Sweet Divorce

Chapter 49 Am I In Love with her?

“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

of life. Jacob was aware of

“Indeed. Nobody would

all we have found are evidence

makes it impossible to doubt Rita’s sin.” Liam frowned. “But now

Rita

that somebody set Rita up,

back to square one, what do

puff of cigarette. Remembering his conversation with Rita the other day, he said. “Look into Charlotte and

Charlotte?

Charlotte have to do with

was confused. But since Liam asked, he’s going to do

down his phone, Liam took more puffs, feelings

this,

purpose to set Rita up and drag Liam down

somebody was going

out who the real culprit was, Liam

to

the

was

his brain. Liam, you’re

***

Liam drove back home.

room as usual but found it

Nobody’s home?

Where is she?

doing out there so

it didn’t

was late in

had been reading and took a quick

again, he lost

Damn.

footsteps coming

alcohol saturated

She drank?

her bed and collapsed down. She

at her back, Liam was even

silent,

the dark night, raindrops broke

“No… please.”

whining, fear in her

was suddenly wide

he didn’t do anything but look

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