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.”

mentioned Marilyn, Larissa’s heart sank.

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

retorted. “If you’d revealed your identity in the first place and let everyone know that you were my cousin,

on the opposite road.

pointed and met Allen’s

her. His dark stare was enough to

locked away

police car from behind. He was going with Larissa

accomplice.” Larissa mentioned Marilyn’s name sed a gun to threaten me,

“She

that he had conspired with Marilyn. He did not even admit that this was a kidnapping incident.

quarreling and

brought Marilyn in, she insisted on her innocence just

she said she wanted to take a detour hallway and wanted me to

me some other

the officers had no idea who to believe. They were both saying different

he heard that Marilyn was refusing to admit her part in the

entire conversation that Larissa and Marilyn had had

another phone and got her to hide it in her bag so that no

him the entire time. He’d arranged for it