Chapter 233
If Naomi couldn’t get over what the doctor said last week unless she got to the bottom of it. After everything was sorted out, Naomi instantly felt better, although the results hadn’t come out yet.
That afternoon, Naomi had just returned from accompanying Michael to meet a client when a colleague called out to her, “Ms. Goodwin, there’s a client in the meeting room who insists on seeing you. They wouldn’t talk to us.”
“I’ll go take a look.” Naomi, dressed in a gray suit and heels, headed for the office.
With two cups of coffee in her hands, Naomi pressed the button with her right hand.
The woman in the room looked up at the noise. Upon seeing Naomi, the woman quickly stood up from the couch. “Naomi.”
Hearing the woman calling her name, Naomi stopped and observed her. She found the woman familiar but couldn’t place a name on her face.
Seeing Naomi’s confusion, the woman, Melanie Coleman, explained, “Naomi, I’m Melanie. We were
classmates in high school. I was the best in languages back then.”
“Melanie, best in languages…” Naomi suddenly remembered. “No wonder you look so familiar. It’s been
years since we last met. I didn’t recognize you.”
Naomi smiled and walked closer, handing one of the cups to Melanie.
She remembered Melanie as a quiet girl with glasses. Naomi had a good impression of her.
Melanie took the coffee from Naomi and smiled. “I had laser eye surgery. So, I understand if you didn’t
recognize me.”
After taking a seat on the couch, Naomi asked, “Are you here for legal advice, or do you have a case?”
Hearing this, Melanie gripped the cup tightly and turned to Naomi with a grim look. “I’d like to hire
a case.”
you
for
Naomi started a recording and flipped open her notebook. “Alright, go ahead.”
“My sister, Jessica, and her husband, Ivan Reyes, got married two years ago.
“Jessica is a high school English teacher, and Ivan teaches physical education at the same school. They’ve been married for over two years and still haven’t had a child.
“Both my family and Ivan’s family have a humble background. My parents are ordinary accountants, while Ivan’s father works for a company, and his mother is a homemaker.
“Half a month ago, Jessica suddenly fell from the third–floor balcony. Luckily, there was a bush under the balcony, so she survived. But she has been in a coma ever since.
“While my mom and I were taking care of her in the hospital, we found multiple bruises on her body. Jessica has always kept her hardships to herself, so my parents and I suspect that she was being abused.
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“However, Jessica is still in a coma, so we can’t ask her about the situation. Ivan and his family insisted that Jessica was never abused and claimed that the bruises on her body were caused by the fall. However, those marks are clearly old injuries.
“As for why Jessica fell, Ivan said he’d had an argument with her that day, and Jessica had jumped off the building because she couldn’t take it anymore.
“But my sister isn’t the type of person who would commit suicide.
“Their family has connections with the security there. Both the security and the police state that Jessica had never shown suicidal thoughts, and the neighbors never heard anything about it either.
“They said my family was overthinking, so no one is looking into this.”
Melanie’s eyes began to water. She tried to compose herself, trembling as she looked at Naomi. “Naomi, my family wants to sue Ivan for domestic violence and attempted murder.
“Jessica would never commit suicide. At the very least, she would want to live for our parents. She wouldn’t forgive herself if our parents had to bury their daughter.”
Melanie couldn’t stop the tears from streaming down her face when she recalled Jessica’s injuries and
comatose state.