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

matter of life.

he watched the video. “Indeed. Nobody would be that dumb. Things

have found are evidence to seal Rita’s

much evidence. To much that it makes it impossible to doubt Rita’s sin.” Liam frowned.

Rita

believe that somebody set Rita up, that

we’re back to square one, what do we do now?

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

Charlotte?

Charlotte have to

was confused. But since Liam asked, he’s going to do it. “I see. Will

down his phone, Liam took more puffs, feelings stirring

behind this, who would

purpose to set Rita up and drag

looked somebody was

culprit was, Liam had an awakening—Rita

nothing to

the window, Liam

realized he was happy,

brain.

***

Liam drove back home.

room as usual but

Nobody’s home?

Where is she?

is she doing out

didn’t last long before it was replaced

in the

from the magazine he had been reading and took a quick look of the empty room. His

he lost sleep over

Damn.

he heard footsteps

the smell of alcohol saturated the house

She drank?

and collapsed down.

her back, Liam was even more

silent, were sleeping back

the dark night, raindrops broke

“No… please.”

whining, fear

was suddenly

didn’t do anything