The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1564 The Hypocrisy Of The World

Sheryl wondered what had gone wrong this time. Had she made anyone unhappy?

Out of all these people, wasn't there a single person who knew the officers at the police station?

No, that was impossible. It was simply that no one wanted to help her. It was just the way the cruel world worked.

She sighed at the thought of the hypocrisy of the world. She guessed that people had heard of her separation with Charles, thus causing the change in their attitude.

To be honest though, it wasn't exactly hard to figure out. Leila had basically turned herself into Charles' Siamese twin. Wherever he went, she was bound to be there too. Whenever Charles was out in public, she made sure she was there as well. Even a child could figure out they were in a relationship.

Sheryl sat very still in her car, overwhelmed by the feeling of helplessness.

But she imagined Nick's and Cassie's faces and knew that they felt even more helpless in prison. She had to pull herself together and figure out how to rescue them.

As her brain identified the number one priority, she started figuring out exactly where the whole mess had started. Of course! It had to be Jordan. He played a crucial role in the case and she was certain that he was the one who had started the fire.

Normally, if the police took over such a simple case, they would just take the involved parties' statements and not make any arrests. In this case, not only were they arrested, they were also not granted bail. It didn't make any sense at all. Someone had to be behind this.

Even if Nick had indeed injured Jordan, it shouldn't be such a big case. Wouldn't one night be enough for such a minor offense? The only logical answer behind it all was that Nick and Cassie must have offended someone with a lot of power and influence. Someone wanted them locked up.

Sheryl had thought of all the possibilities, but couldn't decide which the most likely situation was. Anything seemed to be possible in this crazy life.

Finally, at the end of her wits, she decided to go back to her office.

The first thing she did when she arrived at her office was to ask her assistant to make a visit to the hospital to check if Jordan was really there. When it was confirmed, she wasted no time and personally went to visit him, bringing along some gifts.

She really hoped that she could dig up some useful information from him.

Oh, how she hated hospitals! It brought back so many unpleasant memories.

She especially hated the smell of disinfectant. It made her sick and she held her breath the moment she entered the building. She wished her nose would temporarily stop working.

She went to the reception desk and asked where she could find Jordan. She was immediately directed to his room.

His room number was 404. Even the room number made her feel uncomfortable. She really didn't want to visit that disgusting man, but she forced herself to go to his room anyway. Nick and Cassie were both depending on her.

She didn't know him personally, but from the stories she had heard about what had happened between him and Nick, she already had a very bad impression of him.

"Hello! Are you Mr. Li?" She forced a smile on her lips and called out cheerfully. As she entered the room, she observed the man lying in the bed. His head was wrapped with a suspiciously thick bandage. She wondered how serious his injury was that required such a thick bandage and wondered if he could even lift his head.

"Who are you?" Jordan asked, in a rude tone.

Sheryl stopped a few steps away from his bed and replied calmly, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Li. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Sheryl Xia. I'm Nick's elder sister. I'm here to..."

"Oh, Nick's elder sister? What do you want? Your baby brother is too scared to come and visit me himself? Why send a woman to talk on his behalf? How can he call himself a man if he can't even come and see me himself? You tell him that this isn't over. I'll sue him for sure!" Jordan didn't wait for Sheryl to finish talking and immediately spewed out his resentment. He seemed to be triggered by the mere sight of Sheryl. From his tone, it was clear that he wanted Nick to be locked up in prison for the rest of his life.

From these words too, Sheryl could tell that he had nothing to do with Nick's and Cassie's arrest. He seemed to be filled with genuine emotion and it was clear that he had no idea that Nick and Cassie had already been taken away by the police. But if he wasn't behind this, then who was? A bottomless sea of panic started spreading in her stomach and her heart started racing. She was back to square one, where she had no idea what was going on. She forced herself to take a moment to calm down.

"Mr. Li, please don't overexert yourself. I know you have a head injury and you shouldn't get too excited. We don't want your injuries to be permanent. Nick didn't send me. I'm here of my own accord because I feel sorry about what happened," Sheryl told him, in a sincere tone.

Sheryl's words and sincerity seemed to hit Jordan hard. He lifted his hand to the bandage on his head and warned her, "You better pray that doesn't happen! If it does, Nick is never going to get away with this!" "Not to worry, Mr. Li. If my brother really caused permanent damage, then we will definitely take full responsibility. We won't run away from the problems that we caused," Sheryl reassured him with a gentle smile on her face, fighting back the sinking feeling in her chest.

She decided that it was best to get on Jordan's good side. If she could manage to placate him and convince him to settle it in private, it would be so much easier to talk to the police.

It took her a while, but she finally manage to get him to agree to drop the vengeance towards Nick.

