The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1510 Help Jarvis Please

Charles nodded. "We also need to get evidence. We can't go to the police if we don't have proof because that's all they'll take. It's also the only way to know who the people are behind Lancy." "You get the point," Sheryl said, annoyed.

It was still early so they decided to go to the police right away. After following routine and protocol, the officers told them, "Mr. and Mrs. Lu, thank you for your cooperation. Our suspect asked to see you before giving her confession. What do you think?"

Sheryl felt her heart slightly jump at this, because she didn't know what to think of this crazy woman who was yet to be trusted.

She quickly glanced at Charles before answering, "Sounds fine to us. Did she mention why she wanted to see us?"

"Nope, she didn't talk that much. She was just waiting for you guys, I think," the officer replied, shrugging his shoulders.

Sheryl agreed. "All right. Let's go. I hope we can be of a little help."

Even though she didn't really want to see Lancy anymore lest she be reminded of what happened on the roof, she figured it was better for her to get some closure from Lancy by asking what really happened. Besides, Sheryl wasn't planning on making things worse, because she wasn't like that.

The visiting room was divided into two by a translucent glass. The visitors and the inmates sat on either side. There were phones so that they could talk to each other. Sheryl sat on one side with Charles next to her while Lancy sat on the other.

"They told me that you wanted to see us. Well, we're here," Sheryl said flatly.

"I'm sorry, Ms. Xia!" Lancy blurted out, fixing her gaze at Sheryl.

Sheryl let out a heavy sigh. To her, Lancy was an idiot. She could still remember all the stupid things she'd done and said. She recalled how this woman almost dragged her off the roof of the hospital building. Lancy had traumatized Sheryl so much that an apology just wasn't enough.

A single apology just wouldn't do it no matter how hard Lancy begged.

Sheryl was quiet for a while just looking into Lancy's eyes before she said, "If you're here to ask for my forgiveness, I can't give that to you and that means we're done here. I'm not accepting your apology and we're leaving now."

Lancy, however, didn't give up. Instead, she cracked a bitter smile. "Thank you for coming here today, Ms. Xia. I know what I did was unforgivable but I didn't have a choice."

"Yeah, okay. You have a troubled past and you went through a lot, but none of that is the reason for you to have tried to kill me," Sheryl spat.

"Ms. Xia, you don't know what it's like. We have completely different lives. I guess you've gotten used to your quiet and peaceful life. You must have no idea what it's like for people like me. I mean, we can afford a place to live, eat three times a day, and occasionally eat out. But if we get sick, that's it for us. We don't have money for that. The two of us worked hard to make a decent living here, but everything fell apart when Jarvis got sick. At first, we thought it was nothing and he would get better soon. He's so young! Who would've figured that he'd get sick like that? I can't even begin to tell you what we went through from there..." she said, sobbing, closing her eyes, and shaking her head.

While Sheryl felt sorry for Lancy, that didn't mean that she'd already forgiven her too.

Life wasn't easy for anyone. Lancy must have assumed that Sheryl didn't have any problems, but she had no idea what Sheryl had gone through and was going through. Life treated everyone equally. Everyone wins some and everyone loses some.

Lancy took a deep breath and continued, "Jarvis was the best thing that ever happened to me. He made me so happy. It was amazing to love and be loved by the same man. He treated me so well. He did everything for me and he always made sure I was safe. When he was sick, he asked me to leave him but I didn't. I did whatever I could to come up with the money for his treatments. I took every job and I slept with men just to save his life..."

She paused as tears fell from her eyes. "I blamed God. Why would he do that to us? Why did it have to happen to Jarvis? It was unfair. Who knows? No one knows! Why does a good man like Jarvis have to die?"

Sheryl was moved because Lancy sounded sincere.

Lancy was unable to finish speaking, caught up with her emotions.

"Please, Ms. Xia! Please help me! Please!" she begged. She was about to lose it.

Sheryl couldn't bear it anymore and asked, "What kind of help are you asking from me?"

Charles wrapped his hand around her shoulders and rubbed her lightly.

She knew that he would support her no matter what. She quickly turned her head to smile at him and then returned her gaze to Lancy.

Lancy never took her gaze off the couple. She gave a bitter smile and said, "You two remind me of Jarvis. You may replace it hard to believe that we used to be just like the two of you. If he hadn't gotten sick, we would have gotten married a long time ago. We probably would have had kids. Two or three, that was the plan."

"What was his sickness?" Sheryl asked.

"He got cancer, middle gastric cancer, but the doctor said that it could be controlled. As long as we had money, I can cover his treatment and that was where it started," Lancy replied.

"Is that why you tried to set me up? You took the money, right?" Sheryl guessed.

"I'm sorry but I didn't have a choice. It had nothing to do with you. I couldn't have just watched him die, Ms. Xia. It wasn't anything personal. I barely know you, Ms. Xia. A man told me that he would give me the money if I went after you and your company. I just wanted Jarvis to get better so I agreed. But killing you was never part of the plan!" Lancy explained.

"It wasn't part of your plan? Then why would you drag me with you to jump off the building? Did you think I'd sprout wings and start to fly?" Sheryl said sarcastically.

"No, it wasn't like that. That wasn't part of the plan! I just wanted to make more noise so I could make a scene. I'd never jump. Jarvis is still alive. I'd never leave him. You need to believe me, Ms. Xia!" Lancy begged.

"It doesn't matter if I believe you or not. What matters is you broke the law and you're going to get punished for that. So why does it matter if I believe you or not?" Sheryl said. That was facts and no one could do anything to change that.

Lancy smiled and said, "Yes, I know. I'll get the punishment that I deserve. I do, I deserve it and it's my fault."

She paused for a second and continued, "Look, I'm already in jail, so can I ask a favor from you? Please help Jarvis. He has nothing to do with this. He deserves better. Could you please help him? I know you're good people."

It was only then that Sheryl and Charles finally understood why Lancy wanted to talk to them. She wanted them to continue paying for Jarvis' treatments.

Sheryl was always kind. If she'd known this before, she would've happily covered the costs of his treatment. She hesitated for a moment and said, "I can help him, but I need you to tell me something." "Whatever you want, Ms. Xia. As long as you can help Jarvis, I'll tell you anything," Lancy promised.

"Okay. Then tell me who paid you to set me up, what his name is and his location," Sheryl asked without missing a beat.

At that moment, Charles fixed his gaze on Lancy waiting for her to respond. She would make things a lot easier for them if she just told them.