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Chapter 48

Author: Pwemi
last update publish date: 2026-07-26 20:43:23

Noah's POV

The follow-up interview with Mrs. Lawson should have been straightforward. Instead, it left me frustrated.

Ethan and I had been called to her house three nights earlier after the neighbours reported another violent domestic dispute. By the time we arrived, her husband had already been taken into custody. She had a split lip, bruises around her neck and a fractured wrist.

This morning was supposed to be her formal statement..She sat across from us with both hands wrapped around a pape
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