I Slept with My Boss and Ran Away

It wasn’t until Meredith was taken back to the police station for questioning that she finally understood what had happened to Joy Chaucer. Shortly after her leaving the company, Joy had also driven off, only to find that her brakes had failed. Fortunately, she survived the ordeal with only minor injuries. Her car was sent for examination, and it was confirmed that someone had tampered with the brakes. Without hesitation, Joy accused Meredith of the sabotage.

As a suspect, the police naturally began to investigate Meredith.

At the Hospital.

Joy Chaucer had fractured her shin and was admitted to the hospital. After her wounds were treated, she called the police. Upon hearing of her daughter’s accident, Bianca rushed to the hospital. Seeing Joy’s leg in a cast, Bianca was overwhelmed with distress: “Joy, what happened? Are you alright? Let me look at you, you scared me to death.”

The thought of losing her daughter again was unbearable for Bianca.

“Mum, I almost never got to see you again,” Joy confessed tearfully, gripping Bianca’s hand. “Meredith is so malicious. Just because I fired her, she wanted my life.”

“How is this related to Meredith? You fired her? What’s going on?” Bianca, who had been busy, was unaware of Meredith’s dismissal.

Joy exaggerated the story, “Meredith never show up at work when I need her. I called her, and she even turned off her phone. This morning, I talked to her, and she talked back and even said she was quitting, so I let her go. Little did I know Meredith would do such things to my car’s brakes to kill me.”

Despite her sympathy, Bianca found the accusation hard to believe.

“Joy, are you sure there’s no mistake? Meredith isn’t like that.”

“Mum, I almost died, and yet you still side with Meredith? Who is your daughter here, me or Meredith?” Joy was agitated. “I’ve already reported to the police. If you don’t believe me, ask them. They’ve confirmed that the brakes were tampered with.”© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“Joy, calm down. I’m not siding with Meredith. It’s just hard to believe. Let’s get to the bottom of this before jumping to conclusions. If it’s a misunderstanding, then you’re accusing Meredith falsely,” Bianca tried to soothe her daughter.

“Mum, you’ve been deceived by that bitch Meredith. Just wait, when the police find the evidence, I won’t let Meredith get away with this. She’ll end up in jail.”

Joy was furious. It had been ten years since she returned to the Chaucer family, and this was the first time her mother hadn’t sided with her.

This only deepened Joy’s resentment towards Meredith.

Bianca, seeing her daughter filled with malevolence, was deeply concerned. When they had found Joy years ago, she was rebellious enough, fighting on the streets, skipping school, getting tattoos, drinking, and causing trouble everywhere, all of which Bianca had to clean up.

Bianca remembered how, at eighteen, Joy had just gotten her driver’s license and went out driving recklessly, ultimately causing an accident that killed a couple. It was another mess Bianca had to settle with money.

After that incident, Joy had toned down her rebelliousness, and Bianca sent her abroad to study, hoping to temper her personality. However, studying was not Joy’s forte; she even had to buy her diploma.

Bianca had invested a lot of effort to polish her daughter’s image.

Seeing her daughter revert to her rebellious days worried Bianca.

At the Police Station.

When the police arrived, Bianca went out to speak with them to learn the truth.

“The suspect has been brought in for questioning, but as of now, there is no direct evidence linking the car accident to Miss Meredith Florrick,” the officer informed her.

“What about Meredith? Is she still at the police station?”

“She’s still there. If no evidence is found within 48 hours, she will be released.”

Bianca, clear-headed and logical, suggested, “If her car’s brakes failed due to tampering, check the surveillance footage from the parking lot. Since her car was fine this morning when she drove to the office, it must have been tampered with in the office parking lot.”

“The footage from where Miss Chaucer’s car was parked is in a blind spot; we couldn’t capture who tampered with the vehicle,” the officer explained.

Without solid evidence, Meredith could neither be charged nor cleared, meaning she had to stay in the station for the full 48 hours.

At Sterling Corporation.

Terrence Sterling had just returned when he spotted Harvey Fieldmouse lurking nervously near the office door. Sneaking up behind him, Terrence clapped him on the shoulder, “Whatare you lurking around for?”

Startled, Harvey stammered, “B-boss, I just… I missed you, came to see you.”

Terrence pushed open the door to his office and entered with a cold tone, “We just saw each other yesterday. Speak up if you have something to say, get to the point.”

Harvey looked evasive, stumbling over his words, “This morning your mom came to see me, and I accidentally let slip about Miss Florrick.”