Estre had left the hospital earlier that morning, and since then, Jason had been blowing up her
phone with calls and texts. To Estre, it seemed clear that Jason’s persistence was nothing short of
harassment, especially since he hadn’t even mentioned the evidence she was waiting for. Fed up, she
had blocked him. This left Jason with no choice but to reach out using Drew’s phone.
Hearing Jason’s words, Estre replied, “I’m spending time with my son right now. I’lle over once
he’s asleep.” She definitely wasn’t keen on Jasoning to the Dorvold
residence.
“You’re still not fully mobile,” Jason insisted. “I’ll send Drew to pick you up.”
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Estre didn’t give him the time of day, abruptly ending the call with a click.
Later, after ying with Isaac and finishing dinner at home, Estre handed Isaac over to Autumn and
stepped out. Sure enough, as soon as she reached the doorway, Drew was already there waiting for
her.
Throughout the drive to the hospital, Drew didn’t bring up the fire incident. Instead, he poured his
energy into telling Estre about how tough the past three years had been for Jason, how much he had
missed her, and his unwavering fidelity. Drew assured her that there was never anything romantic
between Jason and Holly-it was all just one big misunderstanding.
Estre, only half-listening to Drew’s heartfelt defense, casually dug at her ear and said, “Drew, you’re
wasted as an assistant. You should be aedian.” She had never realized before how skilled Drew
was at pleading someone’s case.
“Ms. Estre, I just don’t want there to be any misunderstandings between you and Mr. Jason,” Drew
tried to exin.
“There are no misunderstandings between us, Drew-only facts,” Estre retorted, leaving Drew
speechless. She had a way with words that made it impossible for him to win any argument.
Seeing Drew looking pitiful, Estre knew she was finally going to get some quiet time.
When Drew attempted to speak again, Estre preemptively cut him off, “Drew, you’ve seen everything
that’s happened between Jason and me over the years. He never came home at night. Not only did he
refuse to have children, but he also refused to have a wedding banquet, and he even would not
acknowledge me as Mrs. Nelson. These are all facts, aren’t they?”
“Isn’t it a fact that he said he would pick me up at the airport but stood me up? Isn’t it a fact that’I had a
miscarriage and was hospitalized at Sandalwood Oasis, and he didn’t even know about it?”
There were too many other incidents Estre didn’t even care to mention.
Drew nodded in reluctant agreement, “Yes, those are facts, but-”
“Drew, you’re what, two years older than me? Nearly thirty and yet you still can’t see things clearly. Life
isn’t filled with ‘buts’ and ‘ifs’. Results are what matter, and I’ve always been about the endgame,”
Estre said. “So stop trying to sell Jason’s sob story to me. I’m only here to find out the truth about
what really happened back then.”
With such a significant issue at hand, who could be bothered with anything else? Clearing her name
was what mattered most.
Having said her piece, Estre left Drew with no option but to fall silent.
Soon they arrived at the hospital’s outdoor parking lot in front of the inpatient building. Estre got out
of the car and went straight upstairs. She pushed open the door to Jason’s hospital room to find a
desktopputer set up on the desk, surrounded by files and documents.
Jason greeted her as Drew escorted her in. After a knowing nce, Drew quickly excused himself, “Mr.
Jason, Ms. Estre, you two take your time. I’ll go attend to other matters.” It was their chance to be
alone, and Drew had no intention of being a third wheel.
Drew shut the door behind him, and Jason guided Estre with her hand inside, saying, “All the
evidence is right here.” Estre nced at him coolly before withdrawing her hand
from his.
Jason pulled out a chair for her by the desk, “The surveince footage and all other relevant evidence-
it’s all here.”
Upon hearing Jason’s words, Estre first nced at the evidence on the table, then proceeded to
open various surveince videos that Jason had prepared in advance.
As she watched the footage in the sequence that Jason and Drew had arranged, Estre’s expression
darkened.
Though she was trained inw, she was no stranger to technology and could tell t surveince hadn’t
been tampered with. The person in the videos was undeniably he the fire had been started by her
hands. If she weren’t sitting right here, and if she didpletelyck this segment of memory, she
would have suspected herself as the culprit.
It was past eleven when Estre finished reviewing Jason’s materials, her emotions a tangled mess. In
that moment, she understood why Jason had suspected her.
-Can’t believe Jason was two-timing. Estre, I’ll fix this mess with the lovebirds for you.
-One fire, and it’s all sorted.
The night was silent as she sifted through the evidence, Jason not interrupting once, simply standing
by her side. Seeing Serene braving the mes to save him and Holly.
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Estre also understood why Jason had been looking out for her.
Swallowing hard, Estre said, “My conversation with Jesse is true, but it was just words said in anger.
I didn’t set that fire, and neither did Jesse.”
The questions of why she was at the scene and why all the evidence pointed to her remained a
mystery to Estre.
Before Jason could respond, Estre continued, “Jason, I’m not trying to weasel out of anything, but I
won’t take the fall for something I didn’t do. And I know myself—if I really had it in me to kill, and if I’d
actually gone through with it, you and Holly wouldn’t be alive today.”
With Estre, it was all or nothing. If Estre had been the one to act, they wouldn’t be alive, and she
wouldn’t have left such damning evidence for anyone to find.
With the evidenceid out before her, Estre couldn’t find a way out of this yet, but she was
determined that she would.
Estre stood resolute, her determination unwavering. From behind, Jason hunched slightly and
wrapped his arms around her in aforting embrace. “I believe you,” he murmured into her ear. “If
you say you didn’t do it, then you didn’t do it.”
When Estre came to see him this morning and vented her frustration, Jason was already certain that
there was a problem here. They just hadn’t figured out the reason yet. The surprise hug from Jason
allowed Estre’s heart, which had been suspended in anxiety, to finally find itsnding. She was so
wrapped up in the muddle of evidence that she’d forgotten to push him away. With his chin resting on
her shoulder, Jason turned his face toward hers and asked with a hint of yfulness, “Babe, what
made you dive into this investigation all of a sudden?”
After all these years, Estre had never once spoken of the fire that had scarred the past. Jason’s
curiosity about her motives was piqued.