Although she felt miserable with the outcome, there was nothing she could do except begrudgingly accept her fate.
As she was being escorted away, she took a quick stop in front of Natalie. “Are you happy now?”
Still seated, Natalie started adjusting the ruffles on her skirt. She replied chirpily, “Of course! This means I get to take a long break from seeing your face.”
“Don’t get ahead of yourself, Natalie. Do you really think you’ll get to live a peaceful life with me behind bars? Sadly, no. That woman will not let you off.” Jasmine laughed menacingly.
A lump had formed in Natalie’s throat. She stood up and asked, “That woman… do you mean G?”
“Looks like you do know a little about her.”
Hearing her response, Natalie couldn’t help but inch closer. “So it is her. Who exactly is she? What do you know about her?”
Jasmine rejoiced at her panic state. “You wanna know? Well, I won’t tell you. All I’m saying is, she’s a lunatic! Since you’ve caught her attention, don’t expect to have a happy ending.”
With that said, Jasmine was escorted away.
Natalie could only watch her back getting smaller. She tried one last attempt at getting through her, “Is G Jacqueline?”
Jasmine remained unresponsive; there was not even the slightest hesitation.
Natalie wondered out loud, “She didn’t even flinch at her name. Could it really not be her?” Before she could brood on it further, she received a call from Joyce.
“Nat, congrats! I saw it on the news, Jasmine had been found guilty of her charges. Shall we go for some celebratory drinks tonight?” She sounded very excited.
Although Natalie was not feeling her best, she couldn’t bear to reject her. “All right. I’ll see you tonight.”
“Great! See you tonight, seven p.m. at our usual place. Oh! I gotta go help Stanley with his hospital discharge now. See ya!”
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