The bodyguard didn't know the car belonged to Grace, and the security footage showed another woman damaging it—someone completely unrelated to Jodie.
Jodie's face lit up with delight, and she immediately started yelling toward the next room.
"Grace, you bitch! How dare you frame me?"
The police station had good soundproofing, so Grace could only see Ethan talking to Jodie, but she couldn't hear what they were saying.
When she heard how loudly Jodie was screaming, she walked out.
Jodie immediately straightened up. "So you were trying to blame me for what happened to your car! You're seriously twisted. Yancey, why are you siding with her? I swear I didn't do anything to her car."
Grace looked over at Ethan.
That was also when Ethan realized that the person Jodie had been fighting with was Grace.
Grace's expression remained calm. "Ms. Henderson, you confronted me moments before my car was vandalized. Who else could it be?"
Jodie started to cry again. She turned back and kneeled before Ethan, tugging on his sleeve.
"Uncle Ethan, look at her!"
Ethan's hand, resting at his side, tightened slightly. He looked down as he said, "It wasn't her."
she hadn't realized the extent of his
mouth, unsure what to
the other hand, Jodie looked at her with a
long as Ethan sided with Jodie, there was
police officer spoke up at that
security footage. It really
so she just snorted. "Fine. I'll take Mr. Henderson's 20 grand for now. Let's
and made for the door, but Jodie wasn't
just accused me of something I didn't do!
her tracks, acted like she didn't hear
"You!"
rolling her eyes. "Well, what do you expect from someone from the streets? Not a drop of
the police station, still feeling a knot of anger in her
out, sighing. "Let me give you a ride. I told you,
didn't know that it really wasn't Jodie this
mind, this was Ethan's unconditional favoritism toward Jodie, to the
even gotten the police to change
and Ethan were ultimately
window, she could see Ethan coming out of the
his side, and Jodie
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