THE DIVORCE GAMBIT From Dumped Wife to CEO's Forever novel Chapter 1208

Given Elsa's personality, for her to tell Gertrude in that situation that she had killed three people, it was highly unlikely she was just trying to scare her.

Therefore, Caitlin concluded there was a ninety percent chance the deceased were the three members of the Forrester family.

She recalled how Elsa had cried to her before, claiming the Forresters had deceived her and that Xander had taken out a $400,000 loan in her name. Based on all this, Elsa had a clear motive for murder.

"The Forresters?" Grover looked at Caitlin. "So, Miss Gonzales, are you suggesting the Forresters might have been accomplices?"

"No," Caitlin shook her head. "I suspect the Forresters may have already been silenced by Elsa."

Only if they were dead would no one have reported them missing. With another family, relatives or neighbors might have noticed their absence and called the police. But the Forresters were so disliked that people would probably be relieved by their disappearance, not inclined to file a missing persons report.

Grover was stunned, his eyes wide with disbelief. Silenced?

He then asked, "Could Elsa have killed all three members of the Forrester family by herself?"

Caitlin's expression was calm. "One was prepared, the others were not. If Elsa could pose as a cleaner to try to kill two of my friends, she could certainly have posed as someone else to get into the Forrester home and kill them when their guard was down."

"Moreover, I heard from Elsa that not only was Xander divorcing her, but he also tricked her into taking out a $400,000 loan."

Grover recognized the gravity of the situation. "Understood, Miss Gonzales. I'll take a team to the Forrester residence immediately!"

If the Forresters had truly been murdered, there would undoubtedly be evidence left behind.

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He then knocked on the door himself. "Egan, Frieda, hiding won't solve anything. Elsa is in the hospital right now. Our two families need to sit down and figure out a solution. Apologize where you need to apologize, compensate where you need to compensate."

Elsa's father thought his calm, reasonable appeal might earn him some respect from the Forresters. But to his surprise, there was still dead silence from inside.

What were they trying to do? Act like this had nothing to do with them and evade responsibility? Did they really think their family was a pushover?

Elsa's father's eyes narrowed.

His wife spat. "Honey, what's the point of reasoning with people like them? Do you think those damn animals understand human language? You animals, listen up! If you don't open this door, I'm done being polite!"

With that, she grabbed a mop left in the hallway by the cleaning staff and began to violently bang it against the Forresters' front door.