As the door closed, Regina Shelby's expression darkened.
She was unaware that Thea Shaw was being investigated because of her own 'death'. After all, these were things Jesse Jennings and the others came up with on a whim, something Regina couldn't have foreseen.
Her situation was actually far more urgent than Thea Shaw and the others imagined.
The people brought in by her patron had already begun to prepare her to take the fall, even issuing death threats.
The money involved wasn't important; what mattered was that Regina Shelby couldn't swallow her pride.
Her patron had laundered a lot of money through her over the years. She knew she was far from perfect, yet she had never harbored ill intentions toward others.
She was unwilling to let her life end in such a tragic manner.
So she ran away.
After spending a few days abroad in hiding, Regina Shelby realized she could catch them off guard, so she disguised herself and returned.
