Chapter 74

Hotel. Beckett slept lightly at night due to some past experiences. For a while, he suffered from insomnia and had to rely on sleeping pills to sleep. On the bedside table lay the sleeping pills that Carl had prepared in advance, but Beckett didn't take them tonight. His mind was filled with Madeleine... Ironically, Beckett never thought he would be attracted to a woman. She stated flatly that her left ear was deaf. She mentioned that she had tried to commit suicide many times. Without shedding a tear, it seemed as if she was describing something trivial. Checking the time, it was already 3 am. Rubbing his temples, Beckett was somewhat frustrated. Why was he always unconsciously thinking of that woman... The phone screen showed an incoming call, but in sleep mode, the phone wouldn't even vibrate. ... Outskirts of the city. Madeleine was shivering, staring at her phone, her body trembling so much it was on the verge of collapsing. "Miss, let's call the police," suggested a jogger who wa