Nicole did not return to the villa after she left.
Instead, she got in touch with Jemma to request Melissaâs address.
Following this, Nicole hailed a taxi to Melissaâs residence.
During the journey, Nicoleâs thoughts drifted to her fatherâs death.
This memory was a sore point she had avoided for years, causing her heart to ache painfully each time it surfaced, almost leaving her breathless.
Initially, she couldnât grasp that her father would choose to jump from a building.
In her memories, her father was a pillar of strength.
Despite the turmoil the Lawrence Group faced over the years, he had always steered them through.
Nicole recalled an incident where a massive error nearly drove them to bankruptcy, burdened with a debt exceeding a billion.
Her father assembled the family to brace them for the worst.
He wrapped up by, saying, âDonât worry.
This is just the worst-case scenario.
No matter what, I wonât abandon you.
Weâll stay together, and tackle our debts slowly.
If needed, weâll sell our home, and rent somewhere else.
Staying united as a family is what counts.
â
Everything eventually settled down smoothly.
Her fatherâs resilience and calm approach to lifeâs challenges were monumental.
Nicole struggled to grasp why her father would leap from a building due to the prospect of bankruptcy.
After all, declaring bankruptcy wasnât the worst scenario theyâd faced.
Furthermore, he left no farewell note for her and her mother, which was out of character for him.
Now that Nicole thought about it, numerous doubts surfaced.
Her head throbbed with pain, and she closed her eyes, hoping for some relief.
She vowed to uncover the truth about her fatherâs death.
When Nicole opened her eyes again, she noticed Roscoe in a convertible beside her at a traffic light.
Surprised, she wanted to shout out to him, but no sound came out.
Roscoe was with a woman clad in red, not Doreen.
This was the woman Nicole had seen previously.
Right now, Doreen was under police int errogation.
The drugging incident had come to Light, and although Doreen was unaware, she couldnât escape the reality that she had assaulted Nicole.
Traditionally, Doreen would face a minimum of 15 daysâ detention if Nicole did not forgive her.
This meant Doreen would not be seen in Ardlens for the next 15 days as she would be in custody.
Nicole gazed out the car window, her intuition tingling.
Sensing Nicoleâs gaze, Roscoe glanced at her briefly with his poker face, and then he averted his gaze.
Roscoeâs gaze struck Nicole as off, as though he didnât recognize her.
Nicole felt a surge of worry and unease, but couldnât figure it out.
She had heard that the Watts family was facing troubles, and scandals had come to light.
As the legal representative of the Watts Group, Roscoe had been called in for questioning by the prosecutorâs office multiple times.
At the red Light, Nicole discreetly snapped a few photos of the woman.
When the light turned green, the woman drove off with Roscoe.
Looking at the photos, Nicole recalled the womanâs odd hand movements and the murmured words to Roscoe that she couldnât make out.