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I had never seen him lose control or show any kind of emotion. That guy had the best poker face I knew.
“I'm all ears,” I said as I pointed at them to sit.
Dexter and I had lost touch years ago, after I’d moved back to London with Maja and he’d stayed in Scotland.
Dexter was wearing a wedding ring. I couldn’t fucking believe that he was married. That guy had fucked every woman on campus back in the day, and he’d vowed he would never settle. That was surprising.
“I've been trying to follow the money trail, but I was getting nowhere until I got some very interesting info on Samantha after I figured out that Laura was her biological sister. For the past nine years, Sam has lived in Poland, and she found out about Laura around two years ago. Several months ago, Samantha got engaged to a businessman, and they were meant to get married, but then she caught him cheating on her,” James said, still sounding bored while I was trying to process all this information.
Samantha had never talked about her family before. She was adopted, but I had no idea that she was born in Poland.
“Samantha didn’t work, and it appears that her ex-fiancé, Kowalski, left her without money. Funnily enough, he was arrested a few weeks later for embezzlement.”
“All right, but what’s that got to do with Laura and I?” I asked.
“Samantha has been formulating her revenge plan for years. A few months ago she was set for life, invested in her fiancé’s company’s shares, and then lost everything, so she got involved with some dodgy people to ruin her ex-fiancé,” Dexter injected. “She called my wife about a month ago. She was hoping to borrow some money since the two of them used to be friends.”
“I don’t know what happened exactly, but Samantha made some kind of deal with the Polish mob,” James continued. “They offered to give her the money with a high-interest repayment. These people wired the money to Laura’s account, and afterwards, things got significantly more complicated for Sam. I believe the Polish mobster who goes by the name Vic, became quite annoyed when Sam started avoiding his calls. She’s in big trouble, and I believe that she has some photographic evidence from the night when Laura and you first met.”
Fuck, this sounded unbelievable, but I knew Sam. She was capable of anything, and now that she was desperate for money, there would be no limit to her scheming.
“The money was wired from an offshore account. Sam directed all her hurt and anger to her sister and used her as the scapegoat out of spite,” Dexter said.
I was still trying to process the fact that Laura was clearly innocent, just as she’d claimed.
“Dexter, James, I appreciate your efforts, but this is over,” I said, glancing at my watch and then shifting in my seat. I didn’t know how they thought they could help me. That interview was going to be aired soon. “In around fifty-five minutes, my former nanny is going to tell the world about our relationship, and then the whole nation will be aware that I used an escort service. There's nothing much that any of us could do at this point.”
Dexter shook his head and opened his briefcase, pulling out files and photos of Samantha and Laura.
“Man, I’m sorry to be the one who has to break this to you, but you have fucked up. Samantha was hoping that you’d lose your mind over your hot nanny. This was her plan all along, and she was right.” Dexter paused and then glanced at James before he leaned forward. “By the way, if I weren’t happily married, I would have lost my fucking mind for that nanny, too, probably much quicker than you. However, I love my wife, so forget I said any of that.”
“I fucking fired her, I accused her of leaking that photo … after everything that’s happened—”
“Spencer, for fuck’s sake,” Dexter snapped. “Stop wallowing in self-pity. It’s pathetic, so get it together. The point is, Samantha was envious because Laura got two loving parents after their separation, and Sam ended up with some real fuckwits all the way in deepest darkest Wales. She wanted to use Laura to get to you, so she framed her. Made it look like she’d leaked the photo and got paid for it. Then she came to see you, thinking you’d do exactly what she said. She truly believed she had you where she wanted you, but you told her to go to hell, so her entire plan was ruined. She didn’t have the money to pay off her debt with the mob, so she became desperate.”
“So Laura is completely innocent?” I wanted to punch the wall again.
“Correct. Sam was behind this from the start, so she told Laura that she was going to ruin you if Laura didn’t do the interview. I believed that Sam already gave some sob story to ITV and made a deal with them.” Dexter made me feel like a complete dickhead.
I should have known that Sam was behind all of this.
I exhaled and then glanced at my brother, who was, as usual, perfectly calm and collected. I hated him at that moment.
“I've to go and stop Laura before she goes live on air,” I finally said, and then glanced at my watch briefly. Time was running out.
Dexter laughed, then shook his head. James appeared bored again.
“I thought you were more intelligent than that. Obviously, I was wrong,” he said dryly. “I’d rather be doing more interesting things on a Saturday night, but your position has certain benefits, so let’s fucking go before I change my mind.”
“I love you fucking, too, brother, and I’ll pretend that I didn’t hear what you just said.” I stood, then I went to Dexter and shook his hand. “Thanks, man, I really appreciate that you reached and helped James. It’s been fucking years, and I hope we can catch up at some point before you head back to Scotland,” I said, although I was wasting time right now, but Dexter was a good friend.
“I’m staying in the city for business anyway, but I bet Sasha would love to finally meet you. I also have a four-year-old who is a handful.” He quickly added, “Anyway we can catch up later. Now fucking go so that all my efforts don’t go to waste or I'll be really pissed off.”
Chapter Forty-Five
Laura
“Are you ready, sweetie?” Carla, one of the producers, asked as I stared at the clock.
