Chapter 160: 160. Dead Too Long.
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"Hey you." Jessie greeted Katherine as she parked beside her apartment.
"Oooh look at you, on your own with a car." Katherine said.
"I know right, I can't really remember the last time I drove myself. This feels great! I never thought I'd miss driving so much." She sighed, getting out if the car to help Katherine with our luggage. "I would say I was independent again but that's all a ruse Jason's still paying for everything."
"That is true." Katherine nodded "but I refuse to feel indebted I mean he does have all that money." She said.
"Yeah, sure." Jessie replied.
As they got into the car Katherine sighed. "This would be a fun road trip if not the seriousness of our visit."
"Hey we can have fun till we reach, we're not going to be there till evening." Jessie replied.
"So whose place are we going to first? Or should we just split up?"
"Oh no I don't think I have it in me to face my... Mr. Park and Carol alone. But I'm not eager to get this over with at all, so how about we see the detective first?" She suggested.
Jessie nodded, "just remember Katherine you can do this I believe in you." Katherine gave her a small smile and Jessie made a metal note to make this trip memorable.
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Mary drove into the Lee mansion, it was an overly dramatic mansion. It seemed beautiful at first then it just becomes too much. Why Patricia came back to this house she didn't quite understand.
She got out of her car and gave the key to the valet outside, allowing the maid lead her to Patricia.
"You're here." Patricia said as she stepped out of the pool, doing her own personal shoot as she shook water out of her hair and wrapped a towel around her waist. Ofcourse as usual she looked gorgeous in her red bathing suit but she was wearing a one piece today, that was new.
"Well you did say it was urgent." She pulled up the sleeves of her blazer even higher and sat down. "What's up?"
"Hmm... a pest has refused to die and it has become so confident. So before I exterminate it, I want to humble it some." Patricia mused, pushing her wet hair away from her shoulder.
"And this pest is?"
"Jessie Marin."
"Jessie Marin? I don't understand you found her?"
"Yeah... in the most unexpected of places" She said through clenched teeth and a fisted fist. Shrugging it off, now was not the time to be emotional. She walked over to Mary and sat beside her.
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't you think she has been dead too long?" A wicked look flashed through her eyes.
Mary moved away slightly "what are you planning Patricia?"
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Jamie sighed for the God knows how many times, he had been thinking and pondering for a while. First when he came here he was resentful and angry, then he was embarrassed and disappointed to be part of such corruption. If the police was corrupt it made him wonder just how many cases had been covered up. A person was dead, should Steve not get justice? Why did he feel this was somehow connected to the Jessie Marin case that was stolen from right under him and closed so abruptly. So he decided to investigate, he couldn't do anything about the murder weapon and Jessie prints and the van was scrapped so no black box image there.
All he had at the moment was the voice message Patricia submitted and it was a farce. He ran the it through the recognition system and it wasn't Jessie Marin, made sense as she was still alive. Both voices belonged to Patricia, no surprise there.
In the middle of his internal debate the doorbell rang. Interrupting his thoughts, he was the only one mom, seeing as both his brother and mother went to the hospital.
He went straight to door without checking and pulled it open. Two women stood before him.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Are you Jamie Anderson?" The lady in a mask asked.
"Yes that's me, how can I help you?" He asked again.
The woman pulled down her mask and removed her glasses. "I assume you already know who I am? Either way, I'll introduce myself. This is Katherine Park and I'm Jessie Marin, can we come in?"
Jamie eyes widened and his face was etched in an expression of utter shock. He stepped back slowly, giving way for the two women to in.
"Why are you here?" He asked finally after regaining himself.
"Do you really not know that? Fine, I'm here because you investigation was absolutely trash. And I need to know how much Patricia paid you to close my case like that, labelling me a dead murderer." She spat.
Jamie frowned and nodded. "Please have a seat I'll answer all your questions." He said, walking out of the room he came back with two cups of tea and placed it before the women before taking his seat as well.
"First of I just want to say I'm sorry, I really am. On behalf of the entire police department-" Jessie scoffed but let him continue. "The investigation was carried out under intense pressure from the media and press, so it was bound to have some mistakes an-"
She couldn't take it anymore. "Really? Ruining someone lives is excused for the police as mistakes?"
