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

together and settled into a

glances her way but made no effort to engage her.

grumbled with a yawn. “This is ridiculous.

buck like

cash? We should count ourselves lucky they are not shipping us off

government is

listened, a gnawing dread settling

the same fate? She

a cage. She could not afford to get entangled in

had not seen this mess coming.

not let

an officer swung by, unlocked the door,

Lake?” the officer asked his

“Yeah.”

caught their hushed exchange and tightened her arms around herself. White Lake was

Prison stood.

Just sit here and wait for the walls

She shut her eyes for a

she stood up and moved to the iron door. “Officer!

one call, and Hadley dialed Eric’s

was Phillips who answered. “I will pass

“Alright, thank you.”

hung up and waited.

No one came.

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

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

to her fate, the iron

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54 Bail Her Out

“Hadley Pearson?”

snapped

family is here. Come out.”

feet, her fists clenching unconsciously. For a split second, she felt an overwhelming urge

to cry.

in a chair as if the entire station belonged

at his lips.

police stations. You have not been back long, and this is already

second visit.”

front of him with her head slightly bowed.

“Did you drag me down here just to play the silent game? Do you think

her gaze to meet his. “I have

“What?”

“Have not what?

was playing

always like this?

he care about

a chance. Not in

excuse. Their marriage had been dead for four years, nothing more than an empty husk.

Eric wanted answers, and if Hadley wanted her

and spoke carefully. “The question you

have not…”

have not what?” Eric refused to let

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