One week after Jake’s run-in with Sandra, she followed through with her threat and published another explosive piece about him.However, this time around, she included excerpts from his rivals including Jude Weiss, Patrick Sawyer and other former members of The Association who had participated in the class action lawsuit against him in the past.Jake was so pissed he couldn’t hide his anger. Within 24 hours, the media was thrown into a frenzy by the shocking claims made by Sandra’s sources in the publication.Before Jake could even call his lawyers, his story was already trending worldwide and a petition was made, calling on the authorities to investigate his questionable business ethics.“Am I supposed to ignore this too?” He asked Fletcher angrily.“Well, we could sue her for libel but let’s not forget that Patrick Sawyer has enough evidence to support everything he said in that interview. That’s not a good look for your case.”“What are you saying? That I let that stupid woman get

“Thank you for agreeing to see me, Mr Turner. I’m Detective Louis Logan from the Chicago Police Department.”“Chicago?” Jake marvelled.“Yes, sir. May I sit down?”“Of course,” Jake answered, pointing at one of the chairs in front of his office desk.The lanky man sat down and adjusted his grey jacket that was worn over a multicoloured shirt. His tan hair was thinning and tied back in a neat ponytail. His full moustache reminded Jake of Burt Reynolds.“So, I’m not going to take much of your time, I’ll just go straight to the point.”“Ok.”“I’m here to talk about Patrick Sawyer’s death.”Jake was stunned. “He’s dead?”The detective was watching him closely. “Yes, that’s what I said. Didn’t you know?”“No.”“Well, he died last week Thursd

“We’ve got a problem, Jake.”His ears perked up immediately he heard the worry in Sandra’s voice. “What is it?”“I’ve just received a heads-up from a friend about a story that is about to hit the media first thing in the morning. We’ve been discovered.”“What?”“Some nosey paparazzi caught us leaving that Malibu resort together yesterday.”“Aw, shit!”“My friend just let me know as a courtesy but there’s nothing we can do to stop the story. It’s going live in a few hours.”“Damn it! We’ve been very careful this entire time.”“I know but I guess we got sloppy this time. Our disguise wasn’t good enough I guess.”“What do we do now?”“Prepare for impact. That’s all we can do.”“You’re taking this rather calmly.&rdqu