"Ms. Xia, the only reason I am dropping this is because of you. Please tell him to stay out of my sight. Otherwise I make sure he gets what he deserves," he threatened. Actually, the only reason that Jordan was willing to let it go was because he had figured out that Sheryl was the boss of Cloud Advertising Company. His company had worked several projects with them due to their good reputation in the industry. It wouldn't hurt if he dropped things between him and Nick if it meant that the boss of Cloud Advertising Company owed him a huge favor. Besides, it didn't mean that he couldn't get his revenge in other ways. He just had to wait for the right timing to make Nick pay for what he had done.

"I understand. Thank you so much for your kind consideration!" Sheryl told him in a grateful tone. She shook hands with him and exchanged a few more pleasantries before leaving the hospital.

She got in her car and drove off with a lot of confusion in her mind. It was obvious that Jordan wasn't the person behind this. But who could the culprit be?

Once again, she ran through every scenario in her head but still couldn't come up with a conclusion. When it felt like her brain was about to explode, she decided to plan on rescuing Nick and Cassie first.

The day seemed to pass quickly and by the end of the day, Sheryl was still no closer to figuring it out. She dragged herself back home, still feeling hopeless and helpless that she couldn't get Nick and Cassie

out.

At home, she was greeted by Clark's and Shirley's cheerful innocent faces, which instantly made her feel a lot better. For the first time that day, the smile on her face was a genuine one.

"Mommy, look what I drew today! What do you think? Do you like it?" Shirley said excitedly, handing her a piece of paper with a drawing on it.

Sheryl looked at the childish drawing and nodded in approval. "Well done! My little girl is getting better and better! Is that a puppy? What a lovely picture!"

Sheryl pulled Shirley into a warm hug as she spoke.

Clark saw this and immediately pretended to sulk. He crossed his arms and complained, "Mommy, why don't I get a hug too? It's not fair!"

Sheryl let out a loud laugh at his studied serious look, and shook her head.

Laughing slightly, she put the drawing down and stretched out her other arm towards Clark. "Come here, darling! Here's a hug for my dear boy too. I love both of you very much, you know that right?" "That's better. I love you too, Mommy!" Clark buried his face in his mother's shoulder.

"Are you jealous of me, Clark? I can't believe it!" cried Shirley. She laughed delightedly as she figured out what was happening.

She rarely got a chance to tease her brother and she used the opportunity as well as she could.

"What are you talking about? Stop it, Shirley!" Clark puffed out his chest and looked at Shirley haughtily. He looked like a proud rooster and Sheryl couldn't help feeling amused.

Watching her twins quarreling with each other distracted her momentarily and she managed to forget about all the unpleasant events of the past few days.

But her joy was short-lived. That night, she tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep.

Long after her children had fallen asleep, her mind was still racing, trying to figure out how to help Cassie and Nick.

Morning seemed to arrive quickly, even though she couldn't sleep.

Before the sun was fully awake, Sheryl was already on her way to the police station.

The whole night, she kept thinking about Nick and Cassie, and since she couldn't sleep, she decided to come early to see what she could do.

She managed to request to meet both of them at the same time. Since Nick and Cassie had been separated, they arrived at different times, with Cassie being sent first.

As soon as Nick was brought into the room, the first person he saw was Cassie.

Cassie was immediately drenched in tears at the sight of her boyfriend. "Nick, they beat me! I don't know why everyone in my cell kept bullying me. It's horrible here!" she cried.

Sheryl felt her heart was grabbed by an invisible hand when she heard Cassie crying. She was almost out of breath.

Then Cassie noticed the bandage on Nick head's and started crying even harder. It seemed that Nick had suffered more than her.

Sheryl couldn't control her emotions either and blurted out, "Nick, what happened to you?"

"One of my cellmates seems to be a gangster. He kept picking on me and even beating me, but the cops just turned a blind eye and a deaf ear. It was so unfair, Sher!" Nick clenched his fists, still outraged by the unfairness of it all.

Cassie finally managed to control her crying and touched Nick's bandage lightly.

Seeing the injustice suffered by Nick and Cassie, Sheryl couldn't take it anymore. She stormed out and confronted the officer on duty.

"This police station is a disgrace! Not only have you wrongfully arrested my brother and his girlfriend, you lock them up with gangsters and allow them to get beaten? How do you run things around here? You'd better have a good explanation for this!" Sheryl slammed her hand on the officer's desk.

The officer took his time sipping his tea and replied calmly, "Really? I didn't know of such happenings. Hold on a minute. Let me ask my colleagues."

Then he turned lazily and told his colleague, "Go and find an explanation for all this. Make sure she doesn't have a reason to complain about us. Move along, now."