Z: The courts where you live sound strange, no offence. It probably has changed and maybe you're not aware of it. I dunno. Elsa did actually trust Jack and the fact that she did trust him made the cheating so much worst. Imagine if the person who you trusted beyond anything betrayed you. It wouldn't be fun. That's kind of where Elsa is.

Chapter 26: The Truth of The Matter

Anna woke up one morning with a plan. Lately the whole Jack and Elsa mess was starting to nag at her. There wasn't something right and she wanted to know what was causing it. Elsa jumped to cheating but what if Jack didn't cheat? She couldn't see Jack cheating. He wasn't the guy who cheated. There was definitely something that they were all missing and Anna wanted to know what it was.

Anna quickly got dressed and left a note for Kristoff who was sound asleep. Anna hurried into her car and drove to Jack's flat. He and Elsa had decided to live apart for a while until they could get their relationship back on track. Anna checked her watch. She wondered if it was too early. She decided to wake them up anyway. What she was doing was important. She walked to the door and knocked. There was no answer so she knocked again. She got a very sleepy Emma as a response.

"Anna?" she said yawning and rubbing her eyes. "Do you know what time it is?"

"Yes but this is important."

"Sleep is also important."

"Where's Jack?" Anna said quickly ignoring Emma.

"In his bed, asleep, like the rest of us."

Anna ignored the last bit of what Emma said and hurried to Jack's room. She found Jack sound asleep hugging his pillow. Anna quickly shook him awake.

"I'm awake, I'm awake," Jack said quickly looking around. "Oh it's just you Anna."

"Listen, I need to talk to you," Anna said.

"Can't it wait till I'm fully awake?"

"No," Anna took a seat on Jack's bed. "That night, what do you remember? I want all the details."

"Um okay," Jack screwed up his face thinking. "Well Elsa and I had a fight, she stormed out, I went to the bar."

"Then what?"

"I meet this woman, she said her name was Roxanne," Jack continued. "She bought me something to drink and then I remember passing out in her car."

"What did Roxanne look like?"

Jack gave a brief description of what he could remember. Anna then was struck by another thought.

"How much did you have to drink? Including that drink."

"Um, probably like three glasses," Jack said trying to remember. "Yeah it was something like that."

"Three glasses?" That made no sense to Anna. Three glasses wouldn't have caused Jack to pass out. Her nagging feeling was right. There was something everyone was missing.

Anna quickly hurried out of the room.

"Hey wait," Jack called after her. "What does that mean?"

Anna didn't respond. She was on a quest to find the truth. Before she left she took out her phone and dialled Klaus Falk's number. If anyone could help her out, it was him.

"Hello?" Falk said when he answered the phone.

"Falk, hello, it's Anna here," Anna answered. "Listen I have a problem and require your aid. Could you meet me in like half an hour?"

"Sure, where?"

Anna thought and then told Falk where to meet her. She quickly strapped herself into the car and drove off to the meeting place. Anna had chosen a nice relaxing café to meet. Anna took a seat outside and ordered two coffees. Falk showed up a few minutes after that. He and Anna greeted each other and then the coffees arrived.

"So what's all this about?" Falk asked.

Anna explained Jack's situation to Falk. When she had finished, Falk scratched his chin thinking. Anna waited, all tense from the anticipation.

"Well if he didn't cheat," Falk said at last, "then I can only conclude that he probably was drugged."

"Drugged?" Anna repeated the word. It sort of made sense. Jack wouldn't willingly hop into bed with someone that wasn't Elsa.

"Well if he was fine with the two drinks he had," Falk continued, "and it was the third one that did it and you said that the third was the one that did it and that was given to him by this Roxanne person. So I can only conclude that he was drugged."

It was starting to make sense. Anna had a theory that the cheating was being staged to look like Jack betrayed Elsa. It would crush her and then send her spiralling down into some kind of depression. If Roxanne really had drugged Jack, that would cause him to potentially lose his memory of what happened that night and it would prove that Anna was right.

"Fine Roxanne," Anna said. "I want her head on my wall."

Falk laughed. "Certainty but I need a little more information."

Anna provided details of Roxanne and the bar that Jack had gone to. Falk said he couldn't guarantee anything but he would most definitely try. Anna left the café in high hopes. She was sure that Falk would come through for her. Anna was certain she was right about this and it would only be a matter of time before she proved it.

Kristoff woke up the next morning and felt that Anna wasn't in bed with him. She was always an early riser. Kristoff grabbed his dressing gown and headed downstairs but she wasn't in there having breakfast or drinking coffee or tea. He saw a handwritten note in her handwriting on the kitchen table.

"Kristoff," Kristoff read out loud. "I have gone to sort some things be back before you know it. Love Anna."

Kristoff reread the note. What things did Anna need to sort out and why? Kristoff stared at the note as if more words would suddenly appear on the page. He heard the door open and Kristoff figured that was Anna now. Anna soon came into the kitchen and noticed the note in Kristoff's hand.

"See?" she said. "I was back before you knew it."

She walked over and gave him a small kiss on the cheek before she put some toast in the toaster.

"What things did you have to sort out?" Kristoff said.

