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13. Sickening truth

Marjorie had called me asking about the whole Jodie situation so Carly and I are on call to her in the staff room explaining it all. She is at the airport now with Reece after cutting their holiday short because of the drama here.

"As soon as we're back we're gonna sort this all out"
"Do you know, I may have actually found a way to prove Jodie's innocent" I hope so anyways
"You did? How?" Well...
"It's really long-winded to describe over the phone. I'll wait until your back-"
"She had to flirt with Mia to get it!" Carly interrupts me. Seriously? I cover the phone and glare at her
"Carly!" Carly just laughs.

Of course I told her what happened in the office but that's it
"You had to flirt with Mia?" Marjorie questions through the phone
"No! No, Marjorie, I'm a married woman" legally. But I don't think right now is the time for that.
"Who switched her wedding ring cause Mia's got the hots for her!" Carly shouts at the phone. You are joking me?! I am never telling Carly anything again.
"Why?!" I cannot believe she said that. It was totally unnecessary
"You switched your wedding ring? Mia fancies you? You flirted with- I'm sorry we have been gone a week! What have I missed?"
"I'll explain it when you're back okay? It is not how Carly is making it out" I shoot a look at Carly
"Bet Mia would wanna make out with you though" she smirks. Well, about that...
"Well it certainly sounds like we need to get there as quick as we can and deal with this"
"Oh god" I sigh
"Anyway I gotta go, I'll see you later. Bye" Marjorie hangs up and I look at Carly
"Was that really necessary?"

...

(3ed person pov)
Roger, the owner, is in the office with Mia to discuss the current situation.
"Right, so, I'm obviously here to dismiss Jodie"
"Mm hmm" Mia hums in response.

Suddenly Marjorie runs through the door with Reece trailing behind her
"Wait wait wait! Nobody is being dismissed!" She looks behind her, seeing that her boyfriend is very much still in no mood. "Reece come on!" The man drags himself further into the room with a grunt.

"What's got you in such a bad mood?" Mia looks him up and down
"We had to cut our first holiday together short cause even internationally you're still a giant pain the ass" Reece huffs.
"Well she's not gonna be for much longer" Marjorie says "Roger, we have got proof that it was not Jodie that did this"
"You have?" The man replies
"Mm hmm. Charlotte get in here"

Charlotte enters the room nervously,
"Hi, god this is really intense"
"If you're nervous about speaking in front of us, you can just picture us all naked" Mia smirks. Charlottes eyes land on her as the woman winks. Her eyes trail the red head for a moment before snapping out of it.

"Anyway, um-"  just as Charlotte began again Autumn walked through the door looking rather pale,
"Sorry I'm late, just managed to get away from the toilet. Unfortunately Winter's still there. Father. What did I miss?" The woman asks yet not really caring that much
"It's all right, you didn't miss anything" Marjorie inputs "okay, Charlotte is just about to tell everyone how she knows that Jodie is innocent"
"Well, Charlotte?" The owner signals for her to continue
"Okay, so, Jodie was on the tablet writing up an observation when Mia" the woman diverted her gaze to the red head yet quickly looked elsewhere, "walked in and asked her to come out" she explains
"That's right" Mia confirms
"Well, I went onto the history of the computer and noticed that somebody had gone onto the Louis Vuitton website at 10:38 am. Jodie was still in ratio then. It wasn't until a child left at 11am that Mia came in to get her when she was able to leave the room. And the observation proves that she was on the tablet at the time she was meant to be on the computer" Marjorie smiles, crossing her arms over her chest
"I see" Roger says
"It couldn't have possibly been Jodie. She would have had to be in two places at once. It had to have been somebody else" Charlotte continues. Marjorie looks over towards the owner before speaking,
"Hmm Roger, I wonder who the only other person in the office was at that time" she then diverts her attention to Mia, who stands unbothered
"Well, obviously we are going to have to look further into this. But it's good to know it wasn't Jodie"
"Wait, are you serious?  It was obviously Mia! Why are you not getting rid of her?" Marjorie asks
"All Charlotte did was prove it wasn't Jodie. Didn't prove that it was me" Mia smirks, "valiant effort though" she catches charlottes glance for a second
"Seriously?" Marjorie exclaims
"Dad?" Reece huffs, half expecting some sort of realisation. Yet he knew his father would always protect Mia.
"Well, as Mia pointed out, it proves Jodie's innocence. It doesn't prove her guilt" the man replies.