"When we arrived, the fire had been on for about half an hour. According to the extent of the damage of the four corpses, we can only extract DNA from the bones and then compared them to their parents'. It will take about twenty days. Please wait patiently. And given that Vincent and his parents are not here, we called Rolando half an hour ago, but he hasn't come."
At the entrance of the autopsy department, everyone kept silent after the medical expert finished his report. It looked as if someone had suddenly pressed the pause button and everyone including their expressions kept still.
"What about the surveillance cameras on the road?" Noah asked.
"The surveillance camera was just within the range of the explosion and the entire line was blown up. We could see a small area only through the full-range surveillance camera at the cemetery, but it was blocked by trees. We could only see the fire of the explosion. Judging from the fire, there were three explosions." The medical expert said.
"What about witnesses?" Ferne suddenly calmed down. "Who called the police except for Kamron?"
"Sorry, I don't know. You can ask the police officer who came to the scene." The medical expert looked at everyone and said, "I have told you everything I can answer. You can know more after reading the autopsy report in twenty days."
Everyone was silent. Ferne's phone rang. It was Jaquan.
Ferne suddenly did not dare to answer the call. He was afraid that it was bad news.
Noah answered the phone and turned on the speaker. Jaquan's hoarse voice echoed in the corridor, "I didn't find any other ... remnants."
He used "remnants" to describe Vincent's body.
Ferne suddenly broke down in tears. He covered his face and bit the back of his hand hard to try not to care, but his tears kept falling.
Randy sat down on the ground with his back against the wall. He lowered his head and covered his forehead with a hand.
Armando stood there in silence. He did not say a single word, but his eyes darkened.
Janessa stood there, loss for words. She wanted to say that it wasn't confirmed that the corpse was Vincent. But Jaquan did not find anything else at the scene. After the accident, Emily was rushed to the hospital. And there were only a few incomplete corpses that burned to bones. The police could not even tell how many corpses there were because they were incomplete and it was hard to put them together. However, they put together four corpses and they were working on the rest. Conservatively speaking, there could be at least four or five corpses.
It was highly likely that one of them was Vincent.
Vincent was seen to get on the car in the all-around surveillance of the cemetery. Vincent, the driver, Rex, Emily's driver, and the other driver were at the scene. The number of the people and corpses matched.
Ferne cried so hard because he hoped that Vincent and his guards were alive. But when he learned the numbers of the corpses, he suddenly fell silent.
He forgot that there was another possibility. Vincent died, so his guards died too.
"I'm going to the Scavo's." Randy stood up. His white skin gave an obvious contrast to his red eyes.
Ferne nodded and he didn't make a sound. He walked out step by step. Suddenly, he said, "Do you still remember the first time you met Vincent?"
The first time Ferne met Vincent, he was very young. He forgot exactly how old he was. All the children were messing around at the banquet, but Vincent sat there quietly. He looked aloof, just like an adult.
At that moment, Ferne felt that Vincent was different from others. He thought that Vincent was a loner, so he tried to play with Vincent. But Vincent asked him, "What is your IQ?"
Ferne had no idea what IQ meant. After a while, he asked, "What did you say?"
The Little Vincent looked at Ferne with disgust and said, "I don't talk to people with an IQ lower than 130."
Poor Ferne! He didn't know what IQ was at that age and was disliked.
He was gloomy and came to his good friends, Jaquan, Randy, and Armando. They got to Vincent together, but...
"You all thought that Vincent was smarter and followed him instead of me. I was jealous and thought that he took my friends away. I even sulked for a long time." Ferne said in a low voice. He suddenly wiped out his tears and said, "Let's go. Who wants to practice with me?"
This was how Vincent taught him.
Ferne felt quite sorrowful after saying this.
"Noah, tell me that Vincent is still alive." After getting in the car, Ferne sat in the passenger seat and looked out of the window absentmindedly. "Tell me! Is he still alive?" Ferne turned around and looked at Noah, hoping to get an affirmative answer. It seemed that Vincent must be alive if Noah nodded.
"Yes. He must still be alive." Noah drove the car.
Noah did not think that people like Vincent would die easily. But he could not explain those burnt corpses, so he could only deceive himself and say, "He must be alive."
It was more like that he comforted Ferne than himself.
Noah was clear that there would never be another person like Vincent in City Y.
What a pity if he died!
...
A week later, at the city hospital.
Emily's brain suffered a great injury. She was unconscious for three days after the surgery. On the fourth day, she woke up and was conscious for only a short time. She opened her eyes, looked at the ceiling and slowly closed her eyes.
The doctor said that Emily's brain suffered a huge impact. If she woke up, she would feel dizzy and painful, and she would even vomit. But it was normal. There is no need to make a fuss.
Although her neck was fine, the doctor still reinforced the corrector in case she would turn her neck too hard and feel dizzy. So when the corrector was removed a week later, Emily just woke up again.
She was conscious a little longer than last time. She looked at the row of people standing on the side, and there was even a person sitting in a wheelchair. She was confused, afraid, and sad. She was overwhelmed by her emotions and burst into tears when she saw Donna.
"Mom ... Mom..."
She didn't make any sound but it could be confirmed that she was calling mom according to her lips.
Donna walked to the bed in tears of joy and held Emily's hand. She quickly wiped out the tears on her face and comforted, "Emily, I'm here. You will be OK.. Don't be afraid."