Halia rushed out of the lab, holding onto her phone in a panic. When she finally got reception, she realized she had 10 missed calls from Sean that morning as well as some unread messages.
[Halia, are you OK?]
[Halia, were you at the deal?]
[Halia, what happened? Did you lie to me?]
Halia looked at the messages as she felt her eyes tear up. The messages weren't 100% clear, but she had a feeling she knew what happened.
Jackson had somehow tricked her into believing the deal was at a later time and snuck off to meet Remy on his own.
At that time, there was some commotion from the entrance of the karaoke bar as a team of police forced their way in, led by Sean. Since he couldn't contact Halia, he had a feeling she was still at the karaoke bar, but he wasn't sure if she was safe. When he saw her, he felt a sense of relief. He immediately rushed over and pulled the teary woman into his arms.
"You didn't know, did you?" he said.
"Where's Jackson?" Halia asked in shock.
