Every Breath You Take

Roland knocked on the door hard and asked Monica to open the door. However, no matter how hard he knocked, there was no reply. He was worried that something would happen to Monica, so he turned to look at Francisco and Summer. "It seems that we have to break the door open!"

Francisco and Summer had no other choice but to nod. Roland took a few steps back and slammed the door open. When he opened the door, he saw Monica sitting on the bed with her head in her arms. The three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

The door opened suddenly, and Monica was shocked. She stared at the three people at the door in shock. Summer closed the door and walked to her. "Moni, we're really worried about you!" Monica smiled bitterly. "Why are you back?"

"Uncle called us to come back. What happened?" Summer sat down beside Monica and looked at her with concern.

Monica didn't know how to talk to Summer about this. She clasped her fingers and kept silent. Summer didn't want to push her. She picked up the broken mobile phone on the ground and asked, "Who called you just now?"

"Eva."

"Eva?" Summer was stunned. What did Eva say to Monica made Monica so angry that her phone was smashed? "Eva is not a good person. Don't take her words to heart."

Monica knew that Eva was a vicious woman and she shouldn't believe her words. However, Francisco had admitted that he liked her mother. What if there was really abnormal relationship between her mother and Francisco? Monica didn't dare to think about it. She was really afraid!

Summer put the mobile phone on the bedside table. Then, she went to Monica and sat down again. She reached out to hold Monica's hand. "Moni, you are pregnant now, so you can't think too much. It's not good for you and your child."

Monica remained silent. Summer reached out and held her hand. "No matter what happens, I will always support you. I will always be your backer!"

Monica looked at Summer's sincere eyes and grinned bitterly. "Summer, I'm a mess now."

"I know. That's why I told you not to keep it in your heart. It'll be fine if you tell me."

"It's really embarrassing." Monica heaved a long sigh and told Summer about Francisco's identity.

After hearing Monica's words, Summer tried to comfort her. "Moni, isn't Francisco who raised you up? Although he is not your uncle, he is no different from your uncle over the years. I don't think you should care about this."

"Summer, in fact, I'm thinking about another thing. Francisco actually loves my mother." Monica smiled bitterly. "Although they are not related by blood, I still feel uncomfortable..."

Summer was shocked. This matter was somewhat unacceptable. After thinking for a while, she said, "Moni, Francisco has no blood relationship with your mother. The law prohibits marriage between direct blood relatives or marriage between collateral blood relatives within three generations. It's not illegal for Francisco and your mother to fall in love with each other. Moreover, they didn't do anything. It's just Francisco likes your mother. Love can't be controlled. This is a matter of your elders. You can take it easy."

"Summer, do you know what Eva just said to me?" Monica bit her lip. "She said that Zoe saw Francisco and my mother have sex with his own eyes. I... I really can't imagine it."

"Eva is so vicious. She must be lying." Summer shook her head. "Moni, that woman wants to stimulate you. You can't fall into her trap."

"I don't believe her either. I'm just afraid that... What if it is true?"

"Moni, even if it's true, it has nothing to do with you. Francisco has no blood relationship with your mother. Even if they are together, it's not against ethics."

"Summer, I know that you are doing this for my own good. I shouldn't have thought too much, but I really don't want things to turn out like this. My mother, she... She is very important to me. Zoe has already disappointed me. I don't want be disappointed with my mother, do you understand?" Zoe's cheating had a great impact on Monica, so Monica couldn't accept her mother to have an affair with Francisco. "Moni, since that's the case, you have to trust your mother. She isn't that kind of woman, and she won't let you down." Summer comforted her. "Also, I think you should believe in Francisco. Since he dares to tell you about this, he must be innocent."

"If he had told me this earlier, I would have believed him. But he was forced to tell me this. If Eva hadn't threatened him, he would have hidden it from me for the rest of his life."

"I think you misunderstood him. He didn't tell you this before because he didn't want to trouble you. Now he tells you everything because he doesn't want you to get hurt. You should believe in such a person who did everything for you."

What Summer said was true. Monica knew very well how good Francisco was to her. She should believe in him and her mother.

