Frame Me Twice? No Way, Ma'am のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 9

Jessica quickly softened her tone and said, "Sorry, honey. I was being too sensitive. I thought you were ignoring me on purpose because you were upset about Stan becoming fire captain. To make it up to you, I'll bring the chicken soup to the station for you later."My expression was stone cold, but I replied in an exceptionally gentle voice, "I wouldn't want you to go through all that trouble for me, babe. You can have the soup instead and rest early tonight.""It's no trouble at all, honey. I haven't seen you all day. I'm starting to miss you!" Jessica declared. "Besides, I prepared the chicken soup for you. Are you really going to let my effort go to waste like that?"Hearing this, I couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Even though I knew everything she said was a lie, I still agreed to it. "Alright. You might as well come and join Stanley's celebration party, too."If she didn't come, she and Stanley wouldn't be able to carry on with the performance they'd carefully prepared.Upon

"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to!" Jessica snapped.Only then did I look at Stanley. He held his head high, as if he were expecting me to bow down and worship him.My lips curled, and while everyone else looked on in shock, I said slowly, "I'm sorry, Captain Porter. I was wrong."Stanley's eyes were practically gleaming with scorn and smug delight. Jessica was just as satisfied with my display.I kept my eyes lowered to hide the cold glint in them. I would let them revel in smug contentment for a little longer. It wouldn't be long before I'd wipe that cocky smile off their faces.…"It's Stan's celebration party tonight. Since he's the star of the event, he has to be there. You have nothing else to do anyway, so you can be on duty in his place," Jessica instructed matter-of-factly.But I pressed a hand to my forehead, looking a little troubled. "I'd be more than happy to cover for the captain, but I'm starting to get rather lightheaded. It feels like I'm about to do

I looked at the police officer on the side and said, "I will fully cooperate with the investigation, officer."…The police led me, along with Jessica, Stanley, and other relevant witnesses, into a conference room.After handing over the so-called evidence she had to the officers, Jessica said to me gently, "Craig, I know you only did it in the heat of the moment. You didn't mean for things to turn out this way."Before the evidence is presented, you can consider giving a voluntary confession instead. I'll get you the best defense lawyer there is. I only brought up divorce out of anger. Don't worry. No matter how long your prison sentence is, I'll wait until you're released. Just stop making a scene, okay?"I looked at her.In my first two lives, upon my arrest, she'd said the same things in an attempt to persuade me to confess to the crime.But why would I ever confess to these trumped-up charges just because of a few words she said?Back then, I firmly believed the police and

The judge slammed his gavel. "Order in the court. Defense counsel, you may continue presenting the evidence."It was footage from a home security camera, and it clearly showed Jessica crushing sleeping pills before pouring them into the chicken soup.Upon seeing the video, Jessica turned pale. Her makeup started to run from the sweat pouring down her face.Stanley's expression wasn't much better. Still, he stubbornly gritted his teeth and said, "Even if Jessica put the sleeping pills into the soup, it has nothing to do with the arson case today. Maybe she just knew Craig had insomnia and wanted to help him to get a good night's sleep."Jessica's eyes brightened, and she quickly piped up, "That's right! Craig told me he hadn't been sleeping well recently, so I added the sleeping pills to the soup. He wasn't supposed to be on duty that night, so I just wanted him to get some proper rest."It sounded like such a flawless explanation. I wouldn't have been able to come up with a convin