Facade of Love

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Chapter 265 Turning Point

The room I used to be in had a heater, which someone had unceremoniously turned off. The person who used to bring meals on time had not shown up in days. Now, in the depths of winter, even in the south, Lake City’s sub–zero temperatures were brutal.

I had always been cold–blooded, especially in the winter–my hands and feet would turn to ice all the time.

I could handle the chill with the heater, but now, without it, it was a whole different level of misery.

They had cut me off from food and water, and at first, I could handle it. However, by the second day, I was dizzy, my limbs were numb, and my heart was racing from the hunger and thirst.

I knew they were trying to break me to make me confess. If I caved, I would be sealing my fate as a murderer in court, especially without any evidence to back me up.

I held on.

throat was like

with a mix of suspicion and superiority. “Yvette,” she said, looking down her nose at me, “ready to spill the beans?”

muster the energy, my voice scratchy and dry, “What do you want

the chase, “You killed Noah, right?”

Instead, I let out a bitter laugh before replying, “Officer, is this

“A murderer wants to

rasp, “Not really, but just so you know, the Scotts can afford a lawyer.”

“Is that

wring a confession out of me. Does that mean you’re incompetent? Are you so desperate to close the case that you would stoop to this? Officer, how are you

tell if my words had hit a nerve, but she went pale with anger. Staring me down, she snapped, “Alright, if you’re going to be stubborn, then stick with it. Let’s see how

short and intense questioning, I got the picture of what was coming my

had left everything in Marcus’s hands; the rest was out of my control. I was

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