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Chapter 193 He Tasted Regret

Author: Night Eleven
The door to the interrogation room was kicked open.

Jacob was on the brink of a mental collapse. He hadn't stood up straight ever since getting a call from Frances.

Arresting an official who would be their superior while claiming that he'd assaulted a police officer—and on his first day on the job—was an immensely dumb thing to do, and the people who'd done it just had to be directly under his jurisdiction.

Jacob had lost hope of retaining his position as chief of police. He prayed fervently for Kreil to understand the big picture and not do anything dumb again during the interrogation.

He called Kreil repeatedly on the way here, but Kreil hadn't picked up any of his calls for some unknown reason.

Jacob wanted nothing more than to be onboard a plane instead of this car, which seemed so slow in comparison.

He ended up late to the scene at the end.

From the moment he'd arrived at the interrogation room, he knew that his time as chief of police had come to an end.

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