Summer stayed in the room to comfort Monica, while Roland and Francisco were anxiously sitting on the sofa. Roland couldn't help complaining, "Why are you saying this now? Isn't this causing more trouble?" "I didn't plan to tell Moni this, but Quarmy came to me and told me some things about Eva. I felt angry after knowing that Eva had something to do with Moni's separation from Quarmy." Francisco told Roland what Quarmy had said.

"Eva hasn't been simple since she was a child. Besides, she has done many bad things over the years. I was worried that she would hurt Moni, so I decided to tell Moni everything. Before I did it, Eva came to me again and regarded me as a fool. She wanted me to take Moni away. I was really angry so I wasn't polite to her at all. Eva could do anything for her goal. I was afraid that she would talk nonsense to Moni so I told Moni everything. I didn't expect Moni to have such a strong reaction."

"Why does Eva hate her sister so much? Hannah is already dead. Should Eva's hatred have disappeared with Hannah's death? However, she never got over it. She has helped Yale and her daughter to deal with Monica several times. She is really hateful!" Roland was very angry. "What exactly did Yale and her daughter offer her?"

Francisco smiled bitterly. "She and Yale are the same. They have done many bad things. There must be some secrets between them."

Roland thought of Hannah's death. "Do you know Yale?"

"No." Francisco answered, "I used to believe that she was a good person, but later I found that she was Zoe's mistress. You can imagine how terrible she is."

"She actually went from the so-called Flower to a mayor's wife. That's really amazing." Roland sneered. "By the way, have you ever doubted that Hannah's death is not an accident?"

Francisco shook his head. "No. The driver wanted to ran away but he was caught and sentenced to ten years. At that time, he should have been sentenced to three years, but Zoe got the judge to give him the maximum sentence."

Roland sneered, "Zoe is really hypocritical. If he hadn't betrayed Hannah, and Yale hadn't told Hannah about their affair, Hannah wouldn't have died at all. He and Yale caused Hannah's death. He did this just for his conscience."

"What did you say? Yale came to Hannah? How did you know?" Francisco was very surprised.

"My mother told me." Roland told everything Gracie told him to Francisco. "I showed my mother Yale's photo. She said that the person who met Flannah at that time was Yale. I suspect that Flannah's death has a lot to do with Yale."

Francisco couldn't believe it at all. "Though Yale is morally bankrupt, she is not that vicious, is she? Did your mother recognize the wrong person?"

"She didn't. Don't you think Yale is vicious? She seduced the husband of her best friend and tried to kill Jenny for Madrigal. She even framed Monica for hurting Jenny. By the way, last time Summer hit Madrigal. It seemed that Yale didn't do anything to Summer, but in fact, she secretly let someone hit Summer. Fortunately, I was there at that time, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."

Roland sneered, "In the past, I just suspected her. But based on what she had done and her secret meeting with Flannah, I can almost be sure that she must have said something inappropriate to Flannah in order to marry Zoe. She indirectly caused Flannah's death."

Francisco's face darkened. "Yale secretly came to see Flannah? No wonder Flannah told me on the phone that Zoe cheated on her. So Flannah's death was not an accident but caused by Yale's stimulation?" Fie murmured as he raised his head. Then, his face suddenly changed. "Moni! You..."

It was unknown when Monica's door opened. Summer and Monica stood at the door and looked at them motionlessly. They must have heard what Roland just said. Under Francisco's surprised gaze, Monica walked to Roland step by step. "Can you repeat what you just said?"

Roland stood up and supported Monica. "Sit down first. I've always wanted to tell you about this, but I'm afraid that you can't accept it. Since you've heard it today, I don't have to hide it. I suspect that your mother's death was caused by Yale."

Roland repeated what he had just said. Monica's face was pale and her body was trembling. She wanted to grasp something, but there was nothing she could grab. She clutched the sofa cushion tightly. Because she used too much strength, her fingertips turned white. Seeing this, Summer was frightened. "Moni, are you all right?"

Monica didn't say anything. When her mother died, she was still in school. As soon as she heard the bad news, she rushed to the hospital, only to see her mother's cold body. Hannah was covered in blood and her face was pale.

