Filed To Story: The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)
‘Were my five hours on the plane only a spin in the air?
‘What the hell is going on here? It’s a plane ticket to a foreign country! How did this happen? Besides…
why didn’t the other passengers raise any objections? They look calm.’
When Jacqueline Bowman saw a police car approaching, her pupils shrank as if she realized something. Her expression changed, and her legs began to go weak. She could hardly stand!
Moments later, the police car stopped in front of her. The officers walked up to her, saying, “Jacqueline Bowman, you’re under arrest. You have to come with us!”
“I… I didn’t do anything! The court let me off on probation! Besides, I haven’t left the country. You have no reason to arrest me!” Jacqueline Bowman said in a shrill voice.
However, the two policemen held her down without any explanation and handcuffed her.
“Let go of me. You’re arresting people arbitrarily. I’ll lodge at complaint! I’ll tell the media about this!
Why are you arresting me? I’m not a criminal!” shouted Jacqueline Bowman.
“You’ve been a prisoner since the beginning!” At this moment, another voice rang out.
Jacqueline Bowman looked over and saw a black car driving over. Grace and Kyla got out of it.
“What do you mean? The court has let me go on probation! I’m on probation. I didn’t break the law.
Why am I being arrested?” Jacqueline Bowman said before looking at Kyla. “Kyla, defend me! I did as per our agreement. Y-You can’t abandon me after I helped you!”
Kyla’s face had a mixture of disappointment and bitterness. “Jacqueline Bowman, the address you gave doesn’t exist. There’s no Huaixin Road No. 398 in Kang City. The unit number is only up till No.
351!”.
Grace had previously warned her that Jacqueline Bowman might be making things up and she may not have Amber Mitchell’s whereabouts.
However, she still had a glimmer of hope until they realized that the address Jacqueline Bowman texted them did not exist.
Jacqueline Bowman’s expression changed slightly as she said, “I… I was mistaken. It should be No.
298!”
“Really? Are you sure she stays in No. 298? Jacqueline Bowman, what should we do if we still can’t find Amber Mitchell in No. 298?” Grace asked coldly.
Jacqueline Bowman’s expression changed again. However, she did not casually say she had made a mistake like before. Instead, she glared fiercely at Grace. “If you can’t find her, you can’t find her. I’ve gotten out on probation and haven’t broken any law. You have no right to detain me! I’ll sue the Reed family and the police if you continue to detain me!”
Just then, another voice rang out. “Sue us, then. Do you think it’s that easy to take 30 million U.S.
dollars from the Reed family?”
Jacqueline Bowman shuddered and stared at Jason, cold sweat pouring out of her.
“Y-Young master Reed, I… I can give up the 30 million U.S. dollars. I… I didn’t blackmail anyone.
Your… Your wife and Kyla gave it to me! I…”
However, Jason did not want to bother listening to her statement. He just said indifferently to the police officers who were holding her down, “Take her back. Thank you for today.”
The two policemen then took Jacqueline Bowman to the car.
Jacqueline Bowman clenched her teeth, threw caution to the wind, and said to her fellow passengers who had not left the plane, “The police are arresting people arbitrarily! The police are arresting people arbitrarily!”
She thought she could save herself by using public opinion.
However, to her surprise, those passengers seemed unbothered by what was happening. Although some people looked curiously toward her, no one took out their phones to record the scene, let
alone come over.
“It’s no use, Jacqueline Bowman. Others will only think it’s for show. These passengers are extras who accompanied you on the flight. They were asked to put on a show to make you think you were flying abroad.” Grace’s statement instantly solved Jacqueline Bowman’s doubts.
“Extras?” She froze.
“Yes, just like the trial you went through, which was also for show. Your real trial is in a month. You’re still a suspect. You’ll be sentenced in a month,” said Grace.
Jacqueline Bowman was stupefied for a long time. ‘How can this all be for show?’
She thought she got away on probation! However, they were now telling her that her real trial was another month away, There was no way she would be released on probation during her trial next month!
“Well, well! Y-You lied to me! You lied to me!” Jacqueline Bowman said in a shrill voice, desperately trying to break away from the police officers holding her down. She wanted to run toward Grace and hit her.
However, she could not move at all!
The more she tried to break free, the more she was restrained.
Grace said coldly, “Didn’t you lie to Kyla too? I’m only glad I didn’t let someone like you escape abroad!”
Jacqueline Bowman could only shout at Kyla, “Kyla, I… I didn’t lie to you. I really know where Amber Mitchell is. Tell them to let me go. I… I’ll tell you where Amber Mitchell is!”
However, Kyla would no longer believe her.
“I’m not going to be a fool anymore and believe that you know where Amber Mitchell is!” Kyla seemed tired. It was as if she had exhausted all her energy.
“Come on, Kyla. I’ll send you home so you can rest,” said Grace as she held Kyla.
