�I beg you. Please play that video again.�

�I�m afraid I can�t do that. The permission has expired so we can�t watch it anymore.�

But Leia was not so easily fooled. She grabbed Renee�s arms and repeatedly pleaded, �You�ve got to help me hack into that surveillance video again, Renee! I need to know if I was just imagining what I saw!�

�You don�t need to see it again. You weren�t imagining it.�

Renee sighed helplessly and decided to come clean with everything that she knew.

�William Jones does indeed know Briar Desrosiers. In fact, they used to be in a relationship with each other.�

Leia was aghast. Not only was she heartbroken, she suddenly felt as if she was the biggest dumbass in the world and could not stop herself from slapping herself across her face.

�I�m such a moron! How could I just let him trick me and use me all this time� No wonder why he�s been asking about you all the time! He approached me with an ulterior motive all along!�

�Stupid, stupid me! It�s all my fault that Adie went missing! I�m so sorry, Renee! I�ve caused you trouble again! You have to beat me up. Otherwise I�ll never be able to forgive myself!�

Leia felt that she had committed a heinous crime against her best friend. Tears poured down like rain on her face as she took Renee�s hands and slapped them on her own body, wishing that she could make amends to Renee by dying.

�Nonsense! How can I ever blame you? The only person at fault is that bastard William Jones.�

Renee gently wiped away Leia�s tears and patiently explained to her as if she was Leia�s mother, �Now you�ve learned your lesson, right? Men are completely unreliable, so from now on, you must always be on guard. Don�t just listen to your heart; use your brain as well, otherwise someone could be playing you like a fiddle and you won�t even notice it!�

Leia nodded repeatedly. She clenched her fists and angrily vowed, �I�ll never forget it! Being with men only leads to a lifetime of misfortune, and trusting in men only leads to three whole lifetimes of misfortune! Once I�m done killing that b*stard William Jones, I�ll become a nun and live in a monastery for the rest of my life!�

Renee could not help but laugh at Leia�s sweet silliness.

�You probably shouldn�t kill him yet,� she told Leia, �because now that Briar Desrosiers is missing, William Jones is the only one who must know where Adie is, since he is Briar�s minion.�

She must hurry up and drag that ungrateful son of hers home as soon as possible, otherwise the little rascal might totally forget his real mother and only regard a complete stranger as his mother!

Coincidentally, just as Leia was about to call William Jones to confront him, she received a call from the man himself.

�Well!� Leia answered the phone as she gritted her teeth, bristling with rage. �Good evening, Dr. Jones! I can�t believe you�ve still got the gall to contact me!�

�It sounds like you�ve found out the truth. Are you free? Can we meet up? I�ll confess everything.�

�Okay, then! At least you�ve still got some honor left!� JrNovels.com