You’ll Fall For Me, Today Or Tomorrow Chapter 398


    It was evident that Ellie would be going against Shawn, and this choice of hers was not made lightly.


    Her heart ached for rissa and Damian.


    That was the reason she decided to disturb Shawn no matter the cost.


    The duo had a direct face-off, and the tension grew palpable. Shawn was the first to break his stance.


    As he raised his hand, Ellie immediately made a fuss. “What? Are you sumbing to hitting people


    now, Shawn? Help! Police brutality and maltreatm- Mmn!”


    Before Ellie could finish, Shawn cut her off with a sudden kiss. Harmon and the rest began cheering


    and whistling at the show.


    Breaking of the kiss, Shawn growled in a low tone, “Mind your business!”


    “Pfft, hahaha…”


    Despite Shawn’s warning, Harmon could not help but burst outughing, earning a murderous re


    from Ellie.


    After a while, the atmosphere turned serious enough to begin the interrogation.


    Embarrassed by the kiss earlier, Ellie stood at the side in silent as they interrogated Matthew. However,


    once it was over, she could no longer hold her tongue.


    “You really can’t meet re. She’s with Damian upstairs. The poor boy was startled so badly that he is


    now clinging onto re and refusing to let go. To be honest, re will just be telling you the same


    thing Uncle Matt just told you. Must you interrogate her personally? After all, she’s either with Uncle


    Matt or the crew all the time…”


    Even though Shawn believed that rissa was innocent, it was still protocol to take her alibi as well.


    Just then, Matthew interrupted, “I’ll go upstairs to check on them. Please wait for a moment…”


    In the room, the first sight that greeted Matthew was the mother-and-son pair wrapped in each other’s


    arms. At the sight of Matthew, Damian finally broke the silence.


    “Daddy.” Damian’s childish voice called out softly.


    Matthew smiled warmly and rubbed Damian’s head affectionately. “Hey Damian, Mr. Shawn is


    downstairs. Would you like to go see him?”


    rissa looked up, exchanging nces with Matthew. Thetter gave a reassuring nod.


    On the other hand, Damian seemed to have recovered from his initial shock. A look of concentration


    showed on his face as he contemted whether or not he should go downstairs.


    “Mr. Shawn and the police officers are still here. Some of the police are even wearing their uniforms.


    They look very smart and handsome. Don’t you want to see them?” persuaded Matthew.


    Swayed by his words, Damian raised his head to look at rissa. “Can you go with me, Mommy?”


    “Of course I will go will you!” rissa smiled.


    “Okay!”


    After Damian’s prompt agreement, the three of them made their way downstairs.


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    Unlike his usual reaction, Damian was not ovee with excitement to see Shawn. He kept clinging


    onto rissa, not daring to let go. Even so, a polite smile still hung on his lips as he nodded towards


    Shawn and the police officers.


    “Mr. Shawn, Mr. Harmon…”


    As a jokester, Harmon walked up to tease Damian by making funny faces, encouraging Damian to


    loosen up as clear giggles filled the room. For a while, no one in the room brought up the investigation,


    allowing the atmosphere to be lightened by Damian’sughter.


    However, as Matthew went forward to bring Damian to the side, it was clear that the boy was still


    shaken as he continued to hold onto rissa tightly.


    Feeling her heart squeezed, rissa stroked Damian’s head gently to calm him before turning to


    Shawn.


    “Let’s just settle the interrogation this way.”


    Shawn nodded in response. During the interrogation, Ellie and Harmon were tasked to distract Damian.


    In spite of the fact that two different conversations were going on simultaneously, they managed to


    handle the situation so skillfully that neither of those conversations disrupted the other.


    “Thest time I talked to her wasst night over the phone, around nine,” rissa recalled. “My


    husband and I were attending Damian’s school performance. After the event, we went out for dinner.


    There should be surveince cameras in the restaurant that can prove my statement. After dinner, we


    went home. It should be around nine in the evening when she called. In the call, her voice was muffled.


