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!

direction. But ever since Percival showed up, her eyes had been fixed

into the night, her makeup was impeccable,

junior officer thought, "Seriously? You're swooning over

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

of taking people out of your station? I need an explanation

this person?

how did she become

of Sophie, the muscles on his face twisted

even know what

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

sharpened, 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

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 dismissed!" Vivienne glanced at

back to Kaitlyn, and 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

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

for our junior officer here, isn't

for this..." She squinted,

his gentle eyes lighting up with a smile at the sight of Vivienne, "What is

the suit tailored for him by a top-notch fashion team. The dark red fabric sprinkled with gold dust accentuated Percival's usually stern demeanor,

she would have pounced

had to admit that her first glimpse of him made her throat involuntarily constrict, her eyes gleaming

in all sorts of admirers," Vivienne said, with another glance at Sophie, her lips barely

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