Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 292

"Madeline!" It was Yerick, and the grin he flashed me was nothing short of feral delight.

My lips curled at the sight of him. It truly was my lucky day. "What? Did you get in trouble or something?"

It was unlikely Yerick had come to the police station for the fun of it.

He nodded and said without shame, "I got caught driving without a license."

This reminded me of the birthday party he had invited me to. He was still underage. I drawled

sarcastically, "Congratulations."

"Thank you," Yerick replied graciously, unaffected by my withering tone.

Unlike him, I had bigger things to worry about. Dropping the conversation altogether, I cut a look at the administrator in the midst of retrieving the case file for me.

The administrator stared unblinkingly at the computer screen, still searching. I wondered if it took so long because my father's case had happened over a decade ago. Yerick leaned close to me and asked curiously, "What are you doing here, Madeline?"

running an errand." I humored

kind of errand? Is it a tough

"You're better off looking for someone to

hadn't injured anyone while driving without a license. If he had, I reckoned he would be behind bars

"I'm already

earlier. From the looks of it, he had come to save

second, I felt a nudge against my shoulder as Yerick inched closer. He said in a low voice,

Chris as his "brother-in-law' irked me to no end. I knew he

thanks," I ground

fine. We're pretty tight. I'm sure I could get him to pull some strings. I'll go and talk to him right now," Yerick offered, my affronted reaction

have a knack for annoying others. However, I had become immune to

fade. He then

enough to ask him to pull

finally gave up on his shenanigans. However, he started talking again

grabbed his hair and pulled his head backward, hissing, "Go away." "Ow! Ow! That hurts!"

better," I warned as

found the case file and said, "It'll be

it," I answered, fishing out my phone