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 hate

was a matter of life. Jacob was aware of

video. “Indeed. Nobody

so long, all we have found are evidence to seal Rita’s

much evidence. To much that it makes it impossible to doubt Rita’s

trusted Rita

started to believe that somebody set Rita up,

to square one, what do we do

puff of cigarette. Remembering his conversation with Rita the other

Charlotte?

did Charlotte have

Liam asked, he’s

phone, Liam took

was behind this, who would it

Rita up and drag

was going

found out who the real culprit was, Liam

nothing to do with Joey’s

off outside the window, Liam

he was

word reverberated in his brain. Liam, you’re in

***

Liam drove back home.

entered Rita’s room as usual but found

Nobody’s home?

Where is she?

she doing out

it didn’t last long

was late in

and took a quick look of the empty

again, he lost

Damn.

heard footsteps coming from

of alcohol saturated the house as the

She drank?

bed and collapsed down. She fell asleep right

back, Liam

silent,

the

“No… please.”

painful whining, fear in her

suddenly wide

time, he didn’t do anything but look

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