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Penny curiously studied the man who was left in there with one of his hands cuffed in one of the bars on the wall. When he looked back at her, he arched a brow and smirked viciously, as if to scare her. But Penny had met different types of criminals during her time in prison. Hence, she didn't react to his attempt to scare her. 1

If anything, his comment just now piqued her intrigue.

She blinked, and the man raised his brows higher.

"What is that little girl looking at?" the man wondered, but Penny flashed him an innocent smile. He scoffed and shook his head, thinking this girl knew nothing about the world yet. Hence, she had no sense of danger.

Penny's attention was snatched when Grace's mother spoke.

"No, Officer. My husband is not hurting me," she told them a blatant lie, smiling through her

bruises.

Everyone frowned even the officer. "Ma'am, if you're not being hit by your husband, how did you get your bruises?"

"I had a confrontation with my neighbor that led to a physical altercation."

"Mom!" Grace stood up and shouted. "Mom, why are you lying!? Tell them the truth! Tell them where you got all those bruises!"

"Grace, please." the woman reached out to Grace, tugging her arm helplessly. "Let's stop this

now.

terrible mood! He would even beat her for no reason at all! Why ask her? Can't you see her face?! Do you want me to strip my mother so

been drinking and smoking with her friends! She's also skipping school! Something like that, of course, I need to discipline my daughter to

disbelief at what she

desk and faced the officer. "Officer, my wife already told

mother again, knowing her father was getting the upper hand. However, her mother simply sported an apologetic look before averting her gaze from her. Grace's heart sank. balling her hands into a tight fist. Earlier

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place to

Grace already had enough. Thus, she tried to save her mother and fought her father. In the

of

and blue. Worse. She had to stay outside while her father beat her mother inside the house. Yet, her mother didn't even dare to stand up for Grace! Instead, she was

he looked at the

"Why are you still asking her? Can't

throat when Charles glared

made, then there's nothing

report!" Grace slapped her chest. "I'll

but we still can't arrest your

"Why?"

father said might be true as well. We can't just listen to one side of the story." "Bullshit!" Grace blurted out,

to go through every day! Her lies and temperament are crazy! Teenagers - ugh! What a headache."

everything he heard. "Can

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