The Million-Dollar Heart

Chapter 759

"Julian!"

"Juli..."

Four voices rang out in unison.

Sadie squeezed out a feeble note from her throat, her half-closed eyes widening ever so slightly.

She wasn't faring much better than Julian, and it was a miracle she had held on this long. But now, seeing her husband collapsed, she couldn't catch her breath. Her legs gave way, and she, too, started to fall! Thankfully, Percival and Vivienne were quick to catch them.

Otherwise, with the slick floors of the police station, the elderly couple would've surely broken bones!

Kaitlyn's eyes were ablaze with fury, her dry tears sticking to the corners of her eyes, causing a stinging pain, "Rafferty, my in-laws haven't been convicted yet. Are you trying to make this a case of death without evidence?!"

Rafferty was also taken aback. He wasn't the one who had arrested them; he had only checked in on them during a shift change.

Back then, the elderly couple was sitting quietly in the holding cell, clearly frightened, but otherwise in good spirits. How did things turn so dire so quickly?

His sharp, eagle-like gaze turned to the junior officer beside him, his eyes filled with inquiry, "What's going on here?!"

"I... I don't know," stammered the junior officer, shivering.

Sure, he usually hung around the deputy chief, but everyone knew about Rafferty's uncompromising integrity. If Rafferty found out that he had deliberately lowered the air conditioning to make the suspects uncomfortable, his career here would be over!

hoping for some direction. But ever since Percival showed up, her eyes had been fixed on

night, her makeup was impeccable, her eyes full of

swooning over a guy

know, should I personally check the surveillance footage?" Vivienne's hands moved away from

her voice cool, "And who might this grandma be? She's capable of taking people out of your station?

person?

wasn't even thirty, how did she become

of Sophie, the muscles on his

this girl even know

with Rafferty, trying to get this old man out, haven't you?!" Zinnia was quicker

Vivienne. "Mrs. Ellington? Very well, just you wait, I won't let this go! This old geezer killed my daughter, and I'll make sure he pays for it!" Without waiting for a response, she turned

Zinnia's lead, "Captain Rafferty, you just wait! Tomorrow I'm reporting you to the higher-ups for collusion! Just wait to be dismissed!" Vivienne glanced at the retreating figures of Kipling and Zinnia, a cold light flickering in her

bottle, "Give them these pills for now. It's nothing serious, just the combination of their weak health and the cold temperature that made them

frown deepened, "Ms. Hawthorn, what joke is this?! The holding cell is completely sealed, how could

"That's a question for our junior officer

squinted, following

eyes lighting up with a smile at the

straight from a company gala, still wearing the suit tailored for him by a top-notch fashion team. The dark red fabric sprinkled with gold dust accentuated Percival's usually stern demeanor, giving him an alluring, almost otherworldly charm. Like a captivating demon from legend, he

pounced on her Mr.

him made her throat involuntarily constrict, her eyes gleaming

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