Sweet Subterfuge

Chapter 978

The steel chain was thick. The officer took a while to cut it off.

The moment she was free, Larissa felt immensely relieved.

She thanked the officer and scrambled downstairs.

Freddy was already taken away by the first officer. Only Lewis was left.

He was staring off into space with an unpleasant expression on his face.

“Lewis? Larissa waved her hand in front of him.

He snapped back to reality and looked down at her legs.

“All good?” he asked.

“All good.” She jumped around happily.

“Let’s go to the police station.” Lewis began pulling her downstairs. “We need to make a report. And Marilyn His gaze tumed cold.”

escape for

Marilyn, Larissa’s heart sank.

because of you!” She elbowed him and complained. “If it weren’t for your charisma, I wouldn’t have been

first place and let everyone know that you were my cousin, none of this would have

Allen in the police car on the opposite road. “That monster has nothing to do

looked at where he pointed and met Allen’s gaze.

at her. His dark stare

away

from behind. He was going with

sed a gun to threaten me, and took me to Allen’s house.”

“She

Allen refused to admit that he had conspired with Marilyn. He did not even

were just quarreling and that Larissa had gone to his house willingly.

insisted on her innocence just

to take a detour

me some other day.”

car with her, the officers had no idea who to believe. They were

to admit her part in the crime, Lewis took out his

recording. It was the entire conversation that Larissa and Marilyn had had in the

headed out. Lewis gave her another phone and got her

call with him the entire time.