When She Rose From the Ashes

Chapter 233 Secrets Always Find Me

Chapter 233 Secrets Always Find Me

Just as Jensen was about to hang up, Hansel’s voice came again.

“Mr. Jensen, we’ve identified the woman who tried to stab Ms. Sharon at the hospital.”

“Go on.”

“It was Dr. Johnson’s wife.”

Hansel’s words made Jensen’s eyes narrow sharply.

“Whose wife did you say?”

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“Dr. Johnson’s. After Dr. Johnson disappeared in that car accident, his son fell ill. Unfortunately, he hadn’t left his wife much money. His wife, Diane, took their child to Dr. Johnson’s hospital, but because she didn’t have enough to pay, they were turned away. The boy went untreated, his condition worsened, and it doesn’t look like he’ll last much longer. Diane saw Ms. Sharon‘ messages in Johnson’s chat logs and assumed Ms. Sharon was his mistress. In a fit of rage, she went to the hospital to attack Ms. Sharon. This whole thing has nothing to do with Natalie.”

As he listened, Jensen’s gaze turned even colder.

“How ambiguous could Sharon and Johnson’s messages have been to make Diane jump to that conclusion? Pull Sharon’s chat history with Johnson and send it to me.”

“Yes, sir.”

“And another thing–Johnson was a doctor. How could he possibly leave his wife and son with no money? Why wouldn’t he have bought insurance for his child? Isn’t insurance practically universal now? With coverage, there’s no way a child’s illness would go untreated.”

Something about it didn’t add up; Jensen felt there was more to the story than he knew.

after they married. For reasons no one really knows, he didn’t divorce her, but he treated both mother and child badly. Diane didn’t have a job and lived off Johnson’s allowance, which barely covered the basics, so she never bought insurance for the boy. When the leukemia diagnosis came, she had no choice but to turn to

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voice grating between clenched teeth. “If Sharon and Johnson were truly innocent, there’s no way Diane could’ve misunderstood! Find out.

he didn’t hang up, but he

Jensen’s chest tightened.

found something,

sigh and said quietly, “Mr. Jensen, you’ve known Ms. Sharon‘ character since

Jensen’s expression grew uglier.

how, five years ago, Sharon had asked him to race cars with her. It was nothing but a stunt to provoke him, to flaunt that her new boyfriend was more

was.

by anger, Jensen had agreed; that

then she left for abroad, and rumors followed her there; her reputation was

came back five years later claiming she was terminally

had been the monotony of his relationship with Natalie and his craving for something reckless; above all, there had been the thrill

what he’d told himself then. But now, looking back, he felt

may not have been a virgin, but she had given her first time

had only ever been with him. And Sharon?

with death looming, even while wearing the title of

their chats, don’t you? Send

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