30 Days Till I Divorce My Husband

Chapter 138
Estrella held Zoey’s hands tightly, nodding affirmatively, “That's right.” She then
said, “Zoey, I promise I'll uncover the truth behind your sister's injuries.”
“Estrella, thank you!”
“It's what anyone would do.”
After spending some time with Zoey in the hospital room, Estrella left. She had
yet to see Nick show up. Since taking on this case, Estrella had visited the
hospital five times and hadn’t bumped into Nick even once.
Clearly, there was trouble in paradise. At the very least, Nick was a huge part of
the problem. His affection for Lexi seemed minimal, or else he wouldn't have
stayed away from the hospital for so long.
Gripping the steering wheel, Estrella mulled over the case details until the car
behind honked, pulling her back to reality — the traffic light had turned green.
As she stepped on the gas to drive off, her gaze inadvertently fell on a black
Mercedes SUV across the street. To her surprise, Nick was seated in the
passenger seat.
The driver was a woman who appeared slightly older than Nick, not strikingly
beautiful but exuding a mature allure. Moreover, that Mercedes SUV was high-
end, definitely out of Nick and Lexi’s price range.
At this moment, Nick looked somber and lost while the woman casually held the
steering wheel with one hand. If Estrella’s hunch was right, it looked like their
hands were intertwined from a distance.
She kept her eyes on the Mercedes SUV until a horn honked behind her again,
prompting her to pick up speed. As the two cars crossed paths, Estrella quickly
dialed her colleague, “Keegan, can you help me run a license plate and find the
car owner?”
“No problem, Estrella. Shoot me the plate number,” replied the assistant attorney
back at the office.
Estrella relayed the plate number she'd memorized to her colleague. Her
instincts told her there was more than meets the eye between Nick and this
woman, which might be connected to Lexi's fall.
Three days after spotting Nick, Lexi’s case went to trial. The judge introduced the
parties and their lawyers and then announced the official start of the
proceedings, allowing Estrella to present the plaintiff's demands.
As Estrella detailed the old injuries on Lexi, medical reports, and evidence of
strangulation marks on Lexi’s neck from the day she fell, Nick's expression grew
darker. His icy glare at Zoey was downright frightening as if he could devour her
whole.
After outlining the plaintiff's suspicions and demands, Estrella glanced at Nick
and then turned to the judge. “Your Honor, in light of the evidence presented and
the defendant's apparent apathy and failure to fulfill his spousal duties, we are
charging the defendant, Nick, with assault and attempted murder.”
Having stated her case, Estrella saw Nick point accusingly at Zoey. Assault.
Murder. Zoey had the gall.
Nick's gesture wasn’t missed by the judge, who warned, “Defendant, this is a
courtroom. Mind your behavior.”
That was when Nick's mother burst out from the gallery. “Zoey, you viper! What
have we ever done to wrong you or your sister? Sure, my son might have been
too busy with work to visit the hospital often, but haven't he and I visited? Your
sister's been comatose and hasn't woken up once. Are we expected to keep vigil
by the bedside of someone who's unconscious 24/7? You bitch. How dare you
accuse my son of assault and murder. You gonna pay for this!”
The judge had to bang the gavel to remind Nick's mother to control her emotions,
or she'd be asked to leave.
After she reluctantly sat down, the judge asked Nick, “Defendant, do you have
any response to the plaintiff's attorney's statement?”
Nick rose from his seat, facing Estrella. “Your Honor, this lawyer must be talking
about someone else because I haven't done any of the things she’s accusing me
of. I never laid a hand on my wife, and I certainly didn’t push her off the third
floor.”
Estrella probed, “Are you aware that your wife Lexi frequently had injuries?”
Nick retorted, “No.”
Estrella pressed, “With such a close relationship, you never noticed her injuries?”
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Nick scoffed, “Who has the time to
inspect her all day? I believe Lexi
might have been hurt, and I accept
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that your reports are real. But I didn't
cause those injuries. If you want to
seek justice for her, find the real
culprit instead of throwing around
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Zoey couldn't hold back any longer. Standing up, she faced Nick, “You're lying.
My sister's injuries were obvious. You must have known. And the marks on her
neck the day she fell my mother even asked you about them.”
Nick shot a cold glance at Zoey. “If you want to know about your sister's bruises,
you should ask her. Maybe she got them fooling around behind my back.”
Enraged by his insinuation, Zoey exclaimed, “How dare you accuse my sister like
that?”
Nick retorted, “If you can suspect me of murder, why can’t I suspect her of
infidelity? Who knows if her guilt drove her to jump?”
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In the gallery, Haley was wiping away
SIS
tears at Nick's words, and Jeffrey
was shaking with anger. How could
he have been so blind to give his
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daughter away to such a man? Nick's
words and demeanor that day only
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After his outburst, Nick smugly added, “Zoey, if you suspect I'm linked to your
sister’s death, you better come up with solid evidence instead of trying to convict
me with empty accusations.”
Zoey challenged him, “Then let us investigate your house. You better release
your home surveillance footage.”
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With the way you're grilling me, you
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think I'd just hand you the keys to my
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kingdom?” Nick chuckled, shaking his
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head with a feigned pity that didn't
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quite reach his eyes. “Sorry,
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sweetheart. I've got plans for at least
a few more Thanksgivings, and I
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“Nick,” Zoeyretorted, her voice dripping with an accusation as pointed as the
heels she refused to run in, “you're dodging the issue. Guilty conscience much?”