No Strings Attached

Chapter 33

Clara rushed to the police station to find Sasha sitting in the interrogation room with handcuffs around her wrists. Despite the situation, Sasha’s expression was cool and collected as she spoke to the officer across from her, vigorously defending herself without a hint of fear.

Clara strode over and asked politely, “Hello, officer. I’m her friend. What’s going on here?”

Before the officer could respond, Sasha interjected, “After you vanished yesterday, Anders went to get his dad to help you out, leaving me all by myself. I figured you must’ve gone to confront that jerk, feeling upset and heading to a bar to drown your sorrows.”

“By chance, I saw Heidi there too, gloating and gossiping about Mr. Casey. You should’ve seen the smug look on her face. I couldn’t hold back and I gave her a piece of my mind. I only threw some words her way, but this morning, they dragged me here, claiming Heidi’s car got smashed and suspecting I’m to blame. No matter how much I explained, they just wouldn’t listen.”

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At the mention of Heidi, Clara clenched her fists tightly. She didn’t need to guess. This was typical of Heidi’s tactics, the same kind she had used against Clara.

eyes, which should have been beautiful, turned icy in an instant. Her voice lost all the warmth it had when she

this?”

of your friend’s earrings by Heidi’s car, matching the one she’s wearing. There’s also a witness, that

with her own eyes.”

a glance, Clara felt her whole body freeze. The woman’s face had aged, but Clara recognized her instantly. A cold sweat broke out on Clara’s back

woman.

hand and

out of her shock, Clara shook her head with a quivering voice,

a relief. I won’t let Hejdi get away with this. It wasn’t enough for her to bully you, now she dares to mess with me? I’ll see to it that she’s

her too.”

was Ms. Clara’s friend. If I had known, none of this would’ve