“What about it?” “We may have misunderstood Julian,” Jolly uttered in a serious tone. “The driver of the truck has now been discharged from the hospital, and I secretly found out that he was drinking with his cousin at home prior to driving because he made a slip of the tongue. Before hitting the road that day, he took cold medicine and fell asleep on the road while driving, which led to the rollover.”
“Jolly, we saw Robin in the hospital looking for him, but Robin just told him not to talk nonsense with reporters. It’s normal to do so to keep the public calm. Corporates are always afraid of being affected by public opinion. By the way, what about the outbound order from Burton Group’s warehouse?”
Rachel remembered clearly that when she called Julian for help, he promised to instruct the warehouse immediately and give priority to the distribution of disaster relief supplies to Greensborough. However, he secretly asked the warehouse to send all the supplies to Baybrook City in advance, completely avoiding Greensborough.
“Aren’t you aware? Burton Group’s relief supplies have been delivered to Greensborough, exclaimed Jolly. Rachel was startled. “When did that happen?”
“It arrived the day before yesterday. It’s a day away from the batch you brought over. The goods were sent from Burton Group’s warehouse to Baybrook City but Julian stopped. them in the middle of the way so that they could be transferred to Greensborough. That’s. why the time was delayed, and he didn’t lie to us.”
Rachel looked complicated. “Who told you all this?” “I hired someone to investigate!” “Are you sure it’s reliable?” Jolly’s voice paused. ‘Are you still doubting Julian?”
Rachel frowned, but she couldn’t tell for sure. In fact, the whole incident was filled with. loopholes. Although she could not find Julian at fault nor that the truck rolled over because it was instigated by him, the current clues showed that he was not sincere in helping Greensborough.
In other words, he did not want to help Justin. “Let’s not talk about this for now. When the disaster relief is over, let’s go back to Riverdale and talk about it.”
“When are you coming back? Gloria’s tour is almost over. You should come back early so we can officially set up the wedding venue.” “Maybe after two days, when I’m done with everything here.”
“What are you so busy with?” After saying that, Jolly laughed on the screen. “Chris, are you waiting for Justin to finish his work and return with him?”
“Is there a problem with that? I’ve come all the way here. Even though I can’t be of much help, it doesn’t hurt to stay a few more days.” “Don’t act like this is just work for you. Let me ask you, did you feel touched when he saved you?”
Rachel knew that she was going to ask that sooner or later, so she had prepared a countermeasure beforehand. “We should always repay our life saviors for their grace of saving our life, so I plan to donate supplies worth five hundred thousand to the foundation in the name of Hudson Pharmaceuticals.”
Seeing Rachel’s magnanimous look, Jolly felt like she just embarrassed herself. “You’re so boring.” Rachel was unmoved. “You’re just expecting me to offer myself to him, aren’t you? How lame.”
“That’s not true. I just thought you would change your mind about Justin. I even planned to tell you about the drug.” “Drug? What drug?”
Jolly almost made a slip of the tongue, so she smiled bashfully, “No, it’s nothing. You misheard it.” “I heard it loud and clear. Hurry up and spill it.”
After a long time of pestering, Jolly explained honestly, “Before you filed the lawsuit against Justin, I was supposed to give you Propofol, but I gave you the wrong drug.”
“You gave me the wrong drug?” “I gave you vitamin pills instead… The Propofol was in my bag.” Rachel fell into a daze for a while before suddenly coming back to her senses. Did that mean Justin did not faint at all that night? Then why did he…
Jolly felt extremely guilty. “I also found out that the medicine was in my bag later on, but the lawsuit was already over at that time, and your relationship with Justin was stiff. I thought you won’t be crossing paths with him anymore, and I was worried that you’d overthink if I told you, so I didn’t say anything…”
Listening to Jolly’s words, Rachel was confused. Did that also mean that Justin was completely sober when she pushed him to the hostess in the nightclub, and he even heard clearly what she instructed the hostess to do?
She thought she was being clever to make use of him, but in fact, he willingly let her use him. Even when they went to court, he did not mention a word of her wrongdoings. He allowed Hernandez to testify that his private life was chaotic…
“Chris, are you okay?” Jolly’s voice pulled Rachel back from her thoughts. Rachel had mixed feelings in her heart. “Jolly, I may have made more than one mistake.” As her best friend, Jolly fully understood how Rachel was feeling at the moment.
She put herself in Rachel’s shoes and imagined that there was someone she always regarded as a heinous bastard. If she deliberately plotted against him, used him, indirectly caused him to lose everything, and later on realized that this person had already known everything she did but unconditionally cooperated with her till the end…
Most importantly, realizing that he was not wicked at all in the end. “Maybe you can stop treating your actions as mistakes. No one is at fault. Both of you were just in different positions. Forgive yourself,” reassured Jolly.
“I’ll think about it.” After ending the call, Rachel lay on her pillow. The snow outside the window had stopped.
After several days of heavy snowstorms, the first sunny day was finally ushered in. The news of post-disaster reconstruction had been broadcasted on the news, and everything about disaster relief was coming to an end. Rachel looked out the window in a trance, oblivious to the fact that Frankie was walking: in.
“President Hudson, Frankie called out to pull her out of her reverie. “Do you not like the food? You didn’t eat much.” Rachel shook her head without explaining too much and glanced behind him. “Where’s Justin?”
“President Burton is still in Greensborough. The situation there is worse compared to everywhere else. Many houses have collapsed, so the foundation is planning to build a batch of temporary housing for the residents, and he is having a meeting over there. He will probably not be able to come back tonight. Oh, he also told me to send you back to Riverdale once the snow stops.”
“When will he be back to Riverdale?” “I can’t give you an exact date. There are many things to settle for the post-disaster reconstruction, especially since Greensborough is a hot potato. Except for President Burton, no one wants to touch it.”
“Can I go over?” Rachel’s words made Frankie stop packing her things. He cast a surprised look at Rachel and inquired, “Sorry, may you repeat that again?”
“I want to go and see if there is anything I can help with. I’m here for disaster relief after all. I can’t stay in the hospital all the time. It’s just a little concussion. I’ve been under observation for days now, and I’m not sick.”
After he heard her explanation clearly and made sure that he had not misheard her, Frankie’s eyes were filled with indescribable excitement. No one knew what it meant better than him.
“Frankie, help me with the discharge procedures. I want to go to Greensborough immediately,” said Rachel.
After a while, Frankie shook out of his reverie. As if afraid that Rachel would regret her decision, he hurriedly made a beeline to the door and uttered, “Just one moment, President Hudson. I’ll get it done right away.”