Just as they were about to return to the car, Jacqueline Bowman suddenly shouted, “Kyla, do you have the heart to let Amber Mitchell live a life worse than death in a mental hospital? Don’t you want to save her?”
Kyla instantly paused and looked at Jacqueline Bowman in shock. “What… What did you say?”
“I… I can tell you where she is. I’ll tell you if you set me free!” Jacqueline Bowman said desperately, but she was pulled into the police car that slowly drove away from the airport.
Kyla subconsciously wanted to go after her. Grace forcibly grabbed her hand and said, “Kyla, don’t worry. If you want to know whether she’s telling the truth, we only have to check all the mental hospitals to find out!”
Kyla paused and came back to her senses. She heard Grace say, “If Amber Mitchell has been admitted to a mental hospital, there would be records we can check. If we fail to find anything, Jacqueline Bowman is probably just lying to take advantage of your desire to find Amber Mitchell.”
“That’s true, but there are so many mental hospitals in the country. If we look into them one by one…”
Kyla said in a panic.
‘Is it possible? How could a woman like Amber Mitchell be in a mental hospital? Has Amber Mitchell…
gone insane?’
Grace said, “We’ll search the ones in Amber Mitchell’s city before the nearby cities. If we have her name and photo, it’ll be easier for us as long as her identity isn’t concealed. We should start searching first. If we still can’t find her, we’ll find a way to get Jacqueline Bowman to tell us.
“Grace, thank you!” Kyla said gratefully.
If it had not been for her best friend, all her efforts would be futile. She would have let Jacqueline Bowman be released on probation and flee abroad with the money without getting any information on Amber Mitchell’s whereabouts.
After all, judging from the fake address Jacqueline Bowman texted her, she had no intention of telling her Amber Mitchell’s whereabouts in the first place.
“You can thank me when we find Amber Mitchell,” said Grace. She pulled Kyla into the car and sent Kyla back to the apartment.
Martin Weiss was in the apartment. When he saw Kyla return, he asked, “How was it? Did Jacqueline Bowman say anything about Amber Mitchell’s whereabouts?”
Kyla shook her head.
Grace said, “In a moment of desperation, Jacqueline Bowman said Amber Mitchell is in a mental hospital. I’ll search all the patients in mental hospitals nationwide to see if I can find Amber Mitchell.
Please take care of Kyla. Her health-
“I know. I’ll take care of her,” said Martin Weiss.
Grace then left with Jason. Martin Weiss looked at the distracted Kyla and said, “Alright, it’s late. Wash up and go to bed.”
“Okay,” Kyla muttered and headed toward the bathroom. However, she hung her head low as she walked. She seemed to be deep in thought. She did not notice the door in front of her until she heard hurried footsteps. She came to her senses when she bumped into a wide embrace.
“Don’t you look ahead when you walk? Do you realize you almost ran into the door?” Martin Weiss’s frustrated voice rang out.
Kyla looked up as she murmured, “I’m sorry…”
Martin Weiss said, “I’m not the one you should apologize to. Think of yourself and the baby you’re carrying! It’s a good thing you’re at home. What if you had run into an oncoming car walking like that?”
“I’ll pay attention next time,” she said.
He pressed his thin lips together, pulled her into the bathroom, and said, “Stay here and don’t move. I’ll go get your clothes!”
He went to the closet, took her clothes, and put them in the bathroom. After turning on the heater, he said, “Alright, take your shower. I’ll wait outside.”
Once the bathroom door was closed, Kyla looked at herself in the mirror. Her face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and her eyes were full of worry.
Martin Weiss was right to scold her. If she walked around so absent-mindedly again, the baby in her belly would suffer! However, she could not control herself from entertaining foolish ideas.
All she could think about was whether Amber Mitchell had gone insane and whether she was locked up in a mental hospital.
When she was done washing up and changing her clothes, she was still slightly in a daze.
Kyla walked out of the bathroom and saw Martin Weiss standing outside, obviously waiting for her.
“Are you done?” he asked.
“Yeah,” she muttered.
“Go and sit in the living room. I’ll heat a glass of milk for you to drink before going to sleep. It’ll make you feel better,” he said.
He took her to the couch in the living room and handed her a glass of warm milk.
Kyla took the glass and gazed blankly at the milk in it. Amber Mitchell had also secretly gotten milk for her to drink when she was pregnant back then.
Amber Mitchell said, “You need nutrition. I can’t help with the rest, but there are ways to get milk.”
Plop. Plop!
Tears unexpectedly gushed out of Kyla’s eyes and down her cheeks. Pea-sized teardrops even fell into the glass of milk.
She suddenly came to her senses and raised her hand to wipe away the tears, but the tears just kept streaming down.
“I… I’m sorry. I can’t… I can’t drink milk right now,” sobbed Kyla.
Martin Weiss looked blankly at the woman full of tears. Her tears made him feel both heartache and jealousy.
‘Is it because she never cried for me?
‘But even so, it breaks my heart!
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