30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 230

Chapter 230

Estrella frowned as she looked up from her laptop. “What’s up?”

Jesse hesitated, sensing that she might have opened a can of worms by bringing up the topic. But Estrella was waiting for an answer, so Jesse had no choice but to spill the beans. “Jason got into a fight with Gay last night and shattered both Gay’s legs.”

Estrella’s expression darkened. Just moments ago, Jason was here and didn’t breathe a word about it.

Estrella’s brow furrowed, and Jesse complained, “It’s a bit late to do that, isn’t it?”

She then glanced at Isaac, “Isaac, what’s with you? Why aren’t you calling me ‘Dad’ anymore? Call me ‘Dad’, sweetie.”

Isaac shook his head at her, “It’s not Dad, it’s Jesse.”

Jesse’s patience wore thin, and she turned to Estrella, “What’s going on here? How come overnight this kid’s whole demeanor has changed?”

Estrella wasn’t pleased either, “Who knows what kind of trick Jason played on him. They spent some time together, and now the kid’s acting like Jason’s his new dad.”

Jesse let out a frustrated sigh, “Damn, seems like there’s no competing with blood ties.”

Estrella retorted, “What blood ties could Isaac possibly share with him? Isaac’s mine and mine alone.”

Jesse nodded in agreement, “Of course, he’s all yours.”

Still, the inexplicable closeness between Isaac and Jason left Estrella feeling helpless. But with a mountain of work to get through, including helping Serene dig into a seven-year-old fire incident, Estrella had no time to dwell on Jason. She took advantage of Jesse entertaining Isaac, and got back to organizing her case files. She was determined to resolve the land and water pollution issue at Glimmering Lake, and to expose the complicit Galactic Enterprises, along with any higher-ups who had been covering for them.

be tough, no question

after Jesse left with Isaac, Bryce showed up. Noticing Isaac wasn’t there, he seemed a bit down, “Has my

“Jesse just took him

accustomed to Bryce referring to Isaac as his son and

in to take the jug from her hands. They sat down

“I made a trip to the resort. All surveillance footage related to that fire from years ago has been wiped. I asked the manager, and got the brush-off-too much time has passed, and they don’t remember. They claimed it was just an electrical accident.

and Estrella’s gaze sharpened, “An accident? Convenient how the

the resort’s surveillance been intact, their excuse might have held some water. But as it stood, Estrella wasn’t buying

accidentally deleted by security.” He paused, then added, “Ella, this case

the government chalked it up to an electrical fault, and without further suspicion-after all, even Jason couldn’t find the cause-it seemed likely to be an

see it was

probed, “When was the footage deleted? Did the resort give you a specific timeline?”

head, “They played dumb, kept saying they didn’t

breath, “It seems there’s something fishy about

“I’ll talk to Jason, see if he looked into it back in the day, maybe he’ll have some

could work,” Estrella

Isaac’s situation, Bryce received a work call and had to head back to

the days that followed, Jason dropped by twice a day, Kristin also came to visit several times, and both Serene and Holly made appearances. Since Estrella had made a deal with Serene, Serene hardly mentioned

her usual amiable self, getting along with

the hospital after a week

duty, Keegan should be her driver, taking her to

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