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Chapter 22: Identified?

In the business district's parking lot, Joe focused on the people entering and leaving the nearby office building, waiting for Margaret to come down, completely unaware that he had been exposed.

Going upstairs was impossible.

Even in the 1940s, access to the business district was relatively strict, and it was difficult to blend in without preparation.

So he could only stay in the parking lot.

After about half an hour, Margaret finally came down from upstairs.

But she wasn't the only one coming down.

A spirited old man in his fifties or sixties walked in front of her.

If nothing unexpected happened, this should be the Uncle John that Margaret mentioned.

Margaret followed closely behind him, but what was surprising was that there was a very attentive young man by her side at this time.

And behind the three of them were two cold-faced bodyguards, who were probably their security.

Seeing this scene, Joe, who was monitoring Margaret, quietly took out his camera and took a few pictures.

At this point, Margaret and the others got into a car.

However, Margaret did not drive her own car at this time but followed Uncle John and the attentive young man to another car.

The attentive young man was driving, and Margaret and Uncle John sat in the back seat.

The two bodyguards got into another car and followed them from behind.

After the two cars had driven a certain distance, Joe followed suit and started his car to join them from behind.

Josh, who had noticed this, didn't hesitate and slowly started his car, following from behind.

This was the first time Josh had ever done something like tailing someone, so he was unsure about it.

Fortunately, Joe focused on following Margaret and avoiding being detected by her bodyguards, so he didn't notice Josh behind him.

It was thanks to Tony Wendy's request that Bryan from the Irish gang stepped in as a guarantor and used part of the $1,000 reward to pay off some of the debts, which resulted in the people sent by Scaglione to tail Joe Barbera being withdrawn.

If those people were still tailing him, Josh, who had no experience in following, would have been discovered long ago.

With Josh following behind, they went on for quite a while.

Margaret and her group went to a high-end restaurant for lunch and then went back to the jewelry company to discuss business.

This time, it wasn't until after three o'clock in the afternoon that Margaret was finally sent downstairs by the attentive young man.

After saying goodbye to the young man, Margaret drove away in her own car.

Joe Barbera persisted in following her, and Josh was no exception.

However, this time, it seemed that Margaret was heading towards Josh's house.

And all the way, Joe Barbera was still hanging far behind, seemingly just following without any other intention.

But Josh wasn't going to let him off that easily.

Although it was a satellite city, there was still quite a distance of uninhabited area between Chicago and Evanston, where Josh's house was located.

Of course, there were still quite a few cars on the road.

But compared to the urban area, it was already quite deserted.

In this area, Josh put on his mask, stepped on the gas, caught up with Joe Barbera from the left side, and rammed into him.

Just like in the United States and China, the driver's seat of the car was on the left, so this collision directly hit Joe Barbera's driving position.

The impact sent him flying, and the car lost control and crashed into the farmland on the right side of the road, flipping over in it.

Seeing that he had succeeded with just one hit, Josh didn't hesitate and followed down.

Because it was still late winter, the so-called farmland was just a piece of barren land. The soil was very solid due to the low temperature.

Therefore, Josh calmly drove his car to the overturned car of Joe Barbera.

Joe Barbera in the car wasn't stupid. Even though he was hit and dazed, he was still clever enough to struggle and reach for the gun hidden under the passenger seat.

But before he could grab the gun, a cold, large barrel was already pressed against the back of his head.

Joe Barbera could only raise his hands in despair.

"Get out!" With a light shout, the gun moved slightly away from Joe Barbera's head, but he still dared not make any sudden movements.

Because he knew quite a bit about firearms, based on the touch on the back of his head a moment ago, he could tell that the weapon in the other person's hand was a highly effective close-range killing tool, a shotgun.

At close range, this thing was more effective than any other firearm.

Within ten meters, all living things are equal. It's no joke.

With this thing pointed at him, Joe Barbera had completely given up on any thoughts of resistance and struggled to crawl out of the broken car window.

At this point, quite a few passing cars on the distant road had noticed the situation here.

