#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?”

The old housekeeper shrugged. “I don’t know. But they asked specifically for Moana.”

Edrick looked at me again and opened his mouth to speak, but I shook my head and grabbed my sweater off of the chair. “It’s fine,” I said. “I’ll go.”

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

hyenas. If

us a ride home after the incident at the warehouse. “I apologize for the intrusion, but we wanted to come

need to talk about?” Edrick asked. I could tell that he was feeling nervous, and so was I. I couldn’t help but wonder if something had happened to Ethan or Kelly in jail,

We’d like your side of the story as to what happened leading up to the events at the warehouse a couple of weeks ago, and

around my shoulders. “This is very sudden,” he said. “I don’t want to make my fiancee dredge up what happened that

whole incident is causing a lot of media attention, and Ethan said — on the record — that… Miss Fowler

my anger begin to bubble up inside of

want to say will need to be saved for the interview,”

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

that Ethan is not telling the truth, but we’d like to get Miss Fowler’s statement first.”

was still shocked by it all. Of course Ethan 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

ridiculous thought. I was clearly manipulated into going, and even if it wasn’t

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 happened, and I didn’t want to be one of those people. Right now, the

don’t want to,” he said. “And if you want a lawyer because of what happened that night, I can get you the

over with now, and there’s no reason for me to get a lawyer. Unless… The

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