, waiting for the party to start.

Great!After Moriarty's death, London finally has a new twist.

Too bad John wasn't there.

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