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and time again. I don’t want to repeat myself. Yes, I blackmailed Ella with indecent pictures, which I’m ashamed of. Yes, she spied on an old friend’s business for me and yes, I deliberately hurt them both. But I’ve done nothing wrong at the moment, so unless you have some evidence, I’m certain you can’t hold me any longer without charging me.”
    Matthew stood , shook his lawyer’s hand and was free to leave. Apparently he was a suspect and could not leave the country, but he was free to go home.
    As we left the police station , security surrounded me to keep the wolves at bay. Before I even realised it Charles’s right hand was around my waist. “I’m here little lady, I’ve come to help.” I turned and gave him a small nod as we were hounded by flashes of light and screaming questions. “Thank you, Charles this means so much to me.”
     
    *****
    Jacob              
         “Was Sammy good for you today?”
    My eyes widened for that split second before she looked up to me, and out of nowhere I gave her the best smile I could find.
    “Yeah baby, he was great, just like any other day I have him.” Seriously , I need to change this conversation. Now.
    Can’t she see her asking this is destroying me? There was no way on earth I could handle this. I would break and flip out on her. I can’t do that, I love them both too much.
    “Hey sweetheart, how was today?”
    Her face fell.
    “I had dipstick one and two. How do you think it went?”
    I smiled at her names. “That bad huh, if it makes you feel any better I had a crap time of it too.”
    She looked up with an irritated look on her face. “A crap time, honestly, Jacob. Mine wasn’t crap, mine was horrendous. They ridiculed me like I was a piece of meat or their new toy. I felt humiliated sitting there in that dirty prison cell.”
    I felt awful. Jesus, I only wanted to change the conversation not make matters worse. “ I’m sorry baby; I never meant it like that.” I couldn’t finish my sentence before she was off again.
    “Do yo u know what it’s like to be taken into a police station and questioned about your entire day, and to add insult to injury them actually showing me the footage of me arriving at work and then leaving with those twits?” By now her tears were falling. I couldn’t handle this, knowing I had put those tears there, it broke my heart. “Shh baby, I’m so sorry.”
    She pushed me away. “You’re n ot, Jacob. You don’t get it. I’m Ella Jamison. I don’t get put in police cars and sent to dirty police stations and get treated like a common criminal. I have the best of everything and now I just feel dirty.”
    Damn, what do I say to that? There was nothing I could say; all I could do was cuddle her into me.
    It felt like forever before she looked at me, her beautiful face was all blotchy and red from all her crying.
    “What did they ask you?” She asked.
    I smiled. “Nothing, sweeth eart. What could they ask? Just where was I, but they already had the footage from work.”
    “Did you have Parks and Richards interview you?” she asked. I nodded to her, “Yeah I did.” “I hate them,” she said in her sulky voice. I cuddled her closer to my chest. “I know baby, I hate them as well.”

Chapter Four
    The past

    Ella .
         “Miss. Miss.”
    I felt my entire body being shook as I could hear the calling in the distance , but I was just too comfy to be disturbed.
    I jumped up alert as someone nudged my shoulder , hard.
    “Ouch.” I said , as I placed my arm over my now sore shoulder.
    I glared at the culprit who had thought it was okay to disturb me.  “What the hell?” I said to the arrogant arse that I had to sit next to for the entire flight home.
    I could hear a light cough as I looked up and noticed the flight attendant trying to gain my attention. “Erm , ma’am,” she said, looking sheepishly at me and then to the other passenger. “We are due to land any minute, so we will