The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 162

Chapter 162: Attempted murder.

"I'm already on it," Bradshaw replied. "I think we need to get a couple unmarked units stationed around the hospital and some plainclothes officers inside keeping an eye on things around the clock. No way we can risk losing this guy as a witness if he really was attacked." "Agreed. I'll put some calls in to coordinate the undercover teams right away," Jackson said crisply. "While you're stuck on bedside manner duty for now, maybe I can do some digging into the wife's financials-policies, assets, that kind of thing. If there's a money motive behind this, we need to know about it.

"Good call," Bradshaw agreed. "This just screams premeditated in my gut. That level of panic she showed? It's like she knows exactly how much hot water she'll be in if Jones wakes up and rats her out!

"Then let's make sure we have all our bases covered to protect him and catch her in the act if she tries anything else," Jackson stated firmly. "I'm not letting another one of these transgressions get buried or swept aside for lack of due diligence."

Bradshaw could hear the passion and resolve in his partner's voice. Jackson had been a homicide detective for over a decade, and he'd seen too many instances of injustice and double standards when it came to crimes of domestic violence or spousal abuse, especially when wealth or status was involved. t made him zealous about defending the vulnerable at all costs. For some reason, he thought that Martin was the vulnerable one here.

"You know I'm right there with you, partner," Bradshaw assured him. "Jones's as good as secured under our watch from here on out until we get to the bottom of what really happened, His wife isn't going to get another opportunity to jeopardize his safety." "Good man. I'll check back in as soon as I have those undercover details locked down on our end."

The conversation finished, and Bradshaw released a tense breath while watching the entrance to Martin Jones's room. Both he and his partner were dedicated to revealing the full extent of Gina Jones's lies. They suspected that she had prioritized her own selfish desires over her husband's well-being. It was too suspicious to be ignored.

They just had a feeling this woman was hiding something and their gut was something they

acted on.

Gina hurriedly walked back and forth across Martin's hospital room, her footsteps echoing on the linoleum floor. Her hands were intertwined in front of her, with her knuckles displaying a white color due to her tight grip. Every now and then, she would quickly look towards her motionless husband, who was unconscious in the bed, with a panicked expression.

you just die?" she found herself muttering under her breath, the words laced with desperation. "Why do you have to wake up

the big stairs in their mansion's entrance. She could still picture it clearly his shocked face as he fell backwards, the awful sound when his head hit the floor, the red blood slowly spreading from where he landed. Right then, she was

called 911 and acted like a worried wife so no one would suspect her. But now her terrible secret might come out because the very man she tried to kill could wake up and tell everyone. definitely tell the police what she

would Gina paced faster as fear grabbed at her chest. What could she

would know it was her. She would

much.

up. Not now. She had to make sure his life ended on this bed. She could not

long run away in fear when she heard about the take over. Kelsey and

embezzlement.

she would have said they were over reacting, but she was sure that those two sisters, Emma and Anya would not

too young. She had to dot his lone. She strolled

angry tears fell. She had been so close to getting everything she wanted, so near to getting the fancy life

sitting up straight, Gina grabbed her phone from her purse with shaky hands. She opened a special app and called the first number in her secret contact list, just labeled "L." They

"Martin he's going to wake up soon. The

the phone, trying to sound

said. "The doctor...he said Martin should wake up very soon. If he tells the police what happened, what I did to put him in this state...I could lose everything we've been working for." Changer

see." He paused like he was thinking about this problem. "Did you manage to move his

of them. His awful nieces got most of his business stuff after he got sick, those greedy vultures.