"Oh just a small nagging feeling I had," Anna replied.

"About?"

"Jack's cheating."

"I thought he cheated. End of story."

"Well it may not be end of story," Anna said buttering her toast now.

"What do you mean?"

"Well I was talking to Falk-"

"That criminal?" Kristoff interrupted.

"He's not a criminal."

"He steals, he lies, he cheats, he blackmails and he sabotages. Last time I checked those were criminal activities."

"He works for the family."

"He still is a criminal."

"Anyway," Anna continued ignoring Kristoff. "I was talking to him and he told me some very interesting things."

"What kind of things?"

"Like how Jack may have been drugged."
"Drugged?" Kristoff almost collapsed from shock.

"He's gone to investigate."

"Anna I hope this is true because if the alternative is true…"

"I know, I know."

Klaus Falk was at the same bar that Jack was at. He was sitting at the bar observing the surroundings. He had bought a drink to blend in. He had asked the bartender about Roxanne making it sound like he was her friend and he was meeting her. The bartender said that she came in from time to time but there was no guarantee on time or day. Still Falk was not deterred. Sure enough, after waiting at the bar for a couple of hours, he was rewarded. A woman, fitting Anna's description walked in. Falk didn't know if the universe was telling him something because there was no way that was her. People just weren't that lucky. Falk got nearer to her to eavesdrop.

The woman he thought was Roxanne was in a booth with another guy who she called Gibbons. Falk was lucky. The guy Gibbons called her Roxanne. So far, so good. Falk got closer and managed to overhear their conversation. Falk just hoped he wasn't being too obvious.

"Did it work?" the man called Gibbons said.

"Yeah," Roxanne said. "All done like you said."

"Good," Gibbons reached into his jacket and pulled out a thick yellow envelope. "That's from Hans. He sends his best."
"Tell him thank you," Roxanne said counting the money.

Falk was just shaking his head. How on Earth did he get this lucky? There's no way on the day he decided to do some recon he actually bumps into the person he was looking for. There's just no way. Sometimes Falk was just too lucky. Maybe he should go pick up a lottery ticket.

Falk turned back to the booth. The guy called Gibbons was gone but Roxanne was there. She was busy recounting the money with a bit of a grin on her face. She got up and shoved the yellow envelope into her bag and headed out the door. Falk followed her at a distance. He needed to get her alone to confront her. He got his wish. Roxanne didn't know she was being follow or why else would she turn into a side street? Falk guessed it was some kind of shortcut. He decided to make his move.

Roxanne kept looking over her shoulder and looked at him. Falk smiled at her and she started to run. Falk ran after her and managed to corner her.

"Take whatever you want just don't kill me," Roxanne begged.

Falk didn't answer. He went through her bag. It wasn't the money that he was interested in. Anna would give him a nice big fat pay check when he provided the evidence she wanted. Falk was looking for something else.

"Aha," Falk said pulling out a few small boxes of pills. "These are date rape drugs, aren't they?"

"They're not mind, they're a friend's," Roxanne stammered.

"Yeah right," Falk said, "and I'm a monkey's uncle. I'm not stupid."

Falk gave her an evil grin.

"Okay, I was given those by a friend," Roxanne said.

"Who's the friend?"

"Like I'll tell you."

"Oh I don't need you to tell me. I already know. A Hans Westerguard perhaps or a Mr Gibbons?"

"How do you-"

"I make it my business to know," Falk said.

"Okay, okay, it was them."

"Why did they give you these drugs?"
"I will never tell," Roxanne stood strong but Falk knew he could break her.

"Let me guess. Hans Westergaurd decided to break up Elsa Winters's and Jack Frost's marriage so he had you pose as the other woman. You drugged him and then staged the whole cheating thing knowing that Elsa would want to reconcile with her husband after their fight. She would walk in, see you, assume Jack cheated and that would be the end of it."

"You tell a good story there," Roxanne said.

This woman wasn't even budging but Falk had seen something that looked like fear in her eyes when he told what he thought. Falk knew that he was on the right path. He just needed her to confirm it.

"Oh it's no story and you know it," Falk said. "You were paid for it? That's why Gibbons was giving you the money."

Falk pulled out the yellow envelope and opened it to reveal hundreds of dollar notes.

"That doesn't prove anything," Roxanne said. "It could be for something else. Maybe he owed me money?"
"Maybe," Falk said. "I would reconsider if I was you. You see when Elsa Winters hears how Hans tried to break up her marriage, she will be so mad. She will destroy him. Permanently this time. This means there will be no one to save you when she goes on her rampage and since there is no one to protect you, there will be nothing standing in the way of you and total destruction. What do you think Elsa will do to the woman who 'cheated' with her husband? It will not be pretty. Do you understand where I'm going with this? I hope so. It's quite easy. You help us. We help you. Simple, clean, efficient. You might want to tell Gibbons this as well. Tell him to reconsider as well."

Falk pulled out his card and handed it to her.

"Call me when you've changed your mind," he said. "It is in your best interest."

Falk walked off, grinning and leaving a confused Roxanne holding his card.

A/N: I do like Falk in this chapter, hehe. So I hope you guys enjoyed this update. Please review =)