#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.”

orders not to let anyone in who wasn’t one of us. Edrick and I quickly put on our shoes and took

the pouring rain, it seemed as though the paparazzi weren’t lingering around outside like a bunch of hyenas. If pictures went around of two police officers coming into the building so soon after what happened at the warehouse, it was certain that there

a ride home after the incident at

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, or something

like to come down to the station with us, we’d like to perform an interview. We’d like your side of the story as to what happened leading

very sudden,” he said. “I don’t want to make my fiancee dredge up what happened that night without any time to prepare. If you call

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

eyes widened. “I did not!” I said, feeling my anger begin to bubble up inside of

will need to be saved for the interview,” the officer said gently

my fiancee over something that my mentally insane, illegitimate half-brother

he said. “It’s just an interview. We know that Ethan is not telling the truth, but we’d like to get Miss Fowler’s statement first.” He turned then to look back at me. “Now, if you’d

was lying, but… If the truth came out that I was trapped that night because I was trying to leave with Ella,

was clearly manipulated into going, and even if it wasn’t clear enough, it didn’t really matter. Either way, Ethan

to cry or have mental breakdowns over bringing

don’t need to go if you don’t want to,” he said. “And

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

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