Chapter 71: The Truth Was Out

One by one the others started to leave the garden and the place became silent.

"I talked to her recently, but she didn't mention calling me. So she called?" Jacques decided to speak her mind. These past few months had entirely destabilized her. A lot has happened around her while she was totally ignorant.

"Yes, there were some ten or so missed calls and she even went to your apartment-"

"Why wasn't I informed..." Jacques wanted to raise her voice, but she held back to not scare the baby.

"You weren't informed? You were trying hard to escape, not believing the threat on your life. Even Bobby got angry at your antics. Do you know how you were hunted a month back? The Shard Viper's people roamed around the streets with military-grade weapons and they had orders to kill you on sight. Even law enforcement officers were spying on behalf of him..."

Scarlett got close to Jacques and whispered, "Jerry wanted to keep this from you, but... one university student was killed with twenty-one bullet