Chapter 116
Jonathan’s POV
Apartment – Early morning
The sun was shining through the curtains so I got up and pulled them closer as Veronica was still sleeping.
I got up, freshened myself and went to the kitchen.
As I was making eggs, Janet came along.
“Daddy, good morning p>
“Good morning honey,” I said as I was scrambling the eggs.
“Could you wake Joshua?” I said. “Today’s his admission at your school p>
“And mommy?” She said looking towards our room.
“She’s tired,” I said as I placed the plates on the table. “Let her rest p>
“Okay,” she said. “I’ll get him ready p>
“I’ll leave a note for mommy and we can go p>
I went back to our room and left a note telling me I was taking Joshua for his admission and then would head over to the office.
After making sure everything was fine, I took Janet and Joshua and went over to Janet’s school.
Summerville School – A few moments later
“Mr. Jonathan?!” the principal said, shocked on seeing me.
“So surprised?” I said as I sat down.
“No, no,” he said. “Just, Janet’s been doing very well, so all of a sudden, and who’s this young man p>
“Joshua,” I said proudly. “Joshua Rollings, my son, and Janet’s brother p>
“Your son?” he said, shocked. “Sorry, but I didn’t know p>
“Actually,” I put my hand on Joshua’s hand. “My son was born with a clot in his heart, so he spent most of his time in the hospital. Thankfully, now he’s fine and can begin a normal life p>
“But I request you to take care of him, and this will be Janet’s last year so p>
“Mr. Rollings,” he said. “Don’t worry. Everyone knows Janet is your daughter and now everyone will know Joshua is your son, so don’t worry p>
“Okay,” I said as we came to the classrooms section.
“Joshua,” I said, getting on my knees. “Do you think you’ll be alright p>
“Yeah,” he said. “You showed me where Janet’s classroom is, so if needed I can go p>
“Okay,” I said. “But not alone, now let me take you inside p>
I walked hand-in-hand with Joshua.
The teacher smiled on seeing me.
“Mr. Rollings?” she said. “What brings you here p>
“My son Joshua Rollings is in your class so I came to drop him p>
“Hey,” a small boy said. “My sister’s friend’s name is Janet Rollings p>
“Yes, she’s my daughter,” I said, smiling. “And Joshua is my son, Janet’s brother p>
“Miss,” the boy got up. “Can Joshua sit with me? His sister is my sister’s friend so p>
“Of course he can,” she said. “Mr. Rollings, I think Joshua’s settled in p>
“Yes,” Then I removed the paper out of my vest pocket. “And I would like you to take care of this please p>
She read the paper carefully.
“Don’t worry Mr. Rollings,” she said. “I’ll personally take care of Joshua p>
Seeing Joshua was settled in, I took my leave.
On the way to the office, I called John and Vance and told them to come over as soon as possible.
Rollings Designs – An hour later
I was busy with some files as both John and Vance walked in.
“It’s time,” I said as they both took a seat.
“Let’s begin the investigation,” I said in a grave voice.
Both Vance and John looked at me in worry.
They knew I wasn’t acting out of revenge, but to protect my wife and children.
Which was another thing I had to tell them.
“Please go through these first,” I said as I pushed the file with Joshua’s documents over to them.
“You have a son?” Vance said, shocked.
“I think he’s with us,” John said as he was looking at Joshua’s DNA report.
“You also just found out, right p>
“Yes,” I said. “And just came from the school after admitting him p>
“Did you tell the principal and teacher to take care of him?” John asked, concerned.
“Yes,” I said. “Still I’m worried as I don’t know p>
“Don’t worry,” Vance said. “My sister-in-law is a teacher there, I’ll tell her to take care p>
“Okay,” John said. “So, who are we after first p>
“The lab doctor p>
“You can read them all,” I said, explaining to them.
“There are Lori’s notes, IVF records of both, Imelda and Isabella p>
“There’s Adrian’s and Joshua’s fake DNA reports too p>
“Joshua and Veronica’s medical records, and the financial transactions of the fertility clinic p>
I got up and walked over to the white board and made some points and wrote on some sticky notes and stuck them in place.
“Okay,” I said. “As you guys can see, we have three names, Charles, Fredrick and Imelda, and the lab p>
“And they all are connected p>
“The fertility clinic as well,” John said.
“Yes,” I said. “And as you can see, it’s a conspiracy visual p>
“Okay,” John said as he opened his laptop.
“Let me track this lab p>
“Jonathan,” he said. “Look here,” he said as he pulled some emails between the lab doctor and Fredrick.
“This one the doctor is confirming he received the funds p>
“He also has a dedicated site, and you can also book an appointment for IVF p>
After a brief pause, he spoke again.
“Well, well,” he said. “Fredrick isn’t his only business partner p>
“Boys, do you guys know anyone p>
“Hey,” Vance said as he leaned over. “Is he a recipient or p>
“Recipient?” John said. “They are the same as Fredrick, they funded his work, and in return since the funds go to medical use, obviously the money is tax-free p>
“But why do you ask p>
“This one,” he said, pointing to a name.
“He came to me with a case, his wife wanted custody of their child, he refused. Later he found out the child was through IVF and not his. She had the child from this clinic p>
“Is it a coincidence his wife chose the place he funds p>
“God knows how many more we’ll find like them,” I sighed.
“What’s the matter?” Vance asked as he saw John was glaring at his screen.
“Some entries have been deleted p>
“So?” Vance asked.
