After leaving the police station, Jane went straight back home and found that all the lights in the room were on. She walked in with some concern and saw Patrick sitting in the living room, holding one of the children and chatting happily with her parents.
She didn’t know when he had returned, but just looking at his eyes made Jane feel disgusted. She remembered how he didn’t believe her earlier today and immediately greeted her parents before going upstairs.
Her mother quickly stopped her. “Wait a moment.”
Jane turned around and saw her mother taking the child from Patrick’s arms. Her father had been giving Patrick signals the whole time.
“Patrick, we need to talk.”
Jane didn’t want to listen and went upstairs directly.
But Patrick hurriedly followed her.
“At the hospital today, I didn’t mean it. I didn’t know the truth and that’s why I misunderstood you,” Patrick’s explanation seemed flawless.
Jane just found it laughable. “Why did you immediately think that I would harm your family before anything happened? Don’t you know me?”
Jane knew that everyone had their reasons to doubt her regarding today’s events, but Patrick shouldn’t.
They were a married couple, and they were supposed to trust each other the most.
“I was a bit emotional at the time, so I said things that didn’t make sense. Don’t worry, I’ve already hired someone to investigate this matter,” Patrick walked up to her, held her hand, and placed it on his cheek. He felt her cold face.
She pulled his hand away. “I don’t need you to investigate, and I don’t need you to bother. I can investigate this matter on my own.”
Afterwards, she directly left their master bedroom and went to the nursery next to it. Jane’s parents downstairs were even more troubled when they saw this scene.
“The two children need to communicate. Nobody should interfere at a time like this.”
Jane tossed and turned on the bed, getting angrier the more she thought about it. She felt more and more wronged, even though Patrick was the one who was truly wronged. Yet he was the one who shut her out with such labels.
Moreover, her company was also implicated. Today, while shopping, she received numerous complaints from directors. She felt very wronged as well, but she didn’t know how to vent her frustrations.
Patrick couldn’t provide any comfort either.
Feeling troubled, Jane fell asleep.
In her dream, it seemed like all the misunderstandings were resolved, and they were happily living with their four children.
At the hospital,
Issac was alone, keeping watch. There was no useful information coming from the intensive care unit. All the family members had left, leaving only him.
…
Jane didn’t have time to rest at home. She got into her car as soon as dawn broke and drove straight to the company.
She noticed that all the lights in the company were on, indicating how difficult their night had been.
As she entered the office building, she saw that everyone had dark circles under their eyes, looking exhausted. And it was Jane who had caused this state of affairs.
Entering her office, she saw her close friend gathering people to help with public relations work. All the colleagues from the PR department were having a meeting there.
Jane let out a long sigh and said, “You’ve all worked hard. How are things progressing?”
Since yesterday, their company had received countless anonymous reports, and each one was extremely malicious.
It seemed like they had already expected something like this to happen to their company.
“Regarding these anonymous reports, we have closed the reporting window and disabled comments on the company’s forums.”
Jane made this request in a hurry.
The director of the PR department was the first to speak up against Jane. “Boss, we haven’t done anything wrong. If we insist on doing this, it will likely lead public opinion directly against us.”
Even Sarah thought the same. “The reason I’ve been working overtime at the company these past few days is to prevent this situation from happening. Currently, we only have today to investigate and uncover the truth. Otherwise, those outside will drown us in their spit.”
They were the entertainment company that cared the most about public opinion direction. They weren’t afraid of individual scandals, but they were afraid of negative news about their own company.
At this moment, the entire company was at risk.
“I have already investigated half of the truth about this matter. There should be a faster solution now. Let’s hold a press conference this afternoon, or rather, today, to clarify the whole situation.”
Only by taking the initiative could they catch all these people.
The colleagues in the PR department nodded in agreement. However, in this critical moment, holding a press conference was indeed a very risky move.
If it were any other entertainment company, they would think about avoiding the limelight first.
“This matter has already alerted the Department of Justice and the police station. We don’t need to sit and wait for our doom.”
While they were having the meeting, Jane suddenly remembered her phone and saw that it was a call from Patrick. She chose to hang up immediately.
“It’s alright, let’s continue the meeting.”
Just as she finished speaking, another text message came through. Jane glanced at it, and it only had a few short words.
“Melissa has woken up!”
As soon as she saw those words, Jane felt as if she had seen a ray of hope and immediately paused the meeting.
“Let’s wait for a moment. There might be a turning point in the situation. Everyone, don’t panic and follow my instructions.”
Sarah continued to lead the meeting on behalf of Jane.
Meanwhile, Jane hurriedly rushed to the hospital.
Issac and Beatrice had already arrived, and Patrick was also waiting nearby.
However, when their family saw Jane, they didn’t show much enthusiasm. Instead, they looked at her as if she were a jinx.
The door to the intensive care unit opened once, allowing only one person to enter.
“You discuss and decide who should go in.”
Without hesitation, Jane directly answered, “I’ll go in.”
As soon as she said that, Beatrice objected, “Why should you be the first one to go in? Isn’t it because of you that she ended up like this? Don’t you already have enough trouble? Why do you have to make others unhappy here?”