Chapter 359 Mr. Harriman Isn't Coming for You.
Wayne hung up the phone.
Hearing Gabriel was coming to bail him out, Jessica immediately wanted to leave and find another place to stay.
"Where do you think you are going? Sit down and wait!" The officer inside noticed her odd behavior and sternly told her to stay put.
Jessica had no choice but to sit back down, looking frustrated.
Wayne, noticing Jessica's discomfort, leaned over and whispered, "Honestly, it's so late I didn't want to call Mr. Harriman. My girlfriend and family are asleep. I was going to call home, but Mr. Harriman messaged me about the meeting files. He noticed something was off in my voice message, so I told him I was at the police station."
Jessica paused and replied politely, "Okay."
"I only told Mr. Harriman I had a little scuffle with some punks while doing a good deed and that I was at the police station waiting to be bailed out. He happened to be coming back from the Harriman family tonight and said he could stop by to bail me out. He probably doesn't know you're here too," Wayne said, glancing at Jessica.
It was like he was saying, "Don't flatter yourself. Mr. Harriman isn't coming for you."
Gabriel had completely cut Jessica out of his life.
She hadn't forgotten what Nicholas said.
'Excluded.'
She believed Gabriel wasn't coming for her.
Jessica stayed calm, smiling slightly. "That move you made throwing the bumper to me was really cool."
Wayne laughed. "I saw you holding a brick, looking fierce. I can tell you've practiced fight scenes a lot in your shows. Can you beat up any guy who's a bit skinnier?"
"Not really. The martial arts instructors usually teach flashy moves. The most effective thing is still the pepper spray and the bumper you threw me."
"Ms. Jenner, you're too modest. Those punks were young, probably around twenty, still in school."
Indeed, they were just a few young guys, clearly drunk.
If they were real criminals, they wouldn't be causing trouble near Star Tower, which was close to the police station.
Getting beaten up and then taken to the police station was a lesson for them.
The two chatted like old friends who had both fallen on hard times, avoiding any mention of a year and a half ago. Although Wayne wasn't as steady as Landon, he knew what to ask and what not to ask.
Jessica occasionally glanced at the time, wondering when Mackenzie would arrive.
Mackenzie didn't live far, and there was no traffic now, so she should be here soon.
She thought she could leave before Gabriel arrived, avoiding a confrontation.
However, her plan was foiled when Mackenzie forgot to refuel her car and had to find a gas station near her building, delaying her arrival.
When Mackenzie finally arrived at the police station, she saw Gabriel's car pulling in as well.
Before she could get out of the car, Mackenzie saw Gabriel step out of his black Bentley and thought, "What's Jessica doing? Mr. Harriman is here to bail her out, so why did she call me?" She didn't even bother getting out and drove away.
Jessica, waiting for a while, finally heard a car pull up outside and thought Mackenzie had arrived. She quickly got up to check, only to almost bump into Gabriel as he walked in.
She froze, their eyes meeting.
The air was thick with awkward silence.
After a couple of seconds, Jessica quickly looked away, lowered her head, and returned to her seat as if nothing had happened.
Gabriel stood at the door, clearly not expecting to see Jessica at the police station. Seeing her sitting next to Wayne, he scanned them both with cold eyes before focusing on Wayne.
Wayne quickly stood up, looking nervous and embarrassed. "Mr. Harriman, I'm really sorry to trouble you, especially at this late hour."
A nearby officer approached to ask if he was there to bail someone out. Gabriel gave Wayne a cold, warning look and went inside.
Bailing someone out required a brief procedure. Ten minutes later, Gabriel came out, having learned the details from the police.
As he walked out, his gaze fell on both Wayne and Jessica, like a parent summoned to school because their child got into a fight. His expression was not pleasant.
Seeing Gabriel approach, Jessica turned her head slightly away.
After all, he wasn't there to bail her out; it had nothing to do with her.
"Impressive," Gabriel's icy voice cut through the air, barely a foot from her ear.
Jessica kept her head turned, thinking he must be talking to Wayne, not her.
Wayne quickly responded, "I'm sorry, Mr. Harriman, but I was just trying to do the right thing. And when I saw it was Jessica, I..."
"Let's go." Gabriel cut him off, not giving him a chance to continue, and turned to leave.
Wayne understood that his bail had been processed, quickly got up, and was about to follow Gabriel out. But he suddenly stopped and looked back at Jessica, still sitting there.
"Where's Mackenzie? Didn't she come?" Wayne asked quietly.
Jessica thought, "Who knows what Mackenzie is up to?"
Jessica had called Mackenzie to come bail her out, and it had been almost half an hour, but she still hadn't arrived.
Mackenzie lived nearby, and Gabriel had come all the way from the Harriman family and arrived first, but Mackenzie still wasn't here.
"I don't know. Maybe her car broke down," Jessica muttered, picking up her phone to call Mackenzie again.
Seeing her on the phone, Wayne didn't ask further and turned to leave.
He hadn't taken a few steps when he heard Jessica angrily say into the phone, "What do you mean you came and then left?"
Wayne paused.
Because he saw Gabriel, walking ahead, also pause for a moment.
Mackenzie replied matter-of-factly, "Didn't you already call Mr. Harriman to pick you up? Dragging me out here in the middle of the night, I haven't even yelled at you yet. Can't one person bail you out? What, are you such a big star that you need two people to bail you out?"
