The Million-Dollar Heart by Rebecca Ryan

Chapter 758Chapter 759

"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!

ever since Percival showed up, her eyes had been

makeup was impeccable, her eyes full of

junior officer thought, "Seriously? You're swooning over a guy at a time like

"You don't know? You've been on duty at the 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 officer to Sophie and then back to Rafferty. "Captain Rafferty, is your police station's air conditioning so cold that i can knock people

her 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 that as well." Sophie's eyes

person? No manners

wasn't even thirty, how did she become a

sight of Sophie, the

know

to get this old man out, haven't you?!" Zinnia was quicker on the uptake than

This old geezer killed my daughter, and I'll make sure he pays for it!" Without waiting for

Rafferty, you just wait! Tomorrow I'm reporting you to the higher-ups for collusion! Just wait to be dismissed!" Vivienne glanced at the retreating figures

they helped the elderly couple onto a bench, pulling out a small 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,

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

question for our junior officer here, isn't

She squinted, following

gentle eyes lighting up with a

tailored for him by a top-notch fashion team. The dark red fabric sprinkled with gold dust accentuated Percival's usually stern demeanor, giving him an alluring, almost otherworldly charm. Like a

she would have pounced

that her first glimpse of him made her throat involuntarily

with another glance at Sophie, her lips

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