Chapter 54 Bail Her Out

Hadley cast a fleeting glance at Eric before lowering her head with a faint smile. “No need, I will tell the police

whatever they need to know.”

She was curious to see if Eric truly believed he could dictate every turn of her fate.

Eric had not expected her to dig in her heels like this. Was it really so impossible for her to just talk to him and clear things up?

Trapped between frustration and disbelief, Eric let out a cold, sharp laugh. “Fine, perfect! Let’s get moving then!”

Did she think he relished interfering in her affairs? If he kept sticking his nose in, he might as well be a fool.

“Let’s go!”

Hadley turned and followed the policewoman out.

A moment later, a loud crash echoed behind her. She froze for a heartbeat. Eric had overturned the coffee table

in a fit of rage.

The room lay in ruins.

At the police station.

“Officer, I have explained everything clearly.”

She had been repeating herself like a scratched record, yet the officers remained unimpressed.

“You claim you are innocent, so why were you

there?”

Hadley opened her mouth, but then shut it again.

She had been alone in that room, just as she had already said.

“Your story is full of holes, Miss Pearson. You need to tell us the truth.”

Hadley fell silent, the pressure pressing down on her like a boulder.

“Any witnesses? Friends? Family? Someone who can vouch for you?”

This…

Her mind went blank. She had no one.

The officer sighed. “Alright, detain her for now.”

He snapped his notebook shut and motioned for her to be taken away.

The iron door groaned, and she was shoved inside a cell.

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there, their skimpy outfits clashing with the heavy makeup they

her lips together and settled into a

threw a few glances her way but made no effort

are they letting us out?” one of them grumbled with a yawn. “This is ridiculous. How are we supposed

a buck

lucky they are not shipping us off to one of those reform programs. Those things drag on for

food from the government is not

listened, a gnawing dread settling in

same fate? She had heard of those

She could not

not seen this mess coming.

had not let that man slip away.

an officer swung by, unlocked the door, and hauled two women out. “You

two headed for White Lake?”

“Yeah.”

arms

Prison stood.

she supposed to do? Just sit here and

flashed through her mind… She shut her eyes for a

stood up and moved to the iron door. “Officer! I need to call my

her one call, and Hadley dialed

will pass it

“Alright, thank you.”

hung up and

No one came.

so she had lost all sense of time. Each second crawled by like

not come? It would not surprise her. Men like him did not take kindly to

as she was about to resign herself to her fate, the iron door

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54 Bail Her Out

“Hadley Pearson?”

snapped up.

is here. Come

unconsciously. For a

to cry.

if the entire station belonged to

at his

stations. You have not been back

second visit.”

stopping in front of him with

down here

before lifting her gaze to meet his.

“What?”

for a beat before smirking. “Have not

playing

always

care about

Not in this

excuse. Their marriage had been dead for four years,

Hadley wanted her freedom, she had

“The question you asked and the answer you are

have not…”

what?” Eric refused to let it go.

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