บททั้งหมดของ I Called the Cops Over a Wrinkle: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 9

I'd worked as a dorm supervisor at Jameston University for five years. In that time, I'd seen thousands of students come and go under my watch. I'd seen just about every kind of outrageous behavior imaginable. People always said college students were some of the most innocent people in the world, but I disagreed.Most young people were genuinely naive, but there were always a few who seemed rotten to the core.I'd once caught a student replacing her roommate's blood pressure medication with sugar pills, simply because her roommate had received a scholarship before she did. When she was caught, she just smiled and said she'd only been playing a joke.That's why I never treated room inspections as a formality.Most people thought a dorm supervisor's job was simply to take attendance, check electricity usage, and cut off the power when necessary.I saw room inspections as something closer to a doctor's rounds.One thing overlooked could cost someone their life.That year, Jam

A sudden flurry of footsteps sounded from downstairs.The students crowding the stairwell were pushed aside as a man in his 30s strode up the stairs. He wore a white dress shirt, black trousers, and gold-rimmed glasses, with a briefcase in hand.He glanced at the closed door of Room 617, then surveyed the police officers in the hallway."Who's in charge here?"Officer Martel stepped forward. "Who are you?""My name is Kevin Quigley. I'm Anna's cousin and her attorney."He showed us his identification, then pulled up a digital letter of authorization on his phone."Anna contacted me a little while ago. She told me that she and her three roommates had been locked inside their dorm room by the supervisor for no reason. Now there are police cars downstairs, and people are livestreaming everything upstairs. They're terrified."He looked Officer Martel in the eye. "I'd like to know what crime these young women are suspected of committing."Officer Martel glanced at his credentials

The moment the technician said those words, the entire hallway fell silent.Kevin's smile vanished."If there's someone in there, then all the more reason to open the door immediately," he said, reaching for the handle of Room 617.Officer Martel grabbed his wrist."What's the rush?""I'm just worried about my cousin.""Fine. You can worry from over there. Step back."Kevin didn't move.Officer Martel fixed him with a cold stare, her voice hardening."You heard what I said, right?"Two officers immediately stepped forward, restrained him, and pinned him against the wall."You have no evidence to detain me!" Kevin shouted. "Everyone's watching the livestream. You pull anything on me, and I'll make sure you're all trending for the wrong reasons!"Officer Martel ignored him completely and gave the tactical team a nod.One officer raised a ballistic shield while another took the keys from my