Chapter 236

The young cop from before knocked and stepped in again. He leaned in to whisper something to the male officer, and soon both he and the female cop left the room. Before the male officer walked out, he threw one last sentence over his shoulder. "The victim isn’t awake yet. This is your last shot—think it through. It’s better to come clean now than wait for us to dig everything up." Maria Lewis sat there, feeling a storm brewing in her chest. Calm down? In what world? One coffee and suddenly she’s a prime suspect—who’s supposed to stay calm through that? Back in Yuncheng, the first time she was dragged into an interrogation room, she’d been a mess—lost, nervous. But never scared. Because she knew the truth. That she hadn’t done anything. They’d figure that out eventually. This time though, it felt different. She still hadn’t done anything, but this whole setup was just too perfect, too seamless. And she had nothing, not one shred of proof, to show she was innocent. Over in the conference