"Julian!"

"Juli..."

Four voices rang out in unison.

Sadie squeezed out a feeble note from her throat, her half-closed eyes widening ever so slightly.

She wasn't faring much better than Julian, and it was a miracle she had held on this long. But now, seeing her husband collapsed, she couldn't catch her breath. Her legs gave way, and she, too, started to fall! Thankfully, Percival and Vivienne were quick to catch them.

Otherwise, with the slick floors of the police station, the elderly couple would've surely broken bones!

Kaitlyn's eyes were ablaze with fury, her dry tears sticking to the corners of her eyes, causing a stinging pain, "Rafferty, my in-laws haven't been convicted yet. Are you trying to make this a case of death without evidence?!"

Rafferty was also taken aback. He wasn't the one who had arrested them; he had only checked in on them during a shift change.

Back then, the elderly couple was sitting quietly in the holding cell, clearly frightened, but otherwise in good spirits. How did things turn so dire so quickly?

His sharp, eagle-like gaze turned to the junior officer beside him, his eyes filled with inquiry, "What's going on here?!"

"I... I don't know," stammered the junior officer, shivering.

Sure, he usually hung around the deputy chief, but everyone knew about Rafferty's uncompromising integrity. If Rafferty found out that he had deliberately lowered the air conditioning to make the suspects uncomfortable, his career here would be over!

But ever since Percival

makeup was impeccable, her

over a guy

holding cell all this time. If you don't know, should I personally check the surveillance footage?" Vivienne's hands moved away from the old couple's wrists, her icy stare shifting from the junior

words, her gaze fell back on Sophie, her voice cool, "And who might this grandma be? She's capable of taking people out of your station? I need an explanation for

was this person? No

thirty, how did she become a

the muscles

girl even know what

to get this

directing her accusation at Rafferty and Vivienne. "Mrs. Ellington? Very well, just you wait, I won't let this go! This old geezer killed my daughter, and I'll make sure he pays for it!" Without waiting for

another, finally choosing to follow Zinnia's lead, "Captain Rafferty, you just wait! Tomorrow I'm reporting you to the higher-ups for collusion! Just wait to be

pill bottle, "Give them these pills for now. It's nothing serious, just the combination of their weak health and the cold temperature that made them faint. As for the red spots, if I'm not mistaken, they look

"Ms. Hawthorn, what joke is this?! The holding cell is completely sealed,

scoffed, "That's a question for our junior

She squinted, following

a smile at the sight of Vivienne, "What is it,

straight from a company gala, still wearing the suit tailored for him by a top-notch fashion team. The dark red fabric sprinkled with gold

circumstances, she would have pounced on her Mr.

glimpse of him made her throat

admirers," Vivienne said, with another glance at Sophie, her lips barely

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