Chapter 209: Testify

Moana

“The police are downstairs,” the old housekeeper said, sounding both confused and concerned, and a little sheepish as she surely knew what she had just walked into. “They want to speak to you.”

Edrick and I suddenly looked at each other in shock.

“I’ll go,” he said, grabbing his shirt off of the floor and putting it on. “You can stay here, Moana.”

But Selina shook her head and pointed at me. “They want to talk to her. They asked specifically for Moana.”

As Selina spoke, my eyes suddenly widened. Surely the police wanted to talk to me about Ethan and Kelly, but why now? They really came in the pouring rain? Couldn’t they have called first? Edrick, who seemed to be thinking the same thing, narrowed his eyes. “Well, it’s not a good time,” he said. “Why didn’t they call first instead of just showing up?”

know. But they asked specifically

his mouth to speak, but I shook my head and grabbed

waiting for us in the lobby downstairs, as our new bodyguards were given strict orders not to let anyone in who wasn’t one of us. Edrick and I quickly put on our shoes and took the elevator down, and when we came out I saw two officers sitting on

it seemed as though the paparazzi weren’t lingering around outside like a bunch of hyenas. If pictures went around of two police officers coming into the building so soon after what happened at the warehouse, it was certain that there would be

of the officers said, who I recognized as the one that gave us a ride home after the incident at the warehouse.

he was feeling nervous, and so was I. I couldn’t help but wonder if something had happened to Ethan or Kelly in jail, or

an interview. We’d like your side

make my fiancee dredge up what happened that night without any time to prepare. If you call

needs to be done today,” the officer interrupted grimly. “This whole incident is causing a lot of media attention, and Ethan said — on the record — that…

begin to bubble up inside of me. “He’s a liar. That’s

to say will need to be saved for the interview,” the officer said gently with

illegitimate half-brother said? You know he’s full of

said. “It’s just an interview. We know that Ethan is not telling the truth, but we’d like to get Miss Fowler’s statement first.” He turned then to look

was lying, but… If the truth came out that I was trapped that night because I was trying to leave with Ella, would he and Kelly and Olivia get away with what I did? What if I got in trouble instead for attempted kidnapping since I took Ella without

even if it wasn’t clear enough, it didn’t really matter. Either way, Ethan still tried to kill a pregnant woman and a

was the thought of having to be interviewed on what had happened that night. I had seen clips of interrogations online where distressed victims were made to cry or have mental breakdowns over bringing up everything that

spoke quietly. “You don’t need to go if you don’t want to,” he said. “And if you want a lawyer because of what

“It’s okay… I’ll go. It’s better to just get this over with now, and

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