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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four other women were already there, their skimpy outfits clashing with the heavy makeup

her lips together and settled into

women threw a few glances her way but made no effort to engage

us out?” one of them grumbled with

a buck like

worried about cash? We should count ourselves lucky they are not shipping us off to one of those reform programs. Those things drag on

food from the government is not

listened, a gnawing dread

same fate? She had heard

She could not afford

seen this

she had not let that man slip

an officer swung by, unlocked the door, and

White Lake?” the officer asked his colleague.

“Yeah.”

arms

Prison stood.

do? Just sit here and wait for the walls to

flashed through her mind… She shut her eyes for a

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

and Hadley dialed

who answered. “I will pass

“Alright, thank you.”

hung up and

No one came.

confiscated when she was brought in, so she had lost all sense of time. Each second crawled by

surprise her. Men like him did not take kindly to being

resign herself to her fate, the

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54 Bail

“Hadley Pearson?”

head snapped

is here.

feet, her fists clenching unconsciously. For a split second,

to cry.

chair as if the entire station belonged to him. As she walked toward him, a

at his

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

second visit.”

his jibe, stopping in front of him with her head slightly bowed.

down here just to play the silent game? Do

a deep breath before lifting her

“What?”

paused for a beat before smirking. “Have not what? You are

he was playing with her

always like this?

care about her?

chance. Not

was a weak excuse. Their marriage had been dead for

answers, and if Hadley wanted her freedom, she had to provide

“The question you asked and the answer you are seeking.

have not…”

Eric refused to let it

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