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.

me that Dominic would come back later, so I

Give it up. We won’t do anything to you if you’re really innocent. Just tell us

a chance, so I continued, “I told

a moment and actually handed me my phone.

five minutes, so make it fast,”

calls or texts, so I wondered if Dominic was still out at work. But I couldn’t

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

had to text him about my arrest. When I was about to make another call, the officer took my phone away. “You had your chance.

heart sank. Is this it? Am

the same thing during the first round of interrogation. Finally, seeing as I had nothing of value to

in a stressful situation ever since Coraline was injured, and I was slowly getting to my wits’ end. Then someone opened the door

“Ms. Zanetti!”

up at the door, and lo and behold, Calvin was there. “You’re finally here, Calvin.” The moment I saw him, my tension melted away like butter under a hot

be too. That was the last thought that ran through my mind before everything went

of disinfectant hung in the

around, but there was nobody to be found. Pushing myself up, I tried to get some water. Then, someone opened the door,

take it for you.” Calvin knew what I was trying to

gulped down