Hannah stayed in the morgue in the hospital for two days. Later, the driver who caused the accident took the initiative to turn himself in, and this case was taken as a traffic accident. When Hannah died, Zoe was at a conference in another city. Xanjer did not inform Zoe and directly buried Hannah. When Zoe came back, he saw only Hannah's ashes, which made him quarrel with Xanjer.

Zoe roared and questioned Xanjer why he had Hannah cremated without waiting for him to come back. Xanjer, who had been quiet, suddenly beat Zoe with rage and shouted at Zoe fiercely, "Zoe, ask yourself. Don't you know what you did behind her back? I tell you, she knows everything. She asked me to do this before she died!"

Zoe was very angry at first, but he suddenly shut up because of Xanjer's words. At that time, Monica didn't know why Zoe was afraid of her uncle. Later, three months after her mother's death, Yale took Madrigal to her home. When Monica heard the girl who was only three or four years younger than her timidly call Zoe Dad, she was extremely disappointed with Zoe. Then she ran away from home and went to her uncle without hesitation.

Over the years, she had always thought that her mother's death was an accident. She had never thought that there was something she didn't know. If it weren't for Gracie, no one would have known that her mother had met Yale before she died. Her mother died in a car accident after meeting Yale. Gracie said that her mother was in a trance. What did Yale say to her mother?

Although Monica didn't know what Yale had said, she was sure that her mother's death had something to do with Yale. Thinking of her tolerance to Yale and Madrigal over the years, Monica really hated herself She actually put up with the one who killed her mother. She even let her live freely and happily. She didn't deserve to be Hannah's daughter! Monica gnashed her teeth and said word by word, "I will never let them go!"

Seeing Monica's excitement, Summer was very worried. "Moni, this is just a guess. Don't be excited. We have to calm down. Understand?"

"Yes, this may not be the truth." Francisco also comforted her. "Don't be excited, you are still pregnant."

"I'm not that weak." Monica let go of her grip on the sofa. Her fingernails had been broken, but she did not feel any pain at all. "I must get to the bottom of this!"

"Don't worry. I've been investigating it all the time. Take care of yourself and I'll tell you the truth." Roland said.

"No! I want to investigate it myself!" Monica's face showed determination.

"You're pregnant. How can you do it yourself? You'd better leave it to Roland." Summer tried to comfort her.

"A fox cannot hide its tail. If my mother's death really has something to do with Yale, she will finally expose herself. I will go back to the Jane family and expose her true colors."

"Yale is so vicious. She won't let you catch her easily. The most important thing is that you are still pregnant. What if she wants to hurt you? You shouldn't take this risk for the sake of the child." Summer firmly disagreed with Monica to investigate this matter herself.

"The most dangerous place is the safest. Yale dares not to hurt me. Now her daughter is pregnant. If something happens to my child, she will be everyone's suspect. She is not that stupid." Monica sneered. "I used to be tolerant, but now I know how stupid I was. From now on, I will fight with them. I will fight for whatever they want. I want to be a thorn in their side and make them extremely uncomfortable!"

"I know how you feel. It's just that your sudden return to the Jane family will make them suspicious. I think it's better to think about it later." Roland knew that he couldn't stop Monica. He understood her mood, but her sudden return might alert the enemy.

"Zoe always wanted me to move back, but I refused him because I didn't want to see them. They won't be surprised if I move back. By the way, Zoe's birthday is coming. I can go back for his birthday. They won't suspect anything."

Quarmy asked Noah to investigate Yale's cousin Jake. Jake was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment for robbery and rape that resulted in his victim's miscarriage. During the period of imprisonment, he actually escaped without being noticed.

After escaping from prison, Jake stabbed Lucy, the woman who sent him to jail, three times. Although Lucy didn't die, murder after a prison break was too serious, so he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. Now he was still in prison.