    She sounded like she was crying for help, followed by a series of blood-curling moans, as if her mouth


    was being covered. Terrified, I dialed her number again after she was cut off, but no one picked up, so


    my husband and I immediately went to the hotel she was staying only to find no one there…”


    rissa’s recount of the happenings of the previous night was identical to Matthew’s. There was


    nothing suspicious with rissa’s story.


    Due to the fact that both parties of the interrogation knew each other personally, the process was


    carried out smoothly and courteously without a hitch.


    Not long after, Shawn and the team left Zen Hignds.


    “Shawn, there’s this gossip website that my wife is obsessed with. She told me some time ago that


    Hry seemed to be a rotten apple. Anyone could tell that she’s mean and heartless just by looking at


    her. Mrs. Tyson, on the other hand, was nothing but a poor thing. After all, someone that caught Mr.


    Tyson’s eye couldn’t possibly be that terrible.”


    “Wow, Darryl. Since when have you started solving cases based on looks and impression? I didn’t


    know your missus was so good at reading people. Why didn’t you say so earlier? I would have asked


    her to help predict my love life,” Shawn replied.


    “Sheesh, easy with the sarcasm. What I mean is, what if it was one of Hry’s enemies who had done


    this? With that personality of hers, she must have offended a lot of people,” retorted Darryl.


    “Thanks for stating the obvious, Sherlock.”


    Sighing, Darryl changed the subject. “Say Shawn, do you think the team sent to interrogate the


    Garretts would discover anything?”


    Just as his question was thrown out in the open, Shawn’s phone began to rang. “Alright, noted,” said


    Shawn after listening to what the caller had to say.


    “What happened?” inquired Darryl.


    “The Garretts are causing trouble.”


    Without hesitation, the team got into their cars and drove to the station in an elerating speed.


    Hry was dead. Throughout the entire day, rissa was in a daze, stunned by all the interviews by


    reporters. For the rest of the day, she stayed next to Damian. Only after she had put him to sleep did


    rissa start to digest the horrifying situation.


    Hry is dead? She’s dead?


    It was true that rissa hated Hry, even to the point of death. Yet when Hry was found dead,


    rissa found herself lost, unsure of how she should react.


    Everything feels so surreal… Could it be that I’m not fully conscious? Is that why this feels like a


    dream?


    Just then, Matthew pushed the door open. Upon seeing rissa staring mindlessly into space, he


    knew immediately that rissa was overthinking.


    Matthew took a seat by the bedside and interlocked rissa’s hand with his, stroking her skin gently


    with his thumb.


    “Come on. Let’s go rest in our bedroom.”


    rissa instantly shook her head in response, ncing over at the child sleeping soundly before


    whispering, “I’m afraid that he’ll get scared again if he can’t find me once he wakes up. I’m probably


    going to sleep with him for the next few days.”


    Matthew did not object, but stayed seated.


    “Don’t overthink it. It has already happened. It’s not your fault.”


    Unexpectedly, rissa remained cool and collected. “I’m not overthinking, and I won’t me myself


    either. I’ve grown numb towards her. It’s just that… I find it hard to believe that she’s… dead.”


    Not to mention that she’s murdered…


    rissa was taken aback by the unpredictability of life. She had never expected that being murdered


    would be Hry’s fate.


    Did she deserve that ending?


    Probably not.


    Was shepletely innocent?


    That did not seem like the case either. If anything, having Hry alive seemed to be a scourge.


    Someone like Hry would always be self-centered, thinking the world revolved around themselves.


    Even at the door of death, she had still hoped to gain some of rissa’s wealth, possibly even having a


    more malicious intent. Even so, all that had ended so abruptly.


    It had ended before rissa could even find a way to teach Hry a lesson.


    Deep down in her heart, rissamented.


    “Hmm, as long as you don’t me yourself. Just think of her as a stranger, someone that has no


    connection with you whatsoever. Besides, she never had any connections with you since the beginning


    anyways. Don’t go to the set these few days, alright? Justin can handle the work. Just stay at home


    with Damian, and don’t go online either, okay?” Matthew gazed at rissa.


