071 Jinxed Marriage
Sebastian’s POV
Jim makes an “okay” gesture at me at the same time. They traced Liam Ryan’s location and he is telling the truth. Jim raises a paper at me, on which it wrote [stall, planting sniper].
“I’ll be there as soon as I can,” I speak into my phone, trying to think of anything to say to stall without him noticing, “Do you want me to bring Justin Roland with me? You think he is the murderer, no?”
He pauses, obviously taken by surprise at my suggestion.
“That’s true…yeah, take that bastard,” He grumbles, “His wife, too!”
“Okay, I’ll pick them up on my way over,” I assure him, walking out as I keep talking, “I didn’t know this had anything to do with his wife though?”
“That bitch spared no effort mudding my sparrow!”
“But-”
“Stop stalling and shut the fuck up! Or I might just kill one, just to pass time!”
!
He hangs up. I glance at Jim, and he nods: “You did good. I’ll come with. Brief me about this Justin person?”
Honestly, there isn’t much to tell. Justin has been with his current wife Annie Murphy since high school, and when I signed him, their background check came back clean. He proposed to Annie, and Annie accepted it. Their marriage was blessed by both of their parents, end of story.
Sparrow Ryan didn’t agree. She claimed that Justin was her boyfriend, and he only ditched her when he got famous.
An obvious misunderstanding, if not a lie. He didn’t get famous until I signed him, and I knew who he was at that time. That was why there was almost no room for the Ryans to turn it around in court, and even if that was true, Justin still held very limited responsibility when she committed suicide.
The cause of action the Ryans claimed was that Justin Roland promised to marry Sparrow Ryan, and when he broke that promise by marrying Annie Murphy, Sparrow Ryan only threatened with suicide to stop him from doing so.
071 Jinxed Marriag
I can understand why Liam Ryan holds me responsible when he felt like he was bullied by my legal team, but seriously, that case wasn’t won by money. Even a pro bono lawyer would have won the case for Justin.
Justin didn’t even sue them for ruining his wedding day. I can’t imagine having the supposed to be his happiest day stained by the death of a crazy fan, then only to be sued by that fan’s family for letting the death happen. That just might be the worst. jinx there is at the beginning of a marriage.
When we arrived at his house, he wore that jinx on his face-
“Justin, thanks for-” I called him on the way over, but I stopped stunned when I saw the claw marks on his face, “Are you alright? What happened?!”
“It’s nothing…” Justin turns his head slightly to hide the mark, but in vain. “Sorry, but Annie is…not available…
The last time I saw him was during that case. He was a mess, but that was only frustration. But now he wears his beard long and messy, his eyes have blood streaks, and there are white hairs here and there. He is only 20!
He looks like he aged ten years in the past 12 months. He requested some time off a few months ago, but I didn’t think he would fall like this.
Annie’s angry face is pasted on the window when I look up, and she instantly dodges back into the room. She’s at home, so by “not available” he meant that she doesn’t want to go with us.
Did I cause this domestic issue with my request?
“That’s understandable,” I pat him on the shoulder, leading the way, “I’m really sorry that I caused this. That was a selfish request on my part-”
“No, you didn’t,” Justin lets out a long sigh, getting into the back seat after me, “it wasn’t exactly paradise before today…”
“I’m sorry that I had to make this request today, especially considering how your marriage had to start that way…” I don’t know what would be appropriate to say at this point, “I’ll make it up –
“No, not that either, actually,” He looks up, and I see the physical form of what hopeless is in his eyes, “our marriage started fine…at least, to Annie. If I felt pitiful for what happened, then what she felt was utter happiness.”
071 Jinsed Mariage
What? That’s not what I expected from his “caring high school sweetheart“.
