Chapter 101: It’s Vanessa
Margaret who had decided to visit Jake after Claire left stormed into the police station, her heart pounding in her chest.
Her palms were clammy as she clutched her purse tightly, her mind racing with everything she had just learned.
How could things have spiraled so far out of control? The weight of Vanessa's actions pressed heavily on her, and for the first time, Margaret questioned every decision she had made in the name of protecting her son.
Now it dawned on her that she had truly been protecting him blindly and pushing further into becoming the kind of person his father was.
She was just going to ask him if he knew about all Vanessa was doing and if it turned out that he did, she was going to have to report everything to police herself.
Though she loved her son, she wouldn't sit back and watch him get involved with murder or kidnapping without doing anything to stop him.
It was one thing to support him against mistreating his wife and embezzling funds in the company but it was entirely another thing to support him in a crime such as murder and kidnap.
It was over her dead body. She thought as she told an officer about her visit.
The officer led her to the holding cells, where Jake sat slouched on the bench, his head in his hands. He looked up at the sound of her heels clicking against the floor, his brows furrowing in confusion.
"Mother?" he said, standing and stepping closer to the bars. "What are you doing here?"
Margaret glanced around to make sure no one else was within earshot before lowering her voice. "Jake, I need to talk to you. It's important."