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Chapter 856
Chapter 856
Chapter 856
Boyce drove all the way to the old mansion, and by the time he arrived the sky had already darkened.
Jasmine was holding Joshua and playing with him in the living room, and upon entering, Boyce immediately asked about what had happened today.
“Didn’t you know about it? It’s exactly like I said.” Jasmine replied.
Boyce reached out, wanting to hold Joshua too, but Jasmine smacked his hand away, “Did you wash your hands?”
Boyce had nothing to say about that.
Jasmine repeated, “You need to wash your hands.”
“Then I don’t want to hold him anymore.”
Boyce sat down on the sofa and Jasmine came near him, “I am utterly bewildered when I saw the full box of cash. Fearing that I would burden you, I really don’t know what kind of trouble would ensue if it were not for Dolores’ idea.”
She looked at Boyce seriously, “Did you offend somebody?”
Or else, why would something like that happen?
Boyce said without any tinge of emotion, “I will deal with it.”
Jasmine continued, “Well, anything goes as long as you are aware of your role. Right, when we have dinner later, remember to say some thanks to Dolores. I couldn’t get through to you on the phone, and at that time I was completely clueless, and it was Dolores who saved me from that predicament. Or else, when push comes to shove, things might deteriorate in an unimaginable way.”
Boyce nodded.
With a creaky voice, the door of the room was opened, and with Andrew and Amanda flanking on both sides, they helped Jayden in from outside. His body was getting worse by the day, and walking itself was a hard ordeal for him now. There must be someone who could help him walk nowadays.
Boyce saw the two children having a hard time steadying the old man, so he got up, walked towards them to assist, “Let me help you settle down on the sofa.”
Jayden simply nodded.
He didn’t last long on the sofa too as tiredness caught up to him. Boyce then proceeded to help him back to his room.
When it was time for dinner, Dolores prepared all the dishes and carried them into the house.
It seemed that he lacked appetite, and he seemed uncomfortable lying in bed. Dolores placed the dishes on the table by the bed and said in a soft voice, “Let me call the doctor over.”
Jayden sounded weak, “No need. Just go… mind your business.”
This was not the first time Dolores saw him getting tortured by disease, and she knew that nobody could shoulder this pain for him too. It made her feel hapless and sorry.
His dinner was watched over by Jessica and Coral, so she exited the room to make a call to the doctor so that he could come to check on Jayden.
Seeing that Jayden’s condition was getting worse, her fear grew by the day, although the dominant emotion gripping her was sadness. There was a starry sky tonight, and she raised her head to gaze at the sky.
“Why are you sitting here?”
Matthew came in from outside and Dolores turned her head and saw him. She then got up and approached him while saying softly, “I saw dad being in a lot of pain, so I have called Dr. Jason over.”
Matthew patted her, “I got it. Come in the house, it’s chilly out here.”
Dolores nodded and came in. Matthew had gone to where Jayden was staying.
Every time Jayden was in pain, he would stop anyone from coming to the house. He didn’t fancy the idea of showing his weakness in front of anyone.
Only Matthew was the exception.
Dolores found herself lacking in appetite, but she still settled into a chair by the dining table nonchalantly and shoved some food into the children’s plates. She wanted to urge them to eat more.
Boyce began, “I heard from Jasmine that you were a great help. Thanks a lot.”
Dolores took a sip of water and replied, “I didn’t do much. And what’s more, do you have to stand on ceremony with me?”
Boyce’s face remained solemn, “If it was not because of Jasmine’s timely intervention, that matter wouldn’t have resolved itself so easily.”
If he was asked to resign and to get investigated, things would drag on in a way such that no immediate solution would be available to him. There was no way he could be so carefree like he was now when he had just gone through some formalities.
“You need to watch out for yourself. This matter is not something that happened randomly is it?”
Jasmine could sense that something was off about that whole ordeal, not to mention Dolores who was much elder. She naturally could sense that someone must have purposely set him up.
Boyce replied, “I know. I will try to deal with it as soon as possible.”
After that, the doctor arrived and administered some painkillers for Jayden. Matthew was always by his side, and before Boyce left, he came in and took a look and told Jayden that he was going to leave. After a slight verbal exchange with Matthew, he left the room.
One night before Mid-Autumn festival, something happened at the police station.
Coming from what was apparently Michael’s email; all colleagues received a video which recorded the contents of Michael and Wendy’s conversation which was recorded by Boyce.
The station was already buzzing with Boyce allegedly receiving bribes, and every piece of evidence now pointed to Michael.
Michael was completely befuddled with what had happened.
He had never sent any email, so how could that video leaked out of his own account?
He cursed in a low voice, “Am I a fucking moron? Why would I bring harm to myself?”
Who used his email to send out this video? Was it Wendy? Or Boyce?
Those two were the only ones garnering his suspicion because they were directly involve in this matter. With the leaking of this video, Wendy wouldn’t have gained anything from it, and to make things worse her father would lose face because of it besides having nothing to gain for herself too. She might not be the one who had done that.
Boyce was the only one left worthy of suspicion.
With the release of this video, it solidified the fact that he was the one getting framed here.
However, how did Boyce get ahold of this video? Did someone record him and Wendy engaging in a meet-up and wanted to suck up to him by gifting this video? Or did Boyce discover the existence of this video himself?
Michael felt his brain melding into a huge colossal mess. He couldn’t make sense of the current situation.
In the end, if this matter boiled to the point of public knowledge, he wouldn’t have anything to gain and he would have everything to lose.
“Michael.” Officer Sharp came over and said, “Mr. Shawn asked you to go pay him a visit in his office.”