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.