Chapter 220: Jessi's accident 2

Paige, Carlien and Lucas stood outside the therapy room while Jordan and the detective working on Jessi's case sat inside chatting with Jessi.

After Paige called to explain things to Jordan that morning, they didn't waste time in coming to get the statement from Jessi. This was so because Yvonne had kept denying having a hand in Jessi's accident. Her statement had been the same as the one she came that year which led the police to believe that it was too good to be true.

''Jessi, can you tell us into detail what happened that day?'' the detective asked Jessi and she nodded her head.

''Soon after the burial of our mother, Jordan hurried back to New York to write his exams and get a transfer to City B so I was home alone with Yvonne. One day I got back from school and saw a man's shoes on the shoe rack. At first, I thought those belonged to Jordan, so I rushed in to see him, but he wasn't my brother. He was a different man and he seemed to be close to Yvonne because they were kissing on the sofa.

When they saw me, she didn't look remorseful. She told me that it was the fault of my brother for leaving her alone. She said that she was planning to leave anyways so it was good that I saw her. I knew that Jordan loved her a lot and I didn't know how he was going to handle it because our mother had just passed away. If he found out that his girlfriend was cheating on him, he would breakdown. I didn't want to see him in pain, so I told Yvonne that I was ready to pretend that nothing happened as long as she stopped bringing that man to our house. She promised me that it wasn't going to happen again, but a few days later after that day, I got home and saw the man in the hall. He was wearing only a short pant that reached to his knees. He didn't wear anything on top. I got frightened and ran to my room, but he followed me into the room and tried to touch me. I picked a knife I had left on the vanity table that night after cutting some apples. I cut him with the knife and he pushed me aside but he wasn't able to do anything else to me because Yvonne had arrived at that time.

Seeing how flustered I was, she told me that she was leaving the city with him and that he was the one she wanted. By the time I came back to my senses, she had already packed all her stuff and was leaving the house. I got into a taxi and followed them all the way to the airport. I knew by then that there was no way she was coming back to Jordan again, but I wanted her to breakup with Jordan face to face and not through a message from me because it was going to hurt him.

I caught up with them at the airport parking lot and chased after them. there were a lot of cars, I should have been careful but, I was too confused and preoccupied to think about anything else. I ran into their car to stop them and Yvonne got out of the car and we started dragging each other back and forth.

The man shouted at her to hurry up but I didn't let go still. I don't remember much of what really happened but before I knew it, I was flying in the air. The man was the one who hit me with the car''

Tears trimmed down her face as she narrated the entire truth to Jordan and the detective. The detective recorded everything she said and also wrote down a few other things.

''This will be enough to get an arrest warrant on Yvonne'' the detective said.

''You did well today, Jessi. Yvonne will pay for what she has done. She is an accomplish who hid the truth from the police'' Jordan squeezed her hands gently.

Meanwhile, back at City B, Yvonne was worried and anxious because since the day she went to the police station she hadn't heard anything from Jordan yet. It made her increasingly worried that things were about to go south for her. she had already been told by the police that she couldn't leave the country until the investigations was over.

She was reading some job vacancies online when the phone by her side rang. Turning to look at it, her face changed as she frowned before answering the call, ''what do you want? Didn't I tell you to stop calling me?''

''I need money. Things are not so good with me here. The police are after me and I have nowhere to go, Yvonne'' a man's voice spoke from the other side.

''I don't care, that is your business. This is the last time I am sending you money. You better not call me again''

''Have you been able to get back with that man?'' the voice sounded as if he was mocking her, ''I need half a million dollars. Send it to me or I will send a recording of what happened to him''

''Don't you dare threaten me. If I go down, you will go down with me. I wasn't the one who ran over that girl with the car. If you hadn't been careless that day, all this wouldn't have happened''

''Are you blaming me for something that you caused? Let's not talk about that right now. Send me the money, I need to get out of this place. I will be in City B next week''

''Don't look for me when you come. Let me warn you, Jordan has opened an investigation into the case, if you dare come to look for me, then things will really get messy for the both of us''

''Turns out things aren't so well with you either? I thought you said she wouldn't dare to say anything about that day to her brother?''

''She wouldn't have dared, but someone interfered and I plan on making that person pay for it''

''Who is this person?''

''Jordan's new girlfriend. That girl is nosy and just everywhere I turn to. I will send you the money by tomorrow but you must not come to find me or else we will all go down''

Yvonne hung up and threw the phone on the couch. She stared at her tablet that showed the website of Joel's company and chuckled, ''let's play if that is what you want. I won't be the only one to go down while everyone has a happy ending''

...

Mirabel arrived at Sunset Resort and got down. after giving her car keys to the valet, she removed her sun shades before entering into the restaurant. this was the place she had decided to meet 'my lonely heart beats for you'.

Today she had specifically dressed up and applied blush because she intended to pay Joel a surprise visit to his office after ending everything with her online husband. She quickly found a corner spot and went to occupy it before taking out her phone to call the number that 'my lonely heart beats for you' left for her. It was a number with a foreign registration code.

''Why is he not answering?'' she looked at the number again before dialling it for the second time, it went again but there was no response. Mirabel frowned and looked outside the restaurant. she didn't see any man coming in except couples.

''Did he forget that we were meeting today?''

A waiter walked up to her with a glass of water and placed it down on the table before asking, ''what can I offer you, Miss?''

''I am waiting for someone. I will order when he gets here. Thank you'' Mirabel smiled and took the glass of water to sip.

''Sure'' the waiter responded and walked away.

Mirabel sighed and was about to take another sip when she saw Joel walking into the restaurant and coughed after getting choked. She placed the glass back and didn't know what to do.

''Assh, talk about bad timing, what is he doing here?'' he bit her lips helplessly, ''I didn't tell him I was coming here. This is bad, what if ''my lonely heart beats for you' arrives and he sees us together? won't that just turn into a big misunderstanding?''

Mirabel picked her purse and stood up, wanting to sneak out, ''I should get out of this place first and arrange for us to meet at a different place. Right now, the public thinks we are dating. If the two of them meet, won't it look like I am cheating?''

''Were are you going?'' A voice asked from behind her and she stiffened. She heard footsteps getting closer and cussed. ''You were not trying to sneak out, right?'' Joel asked and stood in front of her.

''No'' she purposefully let her shades fall to the flow and she pointed at it saying, ''see that? I was going to pick that from the floor'' she looked up at him and noticed that he looked handsome in his light blue suit and pants.

''Let's go'' he said and took her hand.

''No, wait. I am here to meet someone. I can't go with you''

''I know; I am that person that you are here to meet?'' Joel said and stepped closer to her, whispering into her ears, ''it's good to see you finally, 'dancing in the sky''

''You…?'' Mirabel looked at him with a shocked expression as he smiled down at her.