Natalie was also stunned. “You’re back.”
Shane raised his chin slightly. “Yes, I’m back. What have you been discussing?”
“We were talking about…” Natalie gave him an account of their conversation a little while ago.
Shane furrowed his brows after listening to her.
Someone who turned up from nowhere without any personal information prior to that and had even gone through a drastic makeover… There must be something very fishy about this person.
And this questionable woman even holds grudges against Natalie. We have to get to the bottom of this.
“Has the image been fixed?” Shane turned to Connor.
“I guess it’s almost done,” Connor thought for a while before replying. He then clicked on the program again, and as he had expected, the restoration was completed.
Connor beamed and pressed on the ‘enter’ key to check the image which had been restored.
Very soon, the blurred image became clearer.
As it got clearer, the countenance of Natalie and Shane also turned ghastlier.
“How does it turn out to be her!” Natalie’s pupils shrank as she gasped in dismay.
Clenching his fist, Shane also exclaimed, “It’s Jasmine!”
Jessie turns out to be Jasmine!
“Connor, are you sure you didn’t make any mistake?” Natalie looked at Connor.
Connor shook his head in a very determined manner. “Absolutely not.”
Natalie pursed her lips and fell silent as she accepted the fact which was both unexpected and expected to her.
Jessie Skye is Jasmine.
In fact, back when Jessie came to light, she had had doubts when she heard the name ‘Jessie’ as it somehow reminded her about Jasmine.
“That’s right. She’s still alive.” Natalie nodded with an equally dreadful face. “That shows how detailed and meticulous the preparation on her sham of committing suicide was. Not only had she foreseen that we would suspect if the body was indeed her, but she had also seen it coming that we would compare the DNA of the body with the DNA samples she had left behind.
“Looks like there are problems with the coroner who performed the DNA test back then.” Shane squinted.
Natalie bit her lip. “The coroner worked for the authority. I don’t think Jasmine was capable enough to bribe him.”
“Jasmine wasn’t, but Jacqueline is.” Shane turned to her.
Natalie was notably taken aback. “You’re suggesting that Jacqueline and Jasmine conspired…”
“That’s my assumption.” Shane nodded in response. “Back when Jasmine was crippled, the hospital which she was admitted to was where Jackson is working. I saw the two of them meet up, but I didn’t think too much about it then.”
Because at the point when Jacqueline regained consciousness from her vegetative state, no one was really aware of her identity.
It was all the more improbable for Jasmine to know that. Hence, he assumed that they happened to bump into each other during their walks in the hospital. Now that he pondered about it, he couldn’t stop wondering how many details had been neglected by him from then.
“If it was indeed Jacqueline, why did she want to help Jasmine? Isn’t Jasmine another love rival of hers?” Natalie frowned in puzzlement.
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