Chapter98 Menu âReacting in an emergency?â Marielaâs tone was a bit chilly.âAs a lawyer, you should know you canât use someoneâs life as a shiell in emergencies, right?â
Anyone who had studied law knew this basic legal principle.
Mary was clearly making excuses Mariela stared at Macy with a piercing gase.
âMacy, you should be grateful I was here today. If I hadnât intervened, Gia would have been killed by the attacker, and you would have been charged with intentional munder.â
Macy bit her lip and stayed silent, her face pale.
to go to the hospitalâ Then Gia spoke up concerned, Ms. Logan, your wound is still bleeding. You need Mariela was injured, not critically, but she had lost a lot of blood. Her left sleeve was completely red with blood.
She ignored Macy and left the law firm for the hospital.
After getting her wound treated and paying for the medicine, Mariela ran into Juliette.
Juliette looked tense and spoke rudely, âMariela? What are you doing here?â
Mariela was surprised to see Juliette.
She didnât expect Juliette to be in New York with Jaime.
It made sense, though. Jaime always took Juliette with him, so he probably wouldnât leave her in Los Angeles when coming to New York.
Mariela didnât want to talk to Juliette and walked by her Juliette glared at Marielaâs back.
seethed internally, âMariela, you FKing bitch, youâre always there, lurking like Then she thought about Jaime.
They hadnât enjoyed Alaska enough, but Jaime suddenly booked tickets to New York. Could it be because of Mariela?
Was his injury last night also connected to Mariela?
Thinking this, Juliette clenched her fists.
Lennon heard about the incident at Vanguard Law Associates on the news and immediately called Mariela.
âMarie, I just caught the news and heard there was some sort of attack at your law firm, with someone getting stabbed. You alright? Where are you now? Iâm heading over to you right away.â
Mariela, clutching a bag of meds, hit the elevator button as she spoke into the phone, Iâm okay, Iâm actually at the hospital, same as you. Heading to your ward right now.â
Lennonâs voice filled with genuine concern, âAre you okay?â
Mariela responded in a soothing tone, âJust a small cut small cut on my arm, nothing deep. It should heal up in a few daysâ
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