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Chapter 129 Colt Drops Truth And Oliver Malfunctions

Was anyone with her the whole time doing her makeup? What about the stylista?”

Oliver was just about to answer when a sudden realization hit him.

His face went pale.

That day, Reba had gone through four different stylists.

Her excuse was she didn’t like how any of them made her look.

Everyone in the Joyner family doted on Reba–something this small would never be denied.

But switching stylists and waiting for a new one to arrive always caused a dy.

The longest gap had been four hours.

He’d even lost his temper back then; the stylist only showed up after a lot of pushing.

“Seems like you’ve remembered something important. Care to share?” Colt looked at him with a half–smile.

Oliver’s gaze flickered.

Then, almost immediately, he snapped in frustration.

“I didn’t think of anything. From now on, I’m not answering any more questions. I’ll wait for mywyer.”

He looked away after speaking,

Adopting a look ofplete defiance.

Colt narrowed his eyes, and let out a coldugh.

“Even if you say nothing, we already have enough evidence to put Reba away for good.”

He stood up,

His face filled with ice.

“But if I find out that any of you helped cover for her…”

His tone dropped, darker and colder with each word.

“Then we won’t be having such a civil conversation next time.”

Oliver clenched his fists suddenly.

But as soon as he realized Colt was still watching him closely,

His expression smoothed out.

“You trying to threaten me? Officer Colt, maybe you should keep practicing.”

His tone even carried a hint of mockery, as if he had nothing to hide and nothing to fear.

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Colt didn’t waste another second; he motioned for his colleague to leave the room with him. iSome /iipeople /ineeded to cool ioff/i. Otherwise, ithey’d /iijust /ikeep running their imouths/i.

Sure enough, once Colt was gone, Oliver sat in silence for a moment–then his expression cracked.

No. iNo /iway! Reba couldn’t have idone /iithis/ii! There /ihad ito /iibe /ia misunderstanding!

If Reba had really nned this-

She would’ve needed to know Scarlett’s exact movements in advance.

And she’d have to make sure Scarlett couldn’t escape once the fire started.

Oliver pondered. iBut /iiReba /iiwas /iiso /iisweet/ii, /iso iinnocent/i. How icould /iishe /iibe /iithat /iicalcting/i? iThat /iicold/ii–/iiblooded/i? iAnd /iibesides/i, iif /iithe /iifire /iihad /iigotten /iiout /iiof /iicontrol/i, iit /iicould’ve /iiaffected /iiother /iifloors/i.

Once something like that came to light, it wouldn’t just be a matter of paying damages.

So it had to be a misunderstanding..

iMaybe /iiScarlett /iiset /iiher /iiup/ii! /i

She was the victim, if she pointed the finger at Reba, the police would be forced to investigate.

He thought back to what had happened at the school gate earlier, how Scarlett had threatened to call the police and record everything.

His fists tightened.

iEven /iinow/i, iafter /iiall /iithis/ii, /iishe /iiwas /iistill /iitrying /iito /iipush /iiReba /iiout /iiof /iithe /iiJoyner /iifamily/ii–/iijust /iiso /iishe /iicould /iitake /iieverything /iifor /iiherself/ii. /i

iDisgusting/ii! /iiWhen /iithis /iiis /iiover/ii, /iiI’m /iigoing /ito imake /iiher /iipay/ii. /iiI’ll /iimake /iisure /iishe /iiunderstands/ii, /iiJoyner /iifamily /iidiscipline /iiisn’t /iijust /iifor /iishow/i!

Before long, the screen at the front of the room suddenly lit up.

He frowned and looked up.

It was a video of footage from the fire.

Thick smoke rolled across the screen.

People were fleeing in panic.

Scarlett’s floor had been hit the hardest.

The windows had all exploded outward, the frames had warped from the heat.

Firefighters had tried multiple times to get close–but couldn’t.

In the end, they had to use adder truck and a helicopter–mounted hose just to approach.

The fire was raging even more fiercely.

A firefighter leapt straight into the ze.

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Momentster, he reappeared from the inferno that had lit up the sky in red.

But this time, there was someone on his back.

She was wearing a white dress, now tattered and stained with soot and blood.

Her face waspletely drained of color, she was slipping in and out of consciousness.

The camera panned just enough to catch a clear shot of her face.

It was Scarlett.

The moment he saw her clearly, it felt like someone mped down on his chest.

Her hair was a tangled mess; there was a wound on her shoulder, blood oozing steadily.

Both her feet had been shed by some unknown debris, blood trailing down her legs.

Even with the firefighter carrying her as best he could, it looked like he could barely keep her up.

Scarlett had no strength left.

She couldn’t even hold onto the firefighter’s neck.

One wrong move, and she could’ve fallen from the building.

iPlease /iidon’t /iifall/ii! /iiPlease/ii! /i

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Thankfully, the firefighter was experienced. He adjusted his grip and quickly stepped onto thedder tform.

Oliver finally exhaled. iShe /iimade /iiit/ii. /i

The screen went ck.

And he sat there, stunned.

After spending so many years with Scarlett, it was impossible not to have some kind of bond.

But that bond…

Couldn’tpare to the blood ties he had with Reba.

That was why he had overlooked Scarlett.

And only now did he realize what she had gone through on the day of that birthday party.

No wonder she had cut them off in grief, she must’ve med them for not showing up at the fire to save

her.

But…

He thought about it carefully–he didn’t remember getting any calls or messages from Scarlett that day.

iMaybe /iithe /iifire /iiknocked /iiout /iithe /iisignal/i? iMaybe /iiher /iimessages /iinever /iiwent /iithrough/ii? /i

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