But when they saw Josh, wearing a mask and holding a shotgun, they all decisively chose to step on the gas and quickly leave.

As for the police, in this era, without cell phones or pagers, it would take at least half an hour for them to receive the alarm and arrive in this remote wilderness.

After Joe Barbera struggled out of the car, he finally saw that the person pointing the gun at him was a tall, thin man wearing a mask.

But why did this mask look so familiar?

"Is it you?" The next second, Joe Barbera recognized the figure and couldn't help but widen his eyes.

There was no way around it, Josh had made too deep an impression on him, and if it weren't for Josh stealing the car, he wouldn't have ended up in his current predicament.

But he didn't expect to be so unlucky as to run into this guy again.

Did he do anything to provoke him?

"Who told you to follow that lady?" But at this moment, Josh had no thoughts of catching up with this guy. He just directly asked.

Hearing Josh's words, Joe Barbera realized that the task Tony Wendys had given him was not as simple as he thought. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attracted this mysterious guy in front of him.

But what was the relationship between this person and the woman he was following?

Suddenly, Joe Barbera thought of the young man he had seen in Evanston when he was following Margaret in the morning...

"Quick, tell me who told you to follow that lady." Josh didn't know that Joe Barbera had already recognized his true identity. When he saw him hesitate, he asked again.

"It was Mr. Tony Wendys who asked me to do it. He asked me to follow Mrs. Wendys, find evidence of her affair, and the identity of her lover..." Faced with the gun, Joe Barbera decisively chose to betray his employer.

People like him didn't have any bottom lines, to begin with. They would do anything if they could survive or make money.

It's just that when he mentioned the lover, there was a subtle change in his tone and a questioning look toward Josh, which Josh noticed.

Did he recognize him? Josh couldn't help but furrow his brow.

Originally, he had only planned to teach this Italian fatso a lesson, find out the reason for following Margaret from his mouth, and had no intention of killing anyone.

But if the other person had really recognized him...

"This, sir, I..." At this point, Joe Barbera still wanted to use words to test Josh.

However...

"Bang!!!"

The sound of a gunshot resounded through the sky.


Chapter 23: The Telephone Murder Case

When the police arrived at the scene of the "car accident," it was already half an hour later.

"Any discoveries?" A burly man dressed in plain clothes got out of the car and asked the police officer in uniform.

His name was Dietrich, and he was the lieutenant sheriff of the third district of the Chicago North District. As a federal state, the United States has not had a unified police rank system since its founding, so it is common for military and police ranks to be used interchangeably.

The Chicago region was not as large as it would be in the future, so there were only 13 precincts now.

And Dietrich, as the second in command of the third precinct, could be regarded as having a high position.

"At the scene, there were only some bloodstains, tire tracks, footprints, and some bloodstained bullets, which should be hunting bullets, but there were no shells, no cars or bodies found, and, strangely, there were obviously traces of two cars at the scene, but we only found tire tracks of one car leaving, and the other car seemed to have never existed." The police officer next to him said with a somewhat unpleasant expression.

"What about witnesses?" Lieutenant Dietrich asked.

"We found the person who made the call, but he only saw a figure holding a gun from far away and didn't dare to get close, so we don't even know if the culprit is male or female." The police officer sighed helplessly.

Lieutenant Dietrich nodded at this, knowing why the police officer sighed.

Without a body, weapon, or witnesses, and not even a decent piece of evidence, this basically belonged to a headless case in an era with relatively limited investigative methods.

"Pack up and leave. I'll talk to the chief." After inspecting the scene, Dietrich ordered the team to disperse. There were too many headless cases like this nowadays, and the police didn't want to spend too much energy on them.

Meanwhile, as the police searched in vain and reluctantly dispersed, Josh, who had changed his clothes, was driving the Lincoln Continental that Margaret had helped him buy and had just arrived home.

When Josh saw the Packard parked in front of his house, he knew that Margaret was in his home... When he moved, Josh had left a spare key for her.

"How's it going?" Josh had just exited the car when Tommy from next door came out of his house and walked over to ask.

"Just a small problem. It's been solved. Thanks for your reminder." Josh replied.

