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.
to be tough, no question
up. Noticing Isaac wasn’t there, he
replied, “Jesse just
Bryce referring to Isaac
in to take the jug from her hands. They sat
that fire from years ago has been wiped. I asked the manager, and got the brush-off-too much time
sharpened, “An accident? Convenient how the surveillance is gone too. Too convenient if you
might have held some water. But as it stood, Estrella
by security.” He paused, then added, “Ella, this case might have more to it than meets the eye.”
and without further suspicion-after all,
the case now, Bryce could see
probed, “When was the footage deleted? Did the resort give you a
shook his head, “They played dumb, kept saying
against the sofa, Estrella let out a slow breath, “It seems there’s something fishy about
looked into it back
could work,” Estrella agreed.
a work call and had to head back
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 Jason in front of her anymore, which was a relief
self, getting along with
was discharged from the hospital after a week once the
should be her driver,
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