Noah told Quarmy that when the police caught Jake, he didn't regret it at all. Instead, he had been claiming that he didn't kill Lucy. He just wanted to ask Lucy why she pretended to be pregnant and wronged him, causing him to be sentenced for a few more years. He also said that Lucy was lying in a pool of her own blood when he arrived. Quarmy frowned. Why didn't Jake regret? Was he telling the truth? Quarmy decided to meet Jake. Jake had been in prison for so many years. He looked emaciated and pale, and his eyes were dull. This was a typical state of loss of hope for life.

A prison staff member told Quarmy that a life sentence could be commuted for good behavior in prison. Many people went out in less than 20 years, but Jake was different from others. He always refused to repent and said he was wronged. He had always been passive when he was working. Therefore, his sentence was never commuted. He had been like this for more than 20 years. Recently, he finally stopped saying that he was wronged.

Noah tried to communicate with Jake. In the face of Noah's questions, Jake remained silent. Seeing his stubbornness, Noah shook his head at Quarmy.

Quarmy lit a cigarette and handed it to Jake. Jake raised his blurry eyes to look at Quarmy and then at Noah. Finally, he reached out to take the cigarette and took a few puffs. After a while, Quarmy suddenly said, "Jake, do you still remember Kate?"

This name made Jake's hand shake. Quarmy continued, "Kate is now a famous gynecologist in Jiang City. She has a very good relationship with the mayor's wife. Do you know who the mayor's wife is?" Jake silently smoked and turned a deaf ear to Quarmy's words.

"The mayor's wife is Yale Guo." Quarmy smiled faintly. "You seem to have a cousin named Yale, right?"

Jake still did not speak. Quarmy continued, "By the way, I forgot to tell you the mayor's name. The mayor's name is Zoe Jane. Does it sound familiar?"

"Yes." Jake finally spoke.

"Also, the mayor's wife is from the Cat's Alley, and her nickname is Flower. Your cousin Yale has the same nickname. Am I right?"

"How is it possible?" Jake looked at Quarmy in surprise. If his cousin Yale was the mayor's wife, how could she not help him? He had been in prison for so many years. Yale had a good relationship with him and knew he was innocent. Since she was the mayor's wife, she would definitely uphold justice for him.

Quarmy smiled faintly. "I brought you a picture of the mayor and his wife. Take a look." He handed a photo of Zoe and Yale to Jake.

Jake's face changed after seeing this. Quarmy noticed it and added, "The lawyer and the judge told me that you could've gotten out of prison in less than 10 years, but you stayed here for such a long time without commutation of sentence. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because someone doesn't want you to go out." Quarmy looked at him with pity. "You know too much. There are only two ways to make you shut up. One is to kill you, and the other is to let you have no freedom in your lifetime. That person doesn't want to kill you, so she chose the other way."

"Impossible!" Jake yelled. He was not a fool, so he naturally knew what Quarmy meant.

"Why not? You're a troublesome gangster. Who would be willing to have anything to do with you? Besides, you should be more clear than everyone else that what happened at that time. Your cousin Yale has been the mayor's wife for more than ten years. It should not be difficult for her to help you, but why no one cares about you for so many years? You are a smart person. I don't need to say more, do I?"" "Why did you tell me this?"

"Because I want to make a deal with you. If you tell me what I want to know, I will find a way to uphold justice for you and let you free. What do you think?"

Jake smoked silently. Quarmy continued, "I'll give you only one chance. It depends on whether you can provide me with anything valuable. If you miss it, you miss it forever! If you've thought this through, tell a man named Yu."

With that said, he left with Noah. When they walked out of the prison, Noah asked Quarmy, "Mr. Huo, how do you know that someone doesn't want him to leave here?"

"I guessed." Quarmy answered, "Jake is Yale's only cousin. Whether Jake is innocent or not, according to common sense, Yale would definitely find a way to save him. But she didn't. Everyone in the Cat's Alley knows that Yale has a good relationship with Jake. What does this mean?"

Noah understood. "So you suspect that Yale doesn't want Jake out of jail."

"Also, why could Jake break out of prison and hurt Lucy? Think about it, there must be a reason."

"Mr. Huo is really smart." Noah admired Quarmy very much. "But will he agree to cooperate with us?"

"He will!" Quarmy answered.