"That was not ou- my intention. I'm not going to try to justify my actions-"
"You shouldn't dare" Katherine huffed. "I can't believe how easy it is to spread a lie so big. I get that money makes the world go round but were you really that desperate?"
"I did not collect a bribe!" He stated firmly, controlling his emotions. "I can understand your anger and resentment, trust me I really can. But I was not aware of anything at the time, I was coerced by my superiors to shut the case down with that conclusion. And I only recently found out how biased the police are towards the one percent especially the Lee family. When I was investigating a case about a dead computer scientist, Steven Choi."
"Is that the-?" Jessie asked Katherine and she nodded slightly.
"When I insisted that Patricia Lee was involved in the case, I was suspended. It was only a speculation that I insisted upon but yet I was banished. I began to realise the police might not be as clean as I thought and your case might've been a set up." He said slowly.
"Might've been?" Katherine asked with a sneer. "It was a setup."
Preview 161: Pure, unadulterated and cultivated hatred.
The whole world knows Patricia and I aren't friends. Rivals was what our fans called us, they even normally fought online." She informed him with an assuring nod.
"So it's safe to say she saw you as a threat."
"Threat? Bitch please, maybe a few years back I could be considered a threat, but Patricia and I weren't even on the same level as actresses.
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"Hey you." Jessie greeted Katherine as she parked beside her apartment.
"Oooh look at you, on your own with a car." Katherine said.
"I know right, I can't really remember the last time I drove myself. This feels great! I never thought I'd miss driving so much." She sighed, getting out if the car to help Katherine with our luggage. "I would say I was independent again but that's all a ruse Jason's still paying for everything."
"That is true." Katherine nodded "but I refuse to feel indebted I mean he does have all that money." She said.
"Yeah, sure." Jessie replied.
As they got into the car Katherine sighed. "This would be a fun road trip if not the seriousness of our visit."
"Hey we can have fun till we reach, we're not going to be there till evening." Jessie replied.
"So whose place are we going to first? Or should we just split up?"
"Oh no I don't think I have it in me to face my... Mr. Park and Carol alone. But I'm not eager to get this over with at all, so how about we see the detective first?" She suggested.
Jessie nodded, "just remember Katherine you can do this I believe in you." Katherine gave her a small smile and Jessie made a metal note to make this trip memorable.
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Mary drove into the Lee mansion, it was an overly dramatic mansion. It seemed beautiful at first then it just becomes too much. Why Patricia came back to this house she didn't quite understand.
She got out of her car and gave the key to the valet outside, allowing the maid lead her to Patricia.
"You're here." Patricia said as she stepped out of the pool, doing her own personal shoot as she shook water out of her hair and wrapped a towel around her waist. Ofcourse as usual she looked gorgeous in her red bathing suit but she was wearing a one piece today, that was new.
"Well you did say it was urgent." She pulled up the sleeves of her blazer even higher and sat down. "What's up?"
"Hmm... a pest has refused to die and it has become so confident. So before I exterminate it, I want to humble it some." Patricia mused, pushing her wet hair away from her shoulder.
"And this pest is?"
"Jessie Marin."
"Jessie Marin? I don't understand you found her?"
"Yeah... in the most unexpected of places" She said through clenched teeth and a fisted fist. Shrugging it off, now was not the time to be emotional. She walked over to Mary and sat beside her.
"What do you want to do?"
"Don't you think she has been dead too long?" A wicked look flashed through her eyes.
Mary moved away slightly "what are you planning Patricia?"
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Jamie sighed for the God knows how many times, he had been thinking and pondering for a while. First when he came here he was resentful and angry, then he was embarrassed and disappointed to be part of such corruption. If the police was corrupt it made him wonder just how many cases had been covered up. A person was dead, should Steve not get justice? Why did he feel this was somehow connected to the Jessie Marin case that was stolen from right under him and closed so abruptly. So he decided to investigate, he couldn't do anything about the murder weapon and Jessie prints and the van was scrapped so no black box image there.
