But then she'd received Elsa's call.
Now that she'd gone missing for so long, Elsa and all her colleagues were probably worried out of their minds. So she had Archie answer the call and reassure her a bit.
Elsa had followed her over from Century. The two had been colleagues for years, and she knew what Elsa was like. Naturally, she trusted her.
And Elsa had shown that that trust wasn't misplaced.
Although she now knew that she was back, she only kept it buried deep and didn't tell anyone.
Even with Julia waiting outside, she simply made up an excuse and sent her away.
When Julia left Star Entertainment and went back to find Jessica, she'd told her the entire process and result of going to Star to look for Natalia.
Hearing that Julia's persuasion hadn't succeeded, and she hadn't even seen Natalia, Jessica started panicking right away.
"How is that possible? She should have escaped; how hasn't she made her return yet?"
Julia didn't understand it, either.
She frowned, musing, "Maybe something went wrong? Or someone took her mid-way, so she hasn't come back?"
"That can't be!"
Jessica shot the possibility down without even considering it.
At first, even though she hadn't seen Natalia escape with her own eyes, the four brutes who'd been knocked unconscious in the chamber were there.
Then she'd found that Archie McCarthy had also emerged in the area with his men. If that was the case, Archie had to had taken Natalia away.
So what was going on?
Jessica was very troubled.
She didn't understand it. Since she was back and knew what she'd done to her, Natalia should be making her stand against her.
Why would she hide and pretend she wasn't coming back?
Jessica and Julia thought for a whole night with no conclusion.
Until the next day, when news leaked on the internet that Natalia's disappearance was intimately liked to Jessica.
The proof – a roadside CCTV recording showing the last rental car that Natalia went on before her disappearance, registered to one of Jessica's drivers several months ago.
What kind of a coincidence was that? Natalia got on a car and disappeared, with that same car's owner being a driver under Jessica.
With that, no one could believe Jessica was innocent.
Furious speculation and discussion sparked on the internet.
All voices chipped in with their own versions of the story. The more imaginative of the bunch took out the drama the two had displayed from earlier and crafted a basic plot.
Everyone then realized how messy and convoluted these two's relationship were.
On one end, Natalia was accusing someone of framing her, on the other end was Jessica implying to the internet that Natalia was going after her husband.
But with Rosa's video, the internet believed in Natalia's innocence in what had happened before.
Jessica, on the other hand, had released a formal statement through her agency claiming that she was being framed and would reserve the right to prosecution, but hadn't ever produced any proper evidence to prove her innocence. Many people disapproved.
And with this leak, everyone was about done with her.
Some well-meaning fans had already gone after Jessica.
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