three days after the fundraiser, tegan russell, jimmy decker, and kael fleming were released on bond, and welcomed back to sampson park with open arms. as relieved as they were, they were still frightened, and the sampson park community protected them as much as they could. now, it’s your turn; to help jamie fonseca prepare for the trial by providing all the information you can.
parallel to this preparation, there is a story unfolding on the national stage. according to insider reports, jamison pharmaceuticals is engaging in several suspect activities, including prescription fraud and illegal sales of their products. their headquarters in minneapolis has been drowning in paparazzi and press. in wheldrake, more businesses have shuttered. king street yoga, green cross pharmacy, and the el have all finally closed their doors.
in the middle of february is the preliminary hearing for the arson trial, joel davenport in his designer suit with red-rimmed eyes prosecuting. he taps his fingers against his desk, glaring holes into the back of jamie’s rumpled suit jacket as the defense lays out all the evidence they wish to present. davenport is only momentarily soothed when judge brown strikes all evidence in relation to this alleged cult and drug ring as completely unrelated to the case, smirking as the information the clew worked so hard to attain is, essentially, thrown in the trash.
with their opportunity for justice seeming ever slimmer, tegan, jimmy, and kael were becoming more and more desperate, and it was a miracle when eloise byrne, a former classmate of jamie’s and the reporter who broke the jamison story, has tracked this scandal to wheldrake and called her friend for assistance. now, the clew have one final opportunity; with their anonymity promised, eloise wants to take all their information and publish it. all they need to do is get this information into her hands.