    With a heavy sigh, rissa responded, “I wouldn’t even if you hadn’t told me. There will definitely be no


    good news from the inte. I won’t torment myself by reading thements. Whatever theizens


    want to say is their choice. I’m toozy to bother. Besides, even if the police managed to solve the case


    and prove my innocence, I have no doubt that some people will still spread rumors about me. Don’t


    worry, I am mentally prepared. I won’t go diving into it.”


    With a smile, Matthew stood up and nted a kiss on her forehead. “Good.”


    Since rissa wanted to apany Damian, Matthew naturally wanted to tag along. However, due to


    the fact that Damian’s bed was not big enough to fit three people, Matthew decided to carry his son to


    the master bedroom. With the family of three sharing a bed, security felt like a warm nket.


    The next day, rissa woke up at the crack of dawn. She continued to lie on the bed until Damian was


    awake. Only then did they make their way downstairs together.


    On that day, Matthew stayed home as well.


    However, his phone rang multiple times during that day.


    rissa hadpletely switched off her phone. Therefore, those who knew the couple started calling


    Matthew to gain information and tofort her.


    Among those people were Jacque and Sandra. Ever since they saw rissa being bullied by Hry,


    they had wanted to speak up against Hry. Only because rissa wanted them to keep it under


    wraps did they not act rashly.


    Never would they have expected to find out about Hry’s death over the news headlines. Once they


    heard about the news, their initial response was to worry for rissa, anxious that she would be


    dragged into the mess. To no one’s surprise, theizens had not been kind to rissa, despite the


    fact that she was innocent. Every finger was pointed at her, saying that she was the murderess who


    forced Hry into death. There were other theories and rumors saying that rissa finally had enough


    of Hry’s control over her life and decided to kill her biological mother.


    Some of them even went the extra mile to badmouth rissa and boycott all her works, ranging from


    her novels to her films.


    Whatever negative oue that one could think of had befallen rissa. In a short span of a day,


    rissa became the most vicious woman to ever roam the earth.


    Jacque and Sandra were worried for rissa. They wanted even more for rissa to announce all the


    horrible things Hry had done to her, in hopes that the hatred towards her would subdue.


    However, since they could not get a hold of rissa, their hopes turned towards Matthew.


    Nevertheless, Matthew disagreed with their idea. Hry’s death was currently the biggest talk in town.


    Publicizing Hry’s maltreatment towards rissa would just add fuel to the fire.


    It would make things worse.


    The Wynters were all worried for rissa. Simrly, the Tysons were all worried for Matthew.


    Even Matthias had contacted Matthew for details regarding the case, but Matthew did not reveal much


    to his brother.


    Other friends of rissa would only heave a sigh of relief after they had learned the situation from Ellie


    or Matthew.


    As for Catherine, Matthew had long prepared for the mess. He had sent people over to W City to escort


    Catherine away for the time being to hide from the public’s scrutiny.


    The best thing they could do for the time being was staying put and letting the police to their work.


    After answering endless phone calls, Matthew returned to rissa and sat next to her.


    A wry smile appeared on rissa’s lips. “The gods must really not want me to shoot this movie. Did I


    do that bad of a job for the heavens to stop me again and again? There have been wave after wave of


    troubles, so much so that I am starting to have a hard time holding my ground… The heavens must be


    rejoicing now that I won’t be able to shoot the movie anymore…”


    Even if the case is solved, I doubt that I can have a break.


    Matthew smiled in response in order to lighten the mood. “Is it such a bad thing to stay home with your


    son?”


    Damian raised his head to look at rissa as well. “Mommy, once I grow up, I will let you continue


    shooting the movie.”


    rissa broke out into a soft chuckle. “Once you grow up, I’ll be old. How will I still be able to shoot a


    movie?”


    “Mommy is not old. Mommy will never be old…”


    rissa grinned even wider. No mother on earth would be able to resist thepliment.


    She leaned forward to kiss Damian on the cheek. In return, Matthew kissed her back on the lips,


    surprising her. His low voice mumbled in her ear, “My dear re, you will be forever youthful in my


    heart…”