Feel the Way You Feel, My Love

“Did they find anything then?” Natalie inquired.

Alice smiled bitterly. “Of course not. The Grahams framed Ms. Larson just to keep Mrs. Garcia from sniffing Jacqueline out. That’s why Ms. Larson and her whole family were kicked out of the banquet. I was a coward back then. I didn’t dare to tell what I saw. It wasn’t only until later that I told Ms. Larson about it.”

“Is that why the Grahams went bankrupt?” Natalie surmised.

Alice nodded. “Yes. The Larsons joined forces with enemies of the Graham family, and the Grahams went bankrupt as a result. After that, the incident of Jacqueline torturing a cat spread like wildfire.”

“Wait, then why didn’t Shane know anything about it?” Natalie’s brows furrowed in confusion.

If Shane knew about Jacqueline’s sick hobby of torturing animals, he would never have indulged her every step of the way.

“Mr. Shane was studying abroad at that time. He only came back to J City after Jacqueline went missing. By then, the Graham family had already crumbled, so naturally, no one mentioned all the things Jacqueline did. I’m not surprised that Mr. Shane didn’t know about it,” Alice explained.

eyes in realization.

about Jacqueline? Hasn’t she gone missing? I even

the news wasn’t made public, but she’s awake

the question, but then, she began to think back

open and she exclaimed, “Mrs. Thompson, now that you mention it, I think it really was her. Even though I haven’t seen her or heard her voice in ten years, I can still remember what her voice sounded like. There was a slight difference in the voice of the person on the phone compared

the real culprit who wanted me

makes sense now. The one who reported Alice

official. That’s why Shane and I never once doubted the

important detail, and that’s the relationship between Mr. Gunn

girl. That’s why he never entertained the possibility that she’d be

know about Mr. Gunn and Jacqueline’s relationship until later on, and secondly because I didn’t know that Alice was actually innocent.

much deeper