Joanna pointed to the surveillance camera on the wall and said, "No secret stays buried forever. Thank god the entire process of your heinous crime was recorded."
Alice was momentarily stunned, then she burst out laughing. She said smugly. "That's the evidence you have? The surveillance footage? Go ahead and take it to court. We'll see who the judge finds guilty."
Joanna did not expect Alice to be so smug. She guessed Alice must have dealt with the surveillance footage already.
However, this would not be a problem for Joanna and her amazing hacking skills.
It did not matter if Alice had deleted or destroyed the surveillance footage. As long as it once existed, Joanna could recover it in minutes.
"Since you're so confident, let's see what happens in the trial three days from now."
After saying that, Joanna turned around gracefully and left..
In three days, everything would be over.
She swore she would make Alice pay a heavy price for her ignorance and wickedness!
When she stepped out of the elevator, she ran into Ace and her former mother–in–law, Susan, who had come to visit Alice.
Ace's and Joanna's eyes met. Both of them were slightly surprised. Countless emotions flowed between their eyes…
Susan was very emotional. She looked at Joanna like she was looking at a disgusting bug, wishing she could squash Joanna to death.
"What are you doing here, you harbinger of misfortune? Are you trying to finish the job your wicked nanny failed to do?"
"Is this your family's hospital? Am I obligated to tell you what I'm doing here?" Joanna asked flatly.
"You…!"
Once again, Susan was rendered speechless by Joanna, so she decided to teach her sharp–tongued former daughter–in–law a lesson physically instead.
"Now that Ace has kicked you out of our family, you have no obligation to tell me anything, but since you dare to lay a hand on the Moran family's baby, I'm obligated to teach you how to behave!"
With that, she pulled her hand back and flung it at Joanna's face.
Ace grabbed Susan by the wrist and said, "Mom, stop it."
"Stop it?"
Susan flushed red. She tried to free her hand from Ace's grip, but Ace would not let go. She was so angry that she yelled, "Ace, is something not right with your head? Why are you still speaking
up for this woman? The trial will be held in a few days. Are you really gonna want to watch your son get born in prison?"
"I can handle this problem, Mom. Don't worry about it."
"How? If I were you, I would have dealt with this wicked woman a long time ago! I would never have let her step on us again
and again without doing anything!"
"Let go of me! I said let go of me!"
Susan was getting angrier and angrier. She must teach Joanna a lesson today to vent her anger.
But Ace would not let go. He held the furious Susan back and coldly said to Joanna, "Don't just stand there. Go."
Joanna did not expect Ace to protect her like this after they've divorced.
Maybe him and Susan were putting on this act so that she would drop charges?
But it did not matter because she would not do that no matter what.
"See you in court in three days."
Joanna dropped those words and left without looking back.
Only after making sure that Joanna was far gone did Ace release Susan's hand.
"You brat! You're gonna be the death of me!"
Susan originally wanted to slap Ace, but she could not bear to do it. In the end, she heaved a long sigh and asked, "What's wrong with you? After you divorced that harbinger of misfortune, you're taking her side in everything, as if you're possessed by the devil. Is she blackmailing you?"
Ace said, "Alice's the one who crossed the line in this matter. It's understandable that Joanna would retaliate. We can't force her to do as we say anymore; she's no longer the Moran family's daughter–in– law."
"Mrs. Moran is Mrs. Moran, and Joanna Pierce is Joanna Pierce. It's time we know the difference."
Ace's words left Susan speechless.
She suddenly realized that her son's words made sense.
After leaving the Moran family, Joanna had been like a woman reborn.
Not only did she become the behind–the–scenes boss of a technology company, she also became the chairman of the Electronics Technology Association and was managing the Morans & Co. Law Firm to great success. The timid and obedient daughter–in–law Susan knew was long gone.
If she had known that Joanna was this capable, she might not have let Ace divorce her….
After leaving the hospital, Joanna grabbed a cab back to the Pierce residence.
In her hand was a USB flash drive that contained the hospital's surveillance footage she downloaded.
Joanna transferred the data into her computer and quickly skimmed through the surveillance footage of the day of the incident.
Sure enough, what should have been a video of more than ten hours had only less than an hour remaining, the rest deleted.
All that remained was footage that disadvantaged Nancy. It seemingly reinforced Alice's claim that Nancy forced and threatened Alice to get an abortion.
"How cunning of you. Alice!"
Joanna did not panic. She pushed her rimless glasses up her nose and started typing a long string of codes, attempting to hack into the hospital's cloud storage system.
Generally, public places such as hospitals, schools, and shopping malls would have cloud storage systems.
These systems would back up video data such as surveillance footage.
In other words, any video data that existed in the systems could be repaired and could be stolen.
However, the encryption of the hospital's cloud storage system seemed to have been deliberately strengthened with the most advanced encryption technology. Even after trying for half an hour, Joanna could not hack into it. In the end, the system even locked on to her IP address and attempted to locate her.
"Damn it!"
The quiet room was filled with the sound of incessant typing. It was a war without gun–smoke. The situation was very tense.
This encryption technology was obviously the work of a top class expert. It was no doubt meant a prevention measure against her. There was no way a bimbo like Alice could have prepared something this complex.
That meant it must have been Ace's idea.
The only source of light in the dark room was the computer's faint fluorescence glow. It illuminated Joanna's face, making her look particularly sad and disappointed.
Hah, Ace Moran, so you would use any underhanded method to protect your little lover!
Joanna felt a little defeated now.
If she could not obtain the full surveillance footage to prove Nancy's innocence in three days, Nancy would be in a very
precarious situation…
After pondering for a moment, Joanna dialed a number.
Half an hour later, Vernom appeared at her door.
Vernom's slender figure was dressed in black. He seemed like a handsome vampire in the dark night, mysterious and full of charm.
"You finally remember me, my Bonnie?"
Vernom joked with a half smile.
People online jokingly referred to Cyber Queen and Vernom as "Bonnie and Clyde".
Joanna rolled her eyes. "Stop it with the jokes. You know how silly online comments are. Don't call me Bonnie. I don't even like her."
"Okay. How 'bout I call you Marilyn Monroe, then?"
Joanna released a flurry of punches at Vernom. The distance between the two became much closer in an instant.
It's weird. She had actually not met Vernom that many times before, but she felt relaxed around him.
Unlike being around Ace, which always made her feel tense and uncomfortable.
Perhaps you could only truly be yourself around someone if you did not have feelings for that person!
"Alright, enough chit chat. I asked you over because I need your help. It's kinda urgent."
Without wasting any time. Joanna took Vernom to her computer. She pointed to the hospital's cloud storage system and said, "Can you see if you can crack this hospital's cloud storage system?"
Vernom and her were the ceiling of the hacker world. If she could not crack the system, then she could only ask Vernom to give it a shot.
Vernom took a glance at the screen and said with an evil smirk, "Of course I can. But if I help you crack it, what do I get?"