The Morrison Scandal

Chapter 10- ᗰEET TᕼE ᗰᗩᑎ

-11am, Thursday, August 10th-
As the private jet lands on the runway, Isabella and Jaydee walk out from a ground exit from the airport.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to bring me along? James still thinks that I've slept with Evony, and I don't want to see him angry..." Jaydee asks lowering his sunglasses for a moment, and waits for a response from Isabella.
"That's why I called him before hand to make sure he was okay if I brought you along. Our goal here today is one thing and one thing only, we need to get him to know the truth and prove your innocence. That's my main goal, and then we'll work from there. The plan is that he's gonna take us out to a private spot that only he and his helicopter operator know is real. And now us." Isabella explains.
"Right," Jaydee adjusts his sunglasses up, "let's go and do this."
The jet finally comes to a stop not far away from a helicopter landing pad, where there is indeed a helicopter waiting. The door of the jet opens, and a staircase rolls in front of the door as the two wait at the bottom. And just a moment later, James steps into the door frame, adjusting his tie while holing a briefcase. He then slowly comes down the stairs, keeping a constant glare on Jaydee.
"Mr.Patterson, it's a pleasure to finally meet you in person." Isabella says, reaching out her hand to shake his.
   "The pleasure is mine," James responds, shaking her hand, "I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say about the Scandal. We've got a court case in two days time, it'd be hard to change my mind from here."
           "Trust me, I hope that I'll keep my great reputation with how I'm the best at what I do."
    "We shall see. Shall we had off then?"
           "Of course, we need to begin this sooner then later."
     They all walk over to the helicopter, and climb inside while James still glares at Jaydee, who's remained silent.

        They finally land about twenty minutes later, at a small pond with some chairs and a deck by the edge. There's even a small cabin for James there.
      "Woah, this place is amazing! I can't blame you for wanting to come here when you can." Jaydee exclaims, removing his sunglasses and looking around in awe.
   "Thank you, I'm most likely going to stay here until this is so sorted out. I've used it when I've wanted a night out every now and then." James responds, sitting down and laying his briefcase aside.
      "Alright, so I think we need to ask a few questions here today. First of all, how is the marriage been going so far since you first got married?" Isabella asks, sitting down.
     "It was going great for the first few years, we used to go everywhere together, and we did everything together. That is until after one night out, Evony stopped wanting to do stuff almost instantly. That night she said she had went out with a few friends from a movie she just finished directing, which did include how Jaydee here and Evony met. And then, we kinda just grew apart."
    "Really? What do you think happened that night?"
"I think she got too close with someone that night... And I think it's Jaydee."
      "That's reasonable to think. But if there was anyone else it could've been, regardless of gender?"
  "Odd you add that last part, but I suppose there's Florencia RodrÃguez, they became great friends before Jaydee even met Evony. Why do you ask?"
"Well, I'd like you to look at this security footage from the night of The Scandal." Isabella says, taking out her laptop from her bag, and lays it on the table between them.
She opens the enhanced footage and plays both clips for Jaydee and James to watch.
The first clip is the one where Evony and the person gets out of the car, where you can almost see it as if it was early morning or sunset. You can clearly see Jaydee lying down in the car and Evony walking off with the now easy to see lady, though her face isn't shown to the screen. Both James and Jaydee look shocked at the footage, and Isabella continues with the next clip with the window.
All you can see is the woman climbing down the side of the building, wearing the same clothes from earlier. She reaches the ground, and looks at her surroundings, including a the camera which gets a clear capture of her face, the face of Florencia RodrÃguez. Jaydee dramatically gasps and James looks in disbelief.
Isabella then closes the laptop, and puts it back in her bag.
"James, how are you feelings right now?" she asks, giving a warm look.
James stays focused on where the laptop was, and his eyes tear up a bit. Jaydee places a hand on his back in support, and James looks up at him.
"My god, I'm so sorry for this mess Morrison. I don't know why I would ever think you would do this... I should go call off the lawsuit-" James says, taking out his phone.
"No, don't do it, not yet at least. We need to discuss another matter, you know Jimmy Nelson right?" Isabella asks.
"I do, does he know about this?"
"He's the one who brang up the theory, and now we have the proof that this happened. He wants you two to work together to get this not only brought to the public's eyes, and settle the divorce papers then as well. So what do you say?"
   "... I must agree, you're great at your job. I'll do it."
          "Great to hear-"
    "And I want you as my lawyer."
  Isabella's eyes widen hearing that.
      "SayWhatNow?"
   "You've done everything for this case so far that I know, it'd only seem right for you to do it."
        "But don't I need a degree and all the other stuff?"
    "Yes, but haven't you heard the idea of that a private detective could also do the job of a lawyer if they wish? It's kinda in the job..." Jaydee adds in.
           Isabella looks at Jaydee confused.
     "Where did you learn that? I didn't even know what!"
           "I may have reached out to your friend Harold and asked about the full job desperation. I also searched it up too."
     "...huh. Alright, I'll see what I can do. I mean, this also means I'd need to be Jimmy's lawyer as well. And I guess this brings us to the final part of this interview."
      "I'm all ears, I basically will owe you big for this." James says, a look of joy pure almost comes in his eyes.
    "We need to make the dropping of the lawsuit public, but the rest will have to remain quiet until the court hearing is delt with. Do you think you can do that?"
         "I think that's perfectly manageable, it'll be a great way to approach it."
     "Perfect, thank you for your time."
           "Anything, though... I'll need to adjust to this while new lead thing... I'm gonna just head inside the cabin for a bit," James sits up with his case, "if you two need anything, there's an outside kitchen."
      "But..." Jaydee looks around, "I don't see it?"
   James presses a small button as a whole kitchen with a fridge, cupboards, and every appliance along with it. He then walks into the cabin as Jaydee and Isabella look in awe.
     "Well, who's hungry?" Isabella asks, standing up while taking her trenchcoat off.
   "ME! Though I can't cook..." Jaydee replies, slowly standing up.
         "Perfrctly fine, I got you covered. So would you rather a breakfest or dinner meal?"
     "Brunch sounds great. Would you like me to help in any way?"
            "I'll figure it out later, we need to get an idea of what we're getting to eat. I can cook in many varieties if I need to."
      "Alright, can we have pancakes with bacon? Maybe some tea too?"
              "Yeah sure, let's get to work then!"

    They both get to work, and Isabella quickly gets the tea and bacon prepared and she looks over at Jaydee who's struggling to figure out what to use to stir the pancake mix. She then grabs a wooden spoon, reaches the bowl from around his back and begins to stir the mix. Jaydee flusters up and turns around to look at her.
       "You could've just asked me to move."
    "Nah, this feels better."
         "Well, can I at least stand behind you so you can see what you're doing?"
      "Yup, that'll help."
     Jaydee moves swiftly behind Isabella, and rests his head on hers. She can't help but to smile before pushing the bowl a biy aside as she turns around to face him. She gives him a smirk before pulling his head down as she places a soft kiss on his lips. Jaydee seems to freeze up after that as Isabella continues mixing the pancake mixture.