Love the Second Time Around Novel

Chapter 36 Despair

I stared dumbly at the officers who were cuffing me up. “What are you doing?”

“I’m from the vice squad. You’re now under arrest for battery. Do not resist.”

Vice squad? Battery? And then realization struck me. So Julius and Coraline set me up so I’d admit that I was the one who injured her? Just so they can call the cops on me and take my property for themselves?

I was still married to Julius, after all, so if I were to serve jail time, Julius should be able to get his hands on my money since he was my husband. I didn’t know if that was true, but I was starting to panic.

It was then I realized why Dominic wanted me to stay at home. Sh*t. I should have listened to him. The guy didn’t even know I was going to get arrested, so nobody was probably going to come to my rescue.

Before I was taken away by the police, I saw Julius grinning cruelly at me.

If you had told me this was the way I’d get taken into custody a few weeks back, I’d call you crazy, but here I was. The officers took me to the interrogation room the first chance they got, and they started questioning me.

I was terrified and panicked, but I knew I mustn’t show any fear, or else I’d incriminate myself. The only way for me to get out of this was by telling them the truth and nothing but the truth since I didn’t hurt Coraline on purpose.

But it didn’t seem to work, since the officers seemed to trust Julius and Coraline more than they trusted me. The interrogation went on for god knew how long, but eventually it came to an end.

Dominic would come back

get someone to back you up, eh? Give it up. We won’t do anything

officer in the room, and the guy seemed nice. He didn’t say I could call anyone, but I thought I had a chance, so I continued, “I told you everything I know, officer—the truth and nothing but the truth.

for a moment and actually handed me my phone. I took it over from him

minutes, so

weren’t any missed calls or texts, so I wondered if Dominic was still out at work. But I couldn’t wait for him any longer, so I had to

up. For the first time in my life, ten seconds felt like an eternity. Eventually, the officer rushed me again, so I ended the call in a panic and dialed his number again.

When I

Am I all

interrogation started, but I had nothing more to say, so I repeated the same thing during the first round of interrogation. Finally, seeing as I had nothing of value to contribute anymore, the officers

my wits’ end. Then someone opened the door again, and I thought it

“Ms. Zanetti!”

and lo and behold, Calvin was there. “You’re finally here, Calvin.” The moment I

too. That was the last thought that

but white, and a faint scent of disinfectant hung in the air. I’m in

found. Pushing myself up, I tried to get some water. Then, someone opened

Ms. Zanetti. Oh, you want some water? Let me take it for you.” Calvin knew what I was trying to do, so he filled a glass with water and handed it to

I gulped down the