My heart began to race for Michael again as I watched him like a hawk. I felt extremely secure with him here.

“How do you propose we handle this, Mr. Shaw? She’s the deputy chief’s cousin, after all. It doesn’t seem very appropriate to punish her too severely,” looking at Michael with a troubled expression, the police chief explained in a small voice.

 

“I’ll leave this matter to you, but I hope you’ll handle it fairly, Chief Lewis. I’m a very protective man. I won’t let my people suffer for nothing.”

Michael spoke nonchalantly, but the warning in his words was unmistakable; he wanted a satisfactory answer.

“Don’t worry, Mr. Shaw. I’ll handle this matter impartially.”

 

Although Chief Lewis was put in a tight spot, he caved under Michael’s intimidating aura and agreed right away.

Without another word, Michael approached me with anger simmering in his eyes.

Upon noticing that Michael was staring straight at the handcuffs on my wrists, the chief immediately barked an order to the police officer standing behind him. “What are you waiting for? Uncuff them!”

 

At his superior’s orders, the officer quickly walked over to remove our handcuffs.

After being in cuffs for so long, the skin on my wrists stung with pain. Ignoring Michael, the first thing I did was hurry over to Natalie’s side to support her.

 

Lewis, settling this case should be very easy. I’m sure the surveillance cameras caught the other two people assaulting them. You

Rest assured, I’ll take

even the chief was so cautious in front of Michael, I realized that

I thought about Michael’s lofty status, I wasn’t all that surprised. It seemed like John and his new

going on, Franklin? Why are the two of them being released? They attacked me. Are you really going

free just like that, the woman walked to the deputy

now. I can’t

in exasperation, the deputy chief shook off

out, but the deputy chief

stand there! Arrest the two of them!” the police chief ordered the two officers behind him whilst pointing at John and

a hundred and eighty degree turn. The

her senses, she pointed at Natalie and I with her cuffed hands and shrieked, ”Why are you arresting me?

with Michael here, whatever she

his wrists. When he finally snapped out of it, he broke free from the grip of the police officer restraining him

Can you forgive me? You saw it too, right? She forced me to do it. I never wanted to hit you.” Panic-stricken, John expressed

his forehead was already

though his apology sounded sincere, he was, in fact, pushing all the blame onto the woman. From this alone, anyone could tell that he was an

love John, I began to

him didn’t deserve her forgiveness after

spoke before I could. “John, the one thing I regret most in my life is falling for you like a blind fool. It’s bad enough that you hit a woman. Now that you’re in trouble, you’re blaming it all on a woman again. I can’t believe

was laced with disdain. I could see that she was truly disappointed in John, and didn’t possess even a shred of

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