Jessica's body shook at the sudden sound of someone knocking on her front door. She made her way towards the door, hoping it was not Harry whose calls and messages were ignored since afternoon.

"Jacob?"

"Hi, sis. I need to talk to you. Please, just hear me out."

Jessica hesitated at first but eventually nodded and let the door open for him to follow her into the apartment. Jacob closed the door then took off his coat and sat at the dining table. Jessica went to the kitchen and poured him a glass of water before joining him at the dining table.

"How have you been, Jess?"

Jessica snorted, "I don't know, you tell me."

"I know, I know you're probably mad at me but I'm telling you. Don't trust that fucker."

"I'm listening," Jessica stated, a cue for him to elaborate before she make a conclusion on who she should trust.

"Okay, for the record, yes, I was wrong to not tell you about Leah, I was actually gonna introduce her to you at the bar that night. When I found out you needed a place to stay, I can't think of anyone else but because I knew what Leah had to do as Harry's secretary, I didn't want to risk having you to think she was cheating on me and I know how protective you are when it comes to me...it'd be just too complicated so that's why I kept it from you."

"Well she did. She did sleep with him the night before she left."

"Yes, I know. They got drunk and she felt bad afterwards and came to me to tell me all about it and we fought."

"What's up with the money then?"

Jacob took a sip of water and rubbed his tired eyes. "Jess, we didn't run away with any money, trust me. That morning when Leah came to me, she told me how she wanted to leave, she was sick of having to attend to Harry's needs and she could sense how he was getting attached to her. And I'm sure you already know how he can ruin anyone's life if things don't go his way so that's why we ran away."

"But he showed me the documents of the company's funds being transferred to Leah's account, Jacob."

Jacob was beginning to get ticked off. "It could have been fake! Just so he can get into your pants and piss me off!"

"Jacob, come on, I would know if they were fake. They weren't. She transferred in small amounts so the transactions didn't have to go through him."

"I can't believe you're defending him, Jessica."

"I'm not defending him! I'm just stating the truth and what I know. Another thing I know is that there were several illegal transactions, money stolen from people's accounts, mine included to the company's accounts at that period of time which he wasn't aware of. And he didn't know me, Jacob or any of those people."

"Listen to you, Jessica! You are fucking defending that asshole!"

"You're not listening to what I'm trying to tell you, Jacob! The only person who could be responsible for all these is-"

"No. Just. Don't."

"Jacob," Jessica paused and calmed herself down. "You came here asking me to hear you out. And I did. Now, all I'm hoping for is that you to listen to what I just said and think about it."

Jacob sniggered. "You've got to be kidding me, Jess. I knew Leah much longer than you knew that asshole. And I worked for him, Jess, are you forgetting that? I know how he is!"

"Yes, but he has his reasons, everyone does!"

"You know what, Jess? I think I've wasted my time here. You wanna defend him and let him control your life? Go ahead. Fine with me." Jacob took his coat and started walking towards the front door.

"Jacob..."

"See you in court tomorrow," Jacob snapped before leaving and slamming the door shut behind him.

Notes

Just a quick one to clear out one out of the many puzzles in the story!
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