The Day I Kissed An Older Man by Cher the Cherished

"Come in," Melody answered.

"Ma'am, several police officers have shown up. They're asking to see you. Would you like to go down and greet them or?"

Melody placed the teacup down and realized that the crew must have decided to get the police involved, which she was fine with. After all, she could then leave the investigation to the police once she gave them her statement. She was certain that they would clear her name.

The officers led Melody away as soon as she came down, which startled Beatrice and made her wonder if something bad had happened again. The officers' sudden appearance seemed to have come out of nowhere.

"You don't need to make the trip to the station with me. I haven't committed any crime. They're just going to record my statement according to the procedure."

Beatrice was more relieved when she heard the explanation, but she asked anyway, "Can you at least tell us what happened? This sort of stress is a little too much for me to handle."

and asked the maid to prepare some calming tea for the two of them. S~ᴇaʀᴄh

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was a little nervous as she had never ridden in a police car to the police station before. Although she knew she

analogous to falling ill. She knew that she would be cured after going to the hospital for a checkup, but the wait was agonizing. She would either be worried about discovering that she might have some incurable disease, or that the doctor might tell her something she

took deep breaths. 'It'd be great if Lucas

stiffened at that thought, realizing that it would spell her downfall if she subconsciously

shook her head vigorously to dispel those thoughts. Lucas was simply her creditor,

at the police station, she prepared herself mentally before giving her statement. She found some comfort in the fact that the officers did not treat her as a murderer but merely asked her in detail about where she was in the morning and any

nine and ten in the