Chapter 33

Sylvia settled herself down to steady her thoughts before leaning in to confide in the only officer she felt she could trust.

"Could you help me..."

"Sure," the officer nodded.

After laying everything out, Sylvia felt a weight lift off her shoulders.

Wanting to spare the officer any trouble, she inhaled deeply and said, "I've said all there is to say. I don't want to put you in a difficult position. Just do what you have to do with me."

The female officer had been decent to Sylvia, and the last thing Sylvia wanted was to get her in hot water with Rupert. So, she obediently held up her cuffed hands.

a moment while looking at

something more but then stopped, leaving her sentence hanging in the air. Then she uttered meaningfully,

say more but eventually shook her head and left

tearful, insisting Sylvia was innocent. Yet, her expression was laden with unspoken pain and grievance, and she inadvertently revealed her injured arm. Following her and Rupert's official announcement, Bridget,

vowed to

meant by "safe". If she got caught by those

situation escalated overnight, even dragging Julian into the mix, only painting him as the victim and Sylvia as a jealous aggressor who led him on

piece together the storm brewing online from snippets of conversations among

of explaining, Sylvia remained silent, waiting. Until a sharply dressed man appeared, introducing himself as the Garcia family's chief

hearing it,

her to bear

away and stated seriously, "Ms. Lloyd, you've been bailed out. I'm

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