Chapter 238 - Why was he there?

~Fairfield~

Sarah is sitting in front of her PC, listening to audio recording and reading emails that Aiden collected about Vivian. Her expression is unreadable, and her eyes dimmed. When she finished, she just sat there, staring through the screen, without moving, without a word.

"I'm sorry...", Aiden consoled her.

"Funny, I should be used to this by now." She stood up and walked outside.

"Sarah..." Aiden called after her.

Her voice came from the hallway. "I will be OK. I just need some time alone." She went to the bedroom and closed the door behind her.

Aiden rubbed his temples telling himself for hundredth time, 'This is the best way.' But she didn't sound right. He stood up and walked after Sarah. He found her standing at the window, looking outside. He embraced her from behind. "How do you want to handle this?"

It took some time for Sarah to respond: "I don't know... I would like to find out why. Why would she go to such lengths just to get my trust, and betray me? But maybe it's better just to lock her out of my system and forget about her."

Sarah really has bad luck with people who seem to be her friends. Through the years, people approach her with various excuses, in various situations... only for her to find out that they are jealous of her, want to hurt her, sabotage her, abandon her after she did a favor for them. It reached the point where Sarah gave up on friends and only pushed people away... and then Vivian came, looking all distressed and fragile, in a need of help, in a need of a friend. And Sarah let her in. Now that Sarah thinks about it, it should be strange how convenient everything was with Vivian. How come Sarah was not suspicious that no matter when she called, Vivian was always available? Vivian always had time for Sarah, just the two of them. Disappointment filled Sarah's heart. She was disappointed at herself, if she held back her desire to have a friend, she would not be this hurt... again.

"Let's think about that together, OK? You are not alone." He kissed back of her head.

Sarah leaned into Aiden's embrace, grateful that she has him in her life. He is her support. They are not together for a long time, but Sarah knows that he will never leave her, he will never betray her… because they belong together.

Their phones beeped at the same time. It was notification that JoAnna shared new files with them.

Sarah sighed. "Good. I could use a distraction right now."

They checked online share and saw that there are audio files from Dr. Light's office and one that JoAnna uploaded from the pen recorder.

It was painful to listen to Dr. Light bully JoAnna in his office. It was even worse to listen to what happened in front of the resting room for nurses at six o'clock that morning, and then in the garage... Sarah was enraged listening to that man say such lecherous things to JoAnna. Her anger mixed with confusion when male voice was heard 'What do you think you are doing?'. Sarah looked at Aiden and saw that he is holding his forehead with his hand.

He recognized that it's Jeff and hoped that Sarah will not find out. It all went well... or so Aiden thought, until he heard Jeff declare his full name to Dr. Light. Recording ended and Aiden looked at Sarah.

Her mouth was slightly open. It took her some time to recover. First thing that came out of her mouth was: "Why was Jeff there?"

Aiden's mind raced to find a reasonable explanation. He cursed Jeff: 'If you know that you are going down when Sarah finds out, why are you taking me with you?' He found something suitable: denial. "I don't know... maybe he had some business in Seattle and felt unwell. Remember? He looked horrible last night."

Sarah thought that this explanation makes sense. "He did great, actually. Let's check if it worked."

They hacked into documents related to shareholder meetings, and found out that afternoon there was a meeting, and Gregory Light lost his position as a partner, he will not have the right to attend board meetings, no right to vote remotely, and will not practice medicine in any facility associated with Franciscan Medical Center.

Sarah shared this information with Sophia and JoAnna.

"Jeff did an amazing job! We should treat him somehow... What luck that he showed up when he did.", Sarah praised Jeff.

Aiden awkwardly smiled at her words. 'Yeah, lucky...'

Sarah was elated. "With all evidence we got, Sophia should have no problems to put that scoundrel behind bars for a long time. I look forward to today's conference call."

~Seattle~

Sophia was in her office when her phone beeped notifying her that new files are uploaded on the share by JoAnna. 'It must be that she got something related to Dr. Light.'

She called Felix and told him to wrap up his work, they are going home early.

…

Sophia and Felix took a seat on the sofa, and Sophia played recordings from her laptop. Both of them cringed at the recording from his office. When they heard Dr. Light asking JoAnna 'You know that I can end your career before it even started, right?' Sophia felt like slamming the laptop, but Felix held her hand.

The audio file from pen recorder was even worse. Even Felix had his fists clenched. When Jeff's voice sounded: 'What do you think you are doing?' Sophia and Felix glanced at each other, neither of them knowing who the man is... but he is a third person and seems to be there to help JoAnna. Their hearts raced while listening. Felix cheered when he heard Dr. Light screaming how Jeff broke his nose. When Greg started with his threats to JoAnna, they held their breath... Hearing Jeff telling someone that Gregory Light should be removed from FMC and mentioning of White corp. and White foundation, made Sophia open her mouth in surprise. When Jeff declared his identity, it only confirmed her suspicion.

Audio ended. Sophia stared at the screen with her mouth open, while Felix clapped loudly and exclaimed, "Mon Dieu!* How exciting! Better than any TV drama!"

Felix looked at Sophia, "Ma chéri,** are you OK?"

Sophia blinked few times. "That is Jeffrey White! What was he doing there? He lives in Los Angeles."

Felix shook his head. "Are you questioning motives of that man? He saved JoAnna. Shouldn't you be grateful instead of doubtful? He was very chevaleresque.*** A true gentleman. I can vouch for him that he has no bad intentions towards your sister."

Sophia giggled. "You can vouch for him? Do you even know him?"

Felix responded matter-of-factly with his chin held high. "One gentleman recognizes another without the need to know each other."

Sophia laughed. 'What kind of a logic is that?' But she can't deny that Jeff saved JoAnna out of a tricky situation.