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“Me! It’s me!” I finally broke free from my parents‘ grasp, raising my hand and rushing towards the officers. “Officer, I believe I was aşsaulted while unconscious and forced to have an abortion. Although I have no memory of it, I have witnesses. These two aunties can testify!” I pointed a finger at Mrs. Rhodes and Nathan’s mother.
Mrs. Rhodes’s eyes widened in disbelief. “No, Chloe, you’re not serious, are you? You want the whole world to know about this?”
I cried, “Of course I want justice for myself! Auntie Rhodes, please tell the officer everything you know You must testify for me! Then, I pointed to Nathan’s mother. “Officer, this is the suspect’s mother. She can also testify!”
Hearing my words, Nathan’s mother exploded. “How dare you speak so rudely? What do you mean ‘suspect‘? You’re shameless What kind of crime is it when you two were perfectly willing?”
Hearing my words, Nathan’s mother exploded. “How dare you speak so rudely? What do you mean ‘suspect‘? You’re shameless! What kind of crime is it when you two were perfectly willing?”
I sobbed, “Willing? I have no memory at all! How could I be willing? Your son must have drugged me! Officer, please, you must get
justice for me!”
Listening to our back–and–forth, the officers looked overwhelmed. They separated us, questioning us one by one.
First, they asked me. I adamantly insisted that I had been drugged and assaulted, and likely taken to a black–market clinic for an abortion, but I remembered nothing. The two aunties next to me were my witnesses, and I asked the police to investigate the mat-
ter thoroughly.
Just as Mrs. Rhodes was about to speak, a nervous Fiona stopped her. “Officers, this is all a misunderstanding. My mother is just spreading rumors. None of this actually happened.” She then apologized to me. “Chloe, it’s all my mother’s fault for being ignorant.
She doesn’t want to apologize, so I apologize to you.”
I said, “I don’t want an apology. I want her to testify for me.”
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Mrs. Rhodes also spoke up from the side, “Fiona, why are you telling her all this? She’s an ungrateful wretch! What’s there to apolo-
gize for? Even if I do testify for her, she’s still just a rotten woman who was a kept woman.”
Nathan’s mother also joined in the shouting, “Exactly! What ‘assault‘? She was kept by my son! Now she’s denying it? Doesn’t matt-
- er. I paid for their hotel rooms back then, and I found the clinic for the abortion. Just ask around, you’ll see.”
I cried, “That’s wonderful! Those are all evidence!”
There was no other way. The police had no choice but to call Nathan Miles himself. Thankfully, he was right next door; he was bro-
ught over in less than three minutes. Nathan looked completely bewildered, followed by his soon–to–be fiancée and her parents. I
overheard that Nathan’s fiancée’s father was Nathan’s direct superior, and he had taken an immediate liking to Nathan. It was prec-
isely because of this that Nathan had abandoned his wife of ten years.
The moment Nathan appeared, Fiona tried to leave. But Mrs. Rhodes grabbed her. “Fiona, I know you don’t want to get involved in
this mess, but you need to see clearly whether this is a human or a ghost. Be careful who you make friends with in the future.”
An officer then addressed Nathan. “Nathan Miles, someone reported that you drugged and assaulted them four years ago. Your
mother, however, claims you two had a sugar daddy relationship. Please cooperate with our investigation.”
The moment he heard this, Nathan immediately denied it to his fiancée. “No, I didn’t do anything.”
The officers looked at him suspiciously. “Are you sure? Your mother can provide evidence, and there’s hotel room information under
your ID. We can check the surveillance.”
Facing the police, few people could lie convincingly. Nathan took a deep breath, frowned, and walked towards Fiona. “What is wro- ng with you? Didn’t I pay you off back then, and we agreed to end things amicably? Why are you calling the police now? Are you deliberately trying to get back at me?”
