Sweet Divorce

“The remitter was Rita.”

The answer covered Liam’s face with a layer of frozen ice. “Are you sure?”

“Yes. We even found the surveillance tape of Rita remitting at the bank.”

“Send me the video.”

“Yes.”

He hung up, is face livid.

The remitter was Rita?

That’s the last outcome he would expect.

With a plinking sound, a message popped up on his phone.

Liam put the car in neutral and clicked on the video.

When he’s done watching the clip, he looked so dreadful that as if he was going to kill someone.

He dialed a number. “Jacob, I’ll send you a video. I need you to find out whether it’s been edited. Hit me back in ten minutes and tell me the result.”

“No. don’t hang up, I want to know immediately.”

“Yeah… alright.”

Jacob was still drinking, the sudden call and Liam’s cold voice gave him a pause. Then he put down his wine hurriedly and dashed upstairs to the third floor of the bar.

It was one of Jacob’s stomping grounds.

He turned on the computer and start authenticating the video.

About ten minutes later.

“Liam, the video is original.”

Jacob’s voice rang again on Liam’s phone. Liam wrinkled his brows. “Are you sure?”

“Affirmative.”

Liam’s voice died off, but still, Jacob could feel his coldness through the phone.

His mouth a tight line, Jacob gave one more glance at the video playing on loop.

He took a deep breath and broke the silence. “Liam. If Rita told you to probe into what happened that year, she wouldn’t leave such solid evidence. She’s not that dumb.”

used to hate

matter of life. Jacob was aware of the magnitude

Nobody would be

we have found are evidence to seal Rita’s

impossible to doubt Rita’s sin.” Liam frowned. “But now all these

Rita

believe that somebody set Rita up, that Rita

square one, what do we do now?

took a puff of cigarette. Remembering his conversation with Rita the

Charlotte?

did Charlotte have to do with

asked, he’s going

his phone, Liam took more puffs, feelings stirring in

somebody was behind this, who would it

purpose to set Rita up and

looked somebody was going after

who the real culprit was, Liam had an awakening—Rita was probably

had nothing to do

off outside the

he realized he was happy,

Jacob’s word reverberated in his brain.

***

Liam drove back home.

room as usual but found

Nobody’s home?

Where is she?

she doing out there

surged through him. But it didn’t last long before it was replaced by

in the

away from the magazine he had been reading and took a quick look of the empty

he lost

Damn.

footsteps

saturated

She drank?

and collapsed down. She fell asleep right

Liam was even more fidgety

them, silent,

the

“No… please.”

painful whining, fear in her

was suddenly

time, he didn’t do anything but look