Of course, how it was solved couldn't be said.

Tommy understood this very well, so he didn't ask too much. He accepted Josh's gratitude calmly, nodded, and returned to his house.

Watching Tommy go back inside, Josh let out a sigh.

Actually, if you observe carefully, you will notice that his hands still tremble slightly.

The reason is simple, he killed someone.

This was his first time killing someone.

The scene of a gunshot hitting a person and the blood flying everywhere was still fresh in his mind.

Even the bloody body and the evidence of the shotgun and the two vehicles involved were now lying quietly in the system's warehouse.

There was no mysterious pleasure feeling.

Nor was there too much fear.

There was only a little tension and confusion...

Josh still couldn't understand why he could shoot so decisively and handle the scene so calmly.

"Josh, where have you been? I've been waiting for you for so long." While Josh was lost in thought, Margaret opened the door and saw him looking a bit strange.

Then she saw Josh's gaze towards her was also a bit unusual.

"What's wrong? Is my makeup messed up?" Margaret felt a bit uneasy under Josh's stare.

Then she cried as Josh picked her up and carried her into the house.

When Margaret returned to her senses, she found herself lying naked in the bedroom with Josh holding her in his arms. Looking at his handsome but somewhat naive face, Margaret's feelings were strange and complicated.

But... also very pleasant.

This was something she had never felt with Tony Wendys.

"What happened?" Margaret gently stroked Josh's face and asked.

"Your husband, he had someone follow you all the day and took quite a few photos," Josh replied nonchalantly as she gently caressed Margaret's body.

No wonder someone said that women are the best emotional regulators.

After a wild night of passion, the negative emotions accumulated in Josh's body were finally released, and he regained his calmness.

Then he told Margaret about Tony Wendys' plan.

Josh never did things as an anonymous hero.

If you've made an effort, you have to speak out. Otherwise, who knows what you did.

Of course, the matter of killing someone is left out, and he only said that he bought the stalker with money.

"What? How dare he?" Margaret was instantly furious upon hearing Josh's words.

"Haha, why not? Not only did he dare to follow you, but he also dared to have you killed. Otherwise, you would be kicked out of the house with nothing after the divorce." Josh sneered. Of course, this sarcasm was aimed at Tony Wendice, not Margaret, who was beside him. "I have to say, he is quite decisive in this matter. Your huge wealth will all belong to him as long as you die."

But why did Josh know about Tony Wendys' plan?

After all, Josh was only implementing Tony Wendys' first tracking plan and was not told about the subsequent plans.

So Josh shouldn't have known that Tony Wendice wanted to kill Margaret.

Then why did Josh say that?

Because just now, while he was making love to Margaret, Josh finally remembered where the familiarity he felt with her came from.

Margaret, Margo, a wealthy heiress.

Tony, Tony, a tennis star.

These are characters from the Hitchcock movie "Dial M for Murder."

The reason why Josh knew this movie was because of the actress who played Margaret, Grace Kelly!

Regarding famous Hollywood actresses in the 1950s, most people's first thoughts are either Audrey Hepburn or Marilyn Monroe.

However, in the 1950s, another female movie star was even more famous than these two.

That person was Grace Kelly.

And the reason why her fame in the future is not as high as the other two is very simple.

Because this female star, who had just entered her prime after becoming famous, retired from acting and married into the Monaco royal family, becoming a legendary princess.

In the eyes of the people of Monaco, her existence is no less important than Elizabeth in the hearts of the British.

It's just that Josh happened to have seen this movie, but his impression of it wasn't very deep, so he couldn't remember it for a while.

But after he remembered it, Josh finally realized that the world he had crossed over to might not be the World War II era of the original world but a parallel world.

And the current situation is very different from the situation in the movie.

For example, the movie's story is set in London, not Chicago.

In addition, a very important character from the movie is missing, Mark, Margaret's writer lover.

But when Josh thought about his relationship with Margaret now... it seemed like he had already taken Mark's place.

And the time in which the movie's story takes place is already in the early 1950s, more than ten years later than now.


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