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.”

no escape for her.”

Marilyn,

complained. “If it weren’t for your

Lewis raised an eyebrow and retorted. “If you’d revealed your identity in the first place and let everyone know that you were my cousin, none of this would have happened.

road. “That monster has nothing to do with me. It’s

he pointed and met

at her. His dark stare was enough to give

away

the police car from behind. He was

Larissa mentioned Marilyn’s name sed a gun to threaten

“She

conspired with Marilyn. He did not even admit that this was

that he and Larissa were just quarreling and

in, she insisted on her

out to fix the bracelet. But she said she wanted to take a

some other day.”

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

he heard that Marilyn was refusing to admit her part in the crime, Lewis took out his

the entire conversation that

headed out. Lewis gave her another phone and got her to hide it in her bag

him the entire time. He’d arranged for it