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“No way.” Maddox shakes his head. “Oscar is a douche, but he doesn’t hold grudges like that. Six years of harassing you? Between the two, my fingers would point to Jayce in comparison to Oscar.”

“I believe you,” Wolfgang admits. “But the police seem to be leaning toward Jayce’s side.”

“When are they not?” Ace grumbles.

“Oscar will lose,” Damien states as if it’s already set in stone.

“Wait. You really think he doesn’t have a chance to prove himself innocent?” Maddox questions with a serious expression. “He didn’t set the fire, did he?”

“Currently, they can’t determine who set the fire. Someone did pull the fire alarm, but the picture isn’t clear enough to help identify who did it and if it was the culprit. We also have to take into consideration that we were all at the Ball tonight, including Jayce and Oscar. The only thing they emphasized was the person had some sort of camera strap around their neck because it was a bright color that didn’t flicker oddly in the photo. They tried to say it was Iris, but it was absolutely impossible because she was finalizing the group photos of the administration when it happened.”

“I don’t get something,” I don’t hesitate to voice. “Who brought up Iris when we mostly met her during the group photo?”

“Jayce,” Wolfgang announces. “Iris knows Jayce. Not sure if they dated in the past, but it was very clear they know one another because they were arguing before he was arrested.”

“Arguing about what?” Ace is intrigued as I am.

“All that was really heard was about his future as captain. Someone on Reddit said they overheard the conversation, but there were just too many sirens and stuff to make out everything. There was a video taken, but it was given to the police for screening for additional evidence,” Damien explains.

“Just in case he ratted himself out?” Maddox asks.

“Jayce wouldn’t rat himself out, though,” I mutter, shaking my head from side to side for emphasis. “He’d die rather than admit his mistakes. Nothing that will be used against him.”

“So, we potentially have a third person who doesn’t like us and wanted the building to burn,” Wolfgang admits. “And it’s between Jayce and Oscar as to who’s been sending me threatening messages for six years.”

“Oscar will be charged,” Damien emphasizes again.

“Why do you say it as if it’s already been done?” I question curiously.

“Winchesters have money, Jagiya,” Damien points out the obvious. We know Jayce’s family has money. It’s been of significant importance to stress to us, again and again, throughout the time we’ve been together as a crew and even after we broke apart.

As if the foundation of his existence is based on having money and nothing else.

My relationship with Jayce stemmed from who had more money. My dad was well off as a coach back then, but we weren’t rich like Jayce. Not even close.

“So, what if they have money?” I press. “That doesn’t erase the fact he could have done a crime and harassed Wolfgang for six years. Oscar doesn’t even like technology. Why would he set out on a mission to harass Wolfgang and get triggered at the idea of Wolfgang potentially getting what he wants? Oscar never had anything against Wolfgang.”

“But Jayce and Wolfgang hate each other’s guts,” Maddox adds in support of my claims.

“I talked to Mitchel earlier,” Damien reveals. “They already announced Oscar is officially off the Saskatchewan Pincers.”

Holy fucking shit…

When none of us can speak, Damien slowly nods and leans back in the chair he’s sitting on.

“Evidence doesn’t matter when you have money. Despite Oscar and Jayce being at the event, they’re using the video that shows Jayce crashing into Maddox as further proof that he couldn’t have been the one to start the blaze. Oscar had a meeting for a private deal with a hockey team in Moscow, so he was missing for some time. Those representatives informed the police that the meeting was only a few minutes long, so where was he after that?”

“Then there’s the obvious fact his phone is registered on the device that used to be Jayce’s. Police could easily say that Oscar knew the phone was once Jayce’s and would use it against him to try to sabotage his career with this incident,” Ace points out.

“But it could be the other way around,” I comment. “They should be able to know how long it’s been registered in Jayce’s name and Oscar’s name, yes?”

“That would originally be the case,” Ace admits. “But Strattonville recently changed the whole phone line system, which includes cellular devices. They can’t narrow exactly when the phone services were switched because the documents or history of such are practically wiped. Strattonville is so old school. They were forced to update their phone services literally weeks ago, now that the entire town is getting more attention and needs better communication services, which includes pole service.”

“Jayce knows that,” Wolfgang groans. “His father is connected with practically every higher-up in town in various departments. I bet you he knew that the phone shit was going to happen and encouraged Jayce to upgrade his phone.”

“But instead of upgrading and giving it back, he gave it to Oscar like any ‘good’ friend would do when their phone is expensive and still functional.”

“So, Jayce could have set up Oscar,” I mutter. “We can’t prove that, though. Even if we could, the police won’t care.”

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