Chapter 126

“If the police have opened a case, they must have some evidence,” Yvonne stated, more than asked.
The lawyer nodded. “The police have reviewed the security footage from your room. Unfortunately, due to the camera angle, it’s impossible to tell if Ms. Spencer fell accidentally or was pushed. It only shows that the two of you were arguing at the time. Furthermore, Mr. Gonzalez, as an eyewitness, has testified that he saw you push her. Based on the current evidence, this case does not look good for you.”
Yvonne listened, her eyes lowered in thought. After a moment, she gave her instructions. “First, contact a professional medical examiner immediately and request a second evaluation of Queena’s injuries. Second, investigate the authenticity of the current medical report. And finally, challenge the police on this point: how could a fall from less than ten feet onto soft, damp grass possibly result in a first-degree injury?”
“Rest assured, Ms. Jones, I’ll get right on it,” the lawyer replied. “There are certainly many questionable aspects to this case.”
When the visitation time was over, Sandra and the lawyer left. Yvonne was escorted back to a temporary holding cell. She spent a day and a night locked up. Born into a family of police officers, a model citizen through and through, and now she was behind bars. Life is full of surprises, she thought wryly.
Just as she was musing on the irony, the cell door opened. “Yvonne, you’re free to go,” an officer said from the doorway.
Yvonne stood up, smoothed out her slightly rumpled hair, and walked out of the cell with a steady gait. Two officers accompanied her to the main area, where Sandra and the lawyer were waiting.
“Yvonne, are you okay?” Sandra rushed forward and hugged her.
“I’m fine,” Yvonne said, her tone light. “The food and accommodations just weren’t great, and they don’t even have phones or TV.”
The two officers behind her were speechless. Did she think a police station was a resort?
“Ms. Jones, the case has been cleared up,” the lawyer explained. “Queena only suffered superficial injuries. The medical report provided to the police was found to be fraudulent.”
“Mm,” Yvonne nodded. She had expected as much.
“It was Matthew who bribed the
doctor to falsify the report,” Sandra added. “And you’ll never guess who provided the real report and the
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evidence of the bribe to the police-it was Jeffrey If it weren’t for him, you, wouldn’t have been released so quickly.”
Yvonne was silent for a moment. Jeffrey was finally acting like a brother, but it was a shame the original Yvonne was no longer here to see it.
With the matter resolved and Yvonne exonerated, she was about to leave the station when she saw Matthew and Queena arguing with an officer, demanding to know why the case had been dropped.
“Even if the medical report had some inaccuracies, the fact remains that Yvonne pushed Queena from the second floor! I saw it with my own eyes! You police are supposed to punish criminals, not let them walk free. If you dont give us a
reasonable explanation, won’t let
this go!”

“Matthew, just let it go,” Queena sobbed, leaning into his arms. “It’s not the first time
Yvonne has bullied me. Maybe the only way I’ll get justice is if I’m dead.”