He had believed everything Noelle told him. The only thing he’d never considered was that so many people could be conspiring with Noelle to deceive him.
To repay what he thought was her life-saving kindness, he’d spent those two years lifting the Jensen family’s business to a place of real influence in Veridian City.
If the Jensens really wanted to pay off those specialists, it was entirely possible.
As these thoughts churned in Landon’s mind, Charles’s voice continued to echo through the silent office.
“I found out that Noelle wasn’t in Australia for her health.”
As he spoke, Charles handed Landon a file.
Landon took it and began to read.
Inside were details of Noelle’s life abroad: smoking, clubbing, jetting off to vacation after vacation around the world.
All the while Landon had pictured her under the care of world-class doctors, she had been living a life of reckless abandon.
“Mr. Ford, we also discovered that the student who jumped from the building lived just down the street from where your accident happened. After her death, her mother vanished as well—we’re still looking into her whereabouts.”
“What’s the school saying?” Landon asked, his tone stony.
Knowing Landon was behind the investigation, the school wouldn’t dare cover anything up.
“The student was in Noelle’s class. During that time, she suffered relentless bullying from Noelle and her clique. But because the Jensen family has so much power and influence, and... well...” Charles hesitated, glancing at Landon before swallowing the rest of his words.
But Landon understood.
Everyone knew that behind the Jensens, there was the Ford family.
“The school didn’t want to offend the Jensens over a poor student, nor did they want the scandal to damage their reputation. So they just swept everything under the rug.”
When he finished, Charles looked conflicted.
Truth was, what Noelle had done wasn’t something that could be easily hidden.
If Mr. Ford wanted answers, he could find them in an instant.


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