Facade of Love

Chapter 308 No Way He Did It

The hint was clear Emily wanted me to pass a message to Idris.

I pressed my lips together before responding, “Emily, like you said, Idris and I are done. Whatever it is, I don’t really see why I should be the one to reach out to him.”

Silence.

Emily was quick to disagree, shaking her head. “This is different, Yvette. This involves you. I know it’s

uncle’dden, but you’re the one who has to talk to him. Christina’s behind bars, and my

uncle’s not getting any younger. He’s close to retirement. Could you please talk to Iddy? Maybe he could cut us some slack.”

Her words made me furrow my brows in confusion. “What’s Idris got to do with any of this?” She hesitated, then let out a sigh. “Someone’s accused my uncle of taking bribes, and the big shots are sniffing around now.”

If he’s clean, then the investigation won’t dig up dirt, and if

I get that you’re ticked off, and my uncle totally had it coming with the investigation–his shady dealings are to blame. But he’s been put on leave now, and for someone his age, having kids behind bars is a massive hit. He’s on the verge of losing

getting more and more lost by

had not spotted it. Everyone initially thought it was just a freak accident, but then we found out someone had messed with Liam’s car brakes, Luckily, he noticed in time when he was downtown and only

day the whole mess with Noah went viral, it was my uncle who spilled the beans to the press about you being at the Youngs‘. I

there. I know anyone would be angry, but

heard

off guard, but I pressed on. “But how can you be so sure it was Idris? Are you positive your uncle hasn’t made any other enemies and never crossed anyone else?” She bit her lip, her face clouded with annoyance at having to explain something she clearly thought was obvious. “Christina gets thrown in jail, and someone immediately messes with her, then my uncle gets into a mess of his own. Yvette, you can’t seriously tell me you think Idris has

bad luck was hard to hide, but

I won’t pretend to know

well enough. Sure, getting Christina locked up

is classic Idris. But causing problems isn’t his style You’re just guessing You haven’t actually caught him in the act or heard anything

“If it isn’t him,

“You need to figure out that.