Chapter 209
While Austin was busy making preparation, Emily was detained by the police for three whole days
The two kidnapper, who had been caught thanks to clues from Lucas, suddenly changed their story not long after i Emily’s idea.
ing out Kavier, saying it was all
Not only that, they even showed a v
a video of Emily handing them cash as a bribe,
Faced with this so–called ironclad evidence, even after being dragged into the interrogation mom several times in just three days, Emily kept saying she was being framed.
For those three days, aside from eating, using the restroom, and being interrogated, Emily stayed curled up in the farthest corner of the detention cell
Sometimes Emily would close her eyes to rest, but the slightest sound would have her snapping awake, instantly on guard.
Emily didn’t get a single minute of real sleep in those three days. Her eyes were bloodshot, with bruises showing under them.
Emily had been through this kind of thing more times than she could count over the past two years; she was already used to it.
So no matter how worn out her body got, her mind stayed razor–sharp and on high alert.
“Emily, come out. Someone‘
to see you,” a police officer called out,
The moment she heard the voice, Emily’s eyes flew open, and she stood up from her spot in the comet
Emily had been locked up for three days, and not a single person had come to see her
She already had a good guess who came to her right now, but he just book longer than the expected.
Just as she expected, she saw Xavier through the glass
A faint smile tugged at Emily’s lips as she looked at Xavier, her eyes full of mockery
Upon noticing that smirk,Xavier’s expression grew even darker. He glared at Emily like he wanted to eat her alive. “That email—”
Xavier paused, then rephrased his question. “Where did you get that video?
Xavier’s voice was so low that if Emily hadn’t already known why he was here, she probably wouldn’t have understood a word he said.
But Emily didn’t bother to lower her voice. Instead, she shot back with a mocking tone, “Who else could get their hands on a video like that, it not
Jackson?”
Xavier’s expression flickered not with shock, but with a helpless sadness, like a suspicion he’d been dreading had just been confirmed.
Emily pressed her lips together, feeling not a shred of sympathy for Xavier Instead, she was left with a strange mix of bittersweet emotion and
wistfulness.
She d always known Jackson was sharp, but every time he set things in motion, he still managed to catch her off guard
Jackson had figured out early on that Sofia’s plan to bring the brothers back into the family was nothing but trouble.
So, he secretly set up surveillance cameras and caught evidence of Sofia committing murder, giving Xavier something to protect himself with.
Jackson also realized that if Emily helped him track down Xavier, Xavier might start seeing her as a threat and even want to get rid of her. So, Jackson made sure she had something to protect herself with, too
The video Emily had picked up from the internet cale earlier was exactly what Jackson had prepared for her, a piece of leverage to keep Xavier in check,
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That footage came from a camera Jackson had installed to ensure Xavier’s safety, and it ended up recording the entire scene of Xavier dragging Jackson
Now that Jackson was dead, that video could serve as
ve as muidence that Xavier had killed him,
it was Jackson who taught Emilly this, too. Wter retrieving the video, she had to store it in a specific email account and log in every single day.
if something happened and she missed a login, the video would automatically be sent to Kavier’s email after two days, and to every media outlet in Cloudridge after live
Jackson had planned for everything, except for one thing. He never expected that the brother he’d risked his life to profect would be the very hands that pushed him into hell.
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