“Someone,” John said. “Whoever it is, deleted them recently. They literally wanted to wipe the data out, but couldn’t p>
He leaned back.
“Looks like someone is dead nervous out there p>
Just then Vance removed his laptop and began typing away.
“Vance what’s the matter? I asked as I didn’t know what he was up to.
“I’m preparing a legal action file against the doctor p>
“Can we do that?” John asked.
“Once these proofs are verified, we’ll have a case against him for forgery, fraud, medical misconduct, and conspiracy p>
“I’m on it,” John said as he understood what he had to do.
That’s when I realized they weren’t going to only give me answers, but arrest the one’s at fault as well.
“Jonathan?” Vance asked. “Can your office do without you p>
“Nothing major at the moment,” I said.
“My PA and staff can take care,” I said. “But what’s the matter p>
“I need you to keep an eye on this doctor,” he said. “Can you p>
The next few days I spent following the doctor, and nothing was out of usual.
He had a family.
Went to his lab and came back home.
Had fun with friends and family, the normal stuff.
Until one evening.
He was supposed to head home as he always did, but that day, he took a detour.
At first I followed him blindly, but soon I began to feel off.
He stopped at the entrance of the Grand Del Hotel.
Grand Del Hotel – Later on evening time
As always the city elites were there.
Business owners, politicians, all of them.
On seeing me stop my car, the doorman came over.
“Good evening, Mr. Rollings p>
I got out and gave him the key.
As I walked about, I saw Imelda.
She was laughing as if nothing had happened at all.
She was drinking, and mingling along and no one seemed to be bothered by the fact, her father was in jail and she herself was in jail a month back.
My mind drifted to Veronica.
Last night when she was in pain cause of her nerve damage, all cause of Imelda’s kidnapping and making her climb the stairs.
I glared at her as all I could see was the difference.
One side was Imelda, who was enjoying luxury from the day she was born.
While on the other side was Veronica, who after marrying me should have had a luxurious life, but spent seven years as a widow working as a server and the rest seven years in pain.
The contrast didn’t devastate me as much as the fact that the suffering Veronica faced was because of Imelda.
Just then I saw the doctor walked over to greet someone.
“Who’s so important?” I said as I followed him.
To my shock p>
It was Charles Freeway.
But what shocked me was how comfortable they were.
Meant p>
They knew each other long ago.
I quietly took my phone out and took some photos of them.
Then I saw Charles leave abruptly.
I followed him and noticed he kept checking his phone.
“Why’s he so impatient?” I said to myself.
“Had I known he was single,” I continued. “I would have said his wife called asking why he didn’t take her along p>
But Charles was clearly worried.
About what?
I was just in time to see him get into his car and drive off.
Thankfully, my car came around in time and I was able to follow him.
I saw him stop his car in front of another expensive hotel.
An expensive hotel – late at night
I thought he would walk inside, but he waited outside.
“Who are you waiting for p>
Just then I got a call from John.
“What’s the matter?” I asked on the phone.
“Jonathan,” he said. “I uncovered some old records. I think they belong to a company p>
“According to these files, Charles and Fredrick opened a shell company that was connected to not only shipping, but medical logistics and consulting p>
“But their lawyer,” he continued. “Made sure the company seemed to be two firms. One of Charles and one of Fredrick p>
“But they were business partners,” he said. “There’s no denying that p>
“Okay,” As I disconnected the call, I pulled over so I could put the pieces together.
“Okay,” I said as I was writing in my notepad.
“So we have a donor scam, the waterway connection, fake DNA reports, his lab p>
“And none of them are isolated crimes p>
“Looks like they built an empire together, but why did it fall p>
“Regarding the donor scam,” I said.
“Even Imelda benefited from it p>
I took a look at my watch.
“Its been five hours p>
“What’s he waiting for p>
Then I saw him get out of the car, and walking left to right near the car.
’Why’s he so anxious p>
Just then a name came across my mind.
But as I knew where that person was,
I thought maybe he was waiting for someone or something who I was not aware of.
Nonetheless, I removed my phone for safety, in case I might need to take a picture.
Just then a black limo rolled over and stopped close to his car.
I saw the rear door open and a man come out.
The man’s back looked overly familiar.
And it didn’t take long for me to guess,
As I saw it was Fredrick.
For a person who was supposed to be in jail, he seemed happy and healthy.
The way they hugged each other, was evident they had a good relationship.
I quietly took some pictures of them.
Especially them hugging and shaking hands as these would be best proofs of them knowing each other.
After sharing a brief moment, both entered the hotel together.
As I lowered my phone, things began to make sense.
The fertility clinic, he donation under blood donation scam, the fake reports,
Adrian, Veronica and Joshua being pulled into this web.
Now every thing that I look back to, leads me to them.
“No wonder Imelda could get away with everything she did,” I said to myself.
“From the beginning she was protected by Fredrick and Charles p>
I remained outside waiting for them.
While my mind drifted to Fredrick.
Fredrick Harmon, who according to me, should have been in jail.
Yet p>
Here he was driving in a limo, with a chauffeur.
Wearing a Chanel suit walking into hotels.
Then another person came to my mind.
Imelda?
How could I forget her?
I quickly made a call to John to confirm Imelda was back at home.
On confirmation, I couldn’t understand one thing.
If Fredrick was out, why is Imelda still living in a run down apartment?
Unless she doesn’t know and he has no intention of telling her.