Chapter 117

As soon as they entered the station and were led to the investigation room, Jessica saw Emma and Steve sitting there giving a testimony. As soon as her eyes landed on him, he turned his head, and they made eye contact.

Jessica turned and bumped her head into Xavier’s chest. “What’s wrong?” he asked as she pushed herself away from his chest and rubbed her forehead.

“I can’t go in there,” she whispered.

“Why?” he asked.

“He’s the one,” she said, a teardrop falling from her eyes. She did not believe that he would do something like that. He knew her, and he knew the kind of person she was. How would it be possible for her to have multiple children and work in a bar?

Jessica knew that the rumor had begun with Emma. She was not shocked. She often wondered why she forced a friendship with Emma when sh