You Complete Me novel (Skylar and Coralie)
Chapter 44

Hearing Lillian Ford's voice, Skylar Holland's eyebrows were knitted together tightly. "Mom, I'm fine."

Over the years, Lillian loved to meddle with his private life. Especially in the past few years, whenever any woman from an ordinary background approached him in a banquet, she would come over and chase them away.

"Are you? Let me tell you, those girls from poor families have no self-worth. They are willing to do anything because they know that you're rich. You have to be careful,"

Lillian warned him.

Recently, she had been traveling in Europe with her friends, enjoying her shopping spree.

Lillian's life had always been simple. Since she married Skylar's father, she had never worked again. Every day, she went shopping, enjoyed spa dates with her friends, and laughed at women from poorer families together with them.

"I told you before, you don't need to be concerned about my affairs. I'll hang up if there's nothing else."

Skylar's tone was unpleasant. The incident involving Coralie Chariott caused him to feel worried, and he did not want to discuss this matter with Lillian.

He was aware of Lillian's character. If she got involved, it would only make matters worse.

"Son, I'm doing this for your own good. Those women from low-class families are not worth mentioning. Look, this time around, someone actually pushed someone off from the second floor just because of a banquet. How terrible!"

Lillian had heard a part of the story and then she had quickly rushed to talk to Skylar.

When Skylar heard this, his voice became colder. "Mom, you have spies in my company, don't you?"

"No, I didn't. I just heard about this."

Listening to Lillian's guilty laugh on the other end of the phone, Skylar was even more certain that his mom had spies in the company.

"You can continue shopping in Europe comfortably. You don't need to worry about these matters."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

On the same day, the police investigated the case. They concluded their investigations on the second day.

Early the next morning, his assistant Jayson Lowell arrived at Skylar's office and told him about the investigation results of the police.

"There were no signs of struggle in the sample room, but unfortunately, the surveillance camera in the sample room was broken a few days ago and it wasn't repaired. However, there is also no strong evidence to prove that Miss Quincy was not pushed by Miss Chariott."

After Jayson finished speaking, Skylar took a pause from typing on the keyboard and asked him, "The surveillance camera was broken? Such a coincidence?"

Initially, this matter could be solved if they had the surveillance footage, but it turned out that the surveillance camera was broken.

"Yes, the policemen said that they will go back to the security department of Paper Forest Company this afternoon to make further inquiries and carry out further investigations in regards to the surveillance," Jayson answered.

Skylar looked at Jayson, thought for a moment, and said, "Well, delay everything that is on my schedule today and make arrangements for me to go to Paper Forest Company with the policemen in the afternoon."

"Okay, Boss." Jayson wrote down all of these things in a notebook, but he couldn't help but ask, "Boss, why are you so concerned about this matter?"

Skylar was usually only focused on making money, and he was not interested in anything else. However, this time, he was unusually invested in this incident.

Could it be that he really loved one of the two girls?

"Do you have too much time?"

Skylar stared at the screen. In the face of Jayson's curious question, he chose to threaten him.

Inspector Carter, who was in charge of this case, had known Skylar for a long time. This time, knowing that Skylar had a personal interest in this case, he did not dare to neglect it.

On the way to the plant, Inspector Carter said, "President Holland, let's talk about this case. The person who was pushed down was not seriously injured. Usually, this will be settled with a fine." Generally speaking, in cases of assault, even if it was a light injury, the accused could still be prosecuted. Most people would choose to settle privately without going through the official legal procedures.

"I want the truth,"

Skylar told Inspector Carter from the back seat of his car.

What he wanted was not an easy solution to this matter, but it would reveal the truth. Did Corrine Quincy jump off herself, or did Coralie push her off?

"Yes, we will investigate this case thoroughly."

Inspector Carter looked at him, and he wasn't sure what to say.

He thought that he had given a great suggestion, but it was immediately turned down by Skylar.

They arrived at the plant, and the security team had heard that the police was coming to check on the surveillance cameras. The person who was in charged of the security team was already waiting for them. Zachary Lane, the person in charge, came out and saw that Skylar was behind the police. His face suddenly turned pale with fright. His presence was enough to prove the gravity of this incident. "Who is in charge?"

As soon as the police entered, they asked.

Zachary replied, "I'm sorry. We were negligent in our work and didn't repair the camera in time. It was unfortunate that such an incident happened during this time."

He was confident when he spoke because he thought that maintenance and reparations were a matter of work efficiency. They did not commit a crime.

However, this caused the case to hit a dead end.

"Are there any other cameras in the sample room?"

"No. Your people have been here before. They have seen everything. The other cameras are in the corridor,"

Zachary, the person in charge, answered.

After several rounds of questioning, it seemed that they really could not replace any recordings of the time of the incident. The police were losing hope. At this time, Zachary said, "In fact, even if there was no surveillance footage, there were only the two of them in the room. What else could have happened, if Coralie didn't push her off the balcony?"

He said this casually. However, the police were all experienced. After listening to his words, they remained calm and collected on the surface.

This sentence seemed to be unintentional, but the policemen felt that he was trying to influence their judgment. They had quite a lot of experience in this matter.

After everyone had left, Inspector Carter was the first to say, "Conduct a background check on Zachary. Find out if he knows Corrine and investigate whether he had anything to do with the broken surveillance camera."

This was exactly what Skylar wanted.

After leaving the plant, Skylar went to see Corrine.

Besides a minor concussion, Corrine's body and face were slightly injured.

She was lying in bed and looking at her cell phone. She was surprised by Skylar's arrival. This time, she felt that Skylar was more caring toward her than before.

She thought that she had made the right gamble.

"Skylar, your dark circles are getting worse. Are you worried about this case?"

Seeing Skylar enter the room, Corrine quickly sat up and pulled Skylar close to her, while looking anxious.

"Yes."

Skylar did not deny this, but he removed his hand from Corrine's hand and placed them inside the pocket of his trousers.

When Corrine saw him do this, she didn't force him to hold her hand. She just said, "Skylar, I'll let the police decide what course of action they should take. I can understand why she did what she did. I won't take further legal actions as I know the relationship between the two of you."

Her words seemed sensible.

However, the sentence for assault was not as simple as going to prison for a month. If she was found guilty, she could be sentenced to up to two years in prison.

If she were to be sentenced to go to prison, Coralie's life would be ruined.