A Moment in Destiny

"Yes!" Kieran didn't think Rae Baxter would be injured, and he was blaming himself for a while, if he knew that Rae was injured, he would not have called her! He tried to borrow a wheelchair for Rae, leaving Marcel Hopkins and Rae to wait for him. Marcel held her feet and said strictly, "Rae, you took actions without permission!"

"I was in a rush so I had no time to apply for permission!" Rae said.

"Who do you think you are?" Marcel's tone was very impatient, "You are just a normal policeman, not a leader. You have no obligation to take charge of the overall situation. You have to know your identity and don't overtake something beyond your range!"

Rae blushed, knowing Marcel was taking care of her, even though he said it strictly, she still knew that he was worried about her foot injury. She felt shy and awkward at the same time, so she whispered, "I just want to solve the case quickly. Don’t we only have three days to solve the case? There is still a day and a half, we are short of time!"

"We?" Marcel raised his eyebrows, tried hard to figure out why she said that.

"Means all of us!" Rae shouted with blushing cheek.

Marcel's lips curled up and stopped talking.

Kieran came up and pushed in the wheelchair, Marcel helped Rae sit on it, and then he pushed it himself, and went to the door of the operating room to see how Piper Salinas's situation.

It took about forty minutes. The doctor came out and Marcel showed out his ID. The doctor said to him, "Third degree torn, we couldn’t save the baby, and her cervix is

suspected of being stabbed by an object. Those are all her body situation for now, she needs to rest in bed!"

Rae was completely shocked, was she pregnant? Or she was being sexual abuse all the time?!

She and Marcel looked at each other. When they were exchanged eye sights with each other, Rae eyes were full of doubts. But from Marcel's eyes, he seemed already knew everything. Rae didn't know what he had investigated. As he was the captain, he must have his own arrangements, so he would be confident that everything was in control.

After the doctor left, Rae quickly asked Marcel, "Captain Hopkins, what is going on?"

Marcel took a glance at Kieran, and Kieran said, "I have been following Piper to here. She came back with Kaden Duran, so I kept monitoring her whereabouts. She didn't stay here at the night, and Kaden went out in the morning. He sent someone to follow him, and it seemed that there was nothing suspicious. But today a pot of flowers fell from building at noon and caught our attention. Later, a phone was thrown out with a bloody note said help me on it! So we went up and notified Captain Hopkins..."

That was to say, Kieran and Arlo immediately notified Marcel at the first time, which was totally understandable. After all, Marcel was the captain, so they directly reported to the leader. Although there was a suspicion of leapfrogging the report, Rae had no official position yet. The so-called captain’s secretary was a title without any special rights. She just felt a bit lost. But she knew it was not the good time to feel lost.

They notified Captain Hopkins, and then told her, which was a good call for everyone. First of all, they fawned on Captain Hopkins, and then herself. The wishful thinking was played well, but they were not loyal enough for her.

"We went up together after Captain Hopkins arrived there, and we saw Piper lying on the balcony. There was a rope for binding on the bed. Also, there were a lot of adult utensils spreading on the ground. There were blood stains everywhere from the bed to the balcony...We were totally astonished after seeing the scene."

Rae was also surprised.

out of the operating room, and

with rush of footsteps in the corridor, followed

see a man and a woman coming together, walking in a hurry, with a panic expression. They looked like they were in their fifty’s. They

asked, "Doctor, what's wrong with my daughter? Policemen,

is not in danger anymore, and the operation is successful. I'm the police office, Marcel Hopkins. Let's go to a ward with less people

nodded, slightly letting go of

arranging the ward, Piper's father asked for

ward. Marcel called Piper's parents out alone. Rae did not go

quickly. She opened her eyes but her eyes were empty. Seeing Rae, she blinked and seemed like there were tears flickering in

how to comfort her, so she stretched out her hand and held her hand that was clenched into a

cried out

her

survived from those horrible things, could she tell what

be better to start with

could imagine what she went through last

the room, and Kaden must

was all over

was in her belly? Was it

Rae couldn't be sure!

time, Piper just cried without saying a

when she felt better. If Piper was interrupted at this

be the best thing

stopped crying but left the tears on her cheek without wiping. Rae wiped her

I still do that?"

not knowing whether she was to comfort

this moment, she felt that to some extent, they all had the similar fates, which

otherwise she didn't know what to rely on to survive. So

laughed at himself, "Everyone can say the big word,

will get through

again and again?" Piper looked at Rae and said slowly, "Foe example, how could I get hurt? You probably guessed the reason right? It's funny, isn't it? I didn’t help Melody Knox when she died. Now my

say. Now it seemed that she intended to tell her everything, she didn't know whether

prices? It turned out to be too late to fix