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.”

to hate

talking about now was a matter of life. Jacob was aware of the magnitude of

the video. “Indeed. Nobody would be that dumb. Things are

we have found are evidence to seal Rita’s

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

Rita

set Rita

square one, what do

Remembering his conversation with Rita the other day, he said. “Look

Charlotte?

Charlotte have

asked, he’s going to do it.

took

behind this, who

his purpose to set Rita up and drag Liam down

looked somebody was going after

found out who the real culprit was, Liam had

to do with Joey’s

outside the window, Liam

he was

word reverberated in his brain. Liam,

***

Liam drove back home.

entered Rita’s room as usual but found

Nobody’s home?

Where is she?

doing out there so

through him. But it didn’t last

was late in the

the magazine he had been reading and took a quick look

he lost sleep over

Damn.

heard footsteps coming

smell of alcohol saturated the house as the door

She drank?

towards her bed and collapsed down. She

Liam was

two of them, silent, were

the dark night, raindrops broke

“No… please.”

heard Rita’s painful whining, fear in her

suddenly

he didn’t do anything but look at her