All he had at the moment was the voice message Patricia submitted and it was a farce. He ran the it through the recognition system and it wasn't Jessie Marin, made sense as she was still alive. Both voices belonged to Patricia, no surprise there.
In the middle of his internal debate the doorbell rang. Interrupting his thoughts, he was the only one mom, seeing as both his brother and mother went to the hospital.
He went straight to door without checking and pulled it open. Two women stood before him.
"Can I help you?" He asked.
"Are you Jamie Anderson?" The lady in a mask asked.
"Yes that's me, how can I help you?" He asked again.
The woman pulled down her mask and removed her glasses. "I assume you already know who I am? Either way, I'll introduce myself. This is Katherine Park and I'm Jessie Marin, can we come in?"
Jamie eyes widened and his face was etched in an expression of utter shock. He stepped back slowly, giving way for the two women to in.
"Why are you here?" He asked finally after regaining himself.
"Do you really not know that? Fine, I'm here because you investigation was absolutely trash. And I need to know how much Patricia paid you to close my case like that, labelling me a dead murderer." She spat.
Jamie frowned and nodded. "Please have a seat I'll answer all your questions." He said, walking out of the room he came back with two cups of tea and placed it before the women before taking his seat as well.
"First of I just want to say I'm sorry, I really am. On behalf of the entire police department-" Jessie scoffed but let him continue. "The investigation was carried out under intense pressure from the media and press, so it was bound to have some mistakes an-"
She couldn't take it anymore. "Really? Ruining someone lives is excused for the police as mistakes?"
"That was not ou- my intention. I'm not going to try to justify my actions-"
"You shouldn't dare" Katherine huffed. "I can't believe how easy it is to spread a lie so big. I get that money makes the world go round but were you really that desperate?"
"I did not collect a bribe!" He stated firmly, controlling his emotions. "I can understand your anger and resentment, trust me I really can. But I was not aware of anything at the time, I was coerced by my superiors to shut the case down with that conclusion. And I only recently found out how biased the police are towards the one percent especially the Lee family. When I was investigating a case about a dead computer scientist, Steven Choi."
"Is that the-?" Jessie asked Katherine and she nodded slightly.
"When I insisted that Patricia Lee was involved in the case, I was suspended. It was only a speculation that I insisted upon but yet I was banished. I began to realise the police might not be as clean as I thought and your case might've been a set up." He said slowly.
"Might've been?" Katherine asked with a sneer. "It was a setup."
Preview 161: Pure, unadulterated and cultivated hatred.
The whole world knows Patricia and I aren't friends. Rivals was what our fans called us, they even normally fought online." She informed him with an assuring nod.
"So it's safe to say she saw you as a threat."
"Threat? Bitch please, maybe a few years back I could be considered a threat, but Patricia and I weren't even on the same level as actresses.
"Hey you." Jessie greeted Katherine as she parked beside her apartment."Oooh look at you, on your own with a car." Katherine said."I know right, I can't really remember the last time I drove myself. This feels great! I never thought I'd miss driving so much." She sighed, getting out if the car to help Katherine with our luggage."I would say I was independent again but that's all a ruse Jason's still paying for everything.""That is true." Katherine nodded "but I refuse to feel indebted I mean he does have all that money." She said."Yeah, sure." Jessie replied.As they got into the car Katherine sighed. "This would be a fun road trip if not the seriousness of our visit.""Hey we can have fun till we reach, we're not going to be there till evening." Jessie replied."So whose place are we going to first? Or should we just split up?""Oh no I don't think I have it in me to face my... Mr. Park and Carol alone. But I'm not eager to get this over with at all, so how about we see the detective first?" She suggested.Jessie nodded, "just remember Katherine you can do this I believe in you." Katherine gave her a small smile and Jessie made a metal note to make this trip memorable.**************************************************Mary drove into the Lee mansion, it was an overly dramatic mansion. It seemed beautiful at first then it just becomes too much. Why Patricia came back to this house she didn't quite understand.She got out of her car and gave the key to the valet outside, allowing the maid lead her to Patricia."You're here." Patricia said as she stepped out of the pool, doing her own personal shoot as she shook water out of her hair and wrapped a towel around her waist. Ofcourse as usual she looked gorgeous in her red bathing suit but she was wearing a one piece today, that was new."Well you did say it was urgent." She pulled up the sleeves of her blazer even higher and sat down. "What's up?""Hmm... a pest has refused to die and it has become so confident. So before I exterminate it, I want to humble it some." Patricia mused, pushing her wet hair away from her shoulder."And this pest is?""Jessie Marin.""Jessie Marin? I don't understand you found her?""Yeah... in the most unexpected of places" She said through clenched teeth and a fisted fist. Shrugging it off, now was not the time to be emotional. She walked over to Mary and sat beside her."What do you want to do?""Don't you think she has been dead too long?" A wicked look flashed through her eyes.Mary moved away slightly "what are you planning Patricia?"**************************************************Jamie sighed for the God knows how many times, he had been thinking and pondering for a while. First when he came here he was resentful and angry, then he was embarrassed and disappointed to be part of such corruption. If the police was corrupt it made him wonder just how many cases had been covered up. A person was dead, should Steve not get justice? Why did he feel this was somehow connected to the Jessie Marin case that was stolen from right under him and closed so abruptly. So he decided to investigate, he couldn't do anything about the murder weapon and Jessie prints and the van was scrapped so no black box image there.All he had at the moment was the voice message Patricia submitted and it was a farce. He ran the it through the recognition system and it wasn't Jessie Marin, made sense as she was still alive. Both voices belonged to Patricia, no surprise there.In the middle of his internal debate the doorbell rang. Interrupting his thoughts, he was the only one mom, seeing as both his brother and mother went to the hospital.He went straight to door without checking and pulled it open. Two women stood before him."Can I help you?" He asked."Are you Jamie Anderson?" The lady in a mask asked."Yes that's me, how can I help you?" He asked again.The woman pulled down her mask and removed her glasses. "I assume you already know who I am? Either way, I'll introduce myself. This is Katherine Park and I'm Jessie Marin, can we come in?"Jamie eyes widened and his face was etched in an expression of utter shock. He stepped back slowly, giving way for the two women to in."Why are you here?" He asked finally after regaining himself."Do you really not know that? Fine, I'm here because you investigation was absolutely trash. And I need to know how much Patricia paid you to close my case like that, labelling me a dead murderer." She spat.Jamie frowned and nodded. "Please have a seat I'll answer all your questions." He said, walking out of the room he came back with two cups of tea and placed it before the women before taking his seat as well."First of I just want to say I'm sorry, I really am. On behalf of the entire police department-" Jessie scoffed but let him continue. "The investigation was carried out under intense pressure from the media and press, so it was bound to have some mistakes an-"She couldn't take it anymore. "Really? Ruining someone lives is excused for the police as mistakes?""That was not ou- my intention. I'm not going to try to justify my actions-""You shouldn't dare" Katherine huffed. "I can't believe how easy it is to spread a lie so big. I get that money makes the world go round but were you really that desperate?""I did not collect a bribe!" He stated firmly, controlling his emotions. "I can understand your anger and resentment, trust me I really can. But I was not aware of anything at the time, I was coerced by my superiors to shut the case down with that conclusion. And I only recently found out how biased the police are towards the one percent especially the Lee family. When I was investigating a case about a dead computer scientist, Steven Choi.""Is that the-?" Jessie asked Katherine and she nodded slightly."When I insisted that Patricia Lee was involved in the case, I was suspended. It was only a speculation that I insisted upon but yet I was banished. I began to realise the police might not be as clean as I thought and your case might've been a set up." He said slowly."Might've been?" Katherine asked with a sneer. "It was a setup."Preview 161: Pure, unadulterated and cultivated hatred.The whole world knows Patricia and I aren't friends. Rivals was what our fans called us, they even normally fought online." She informed him with an assuring nod."So it's safe to say she saw you as a threat.""Threat? Bitch please, maybe a few years back I could be considered a threat, but Patricia and I weren't even on the same level as actresses.
