Chris paced outside the police station. He spotted a young police officer rushing out and quickly approached.

"Pete!"

Pete, the officer in question, greeted him warmly with a grin.

"You rascal!" Chris playfully punched him. "What's going on? Why didn't you let me know beforehand?"

Pete Bellamy scratched his head, still grinning.

Pete was one of the officers who had taken Lena from the Hamertons earlier. It wasn't just Chris who was surprised—even Bianca hadn't expected the police to show up.

Despite this, Pete and Chris had exchanged knowing glances when he left the Hamerton residence. Understanding the situation, Chris had waited for him outside the police station.

Pete lowered his voice. "Chris, don't worry. Lena knows what to say and what not to. She's level-headed, and there won't be any trouble."

"Who ordered you to bring her here?"

it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Everything happened so quickly that there wasn't time to

aback. It was

this case. She saw that child before her disappearance, so it's standard

a

was the safest place. If anyone tried to frame Lena for anything else, it wouldn't work. They had connections in

shake his head in amusement. Lina's sisterly bond ran deep. She had even thought

recovering the data, and once it's ready, they'll hand it over to the police. The truth will come out when that happens, and Lena

leave

"No problem!"

Bianca was headed to the

Lena under police protection, there was no need to worry. All that remained was to let Bianca's lies unravel on their

responded. She bit her lip, sensing something was amiss about the

who was looking at her with a

Thompson, why are you

you know I'm looking at you if you weren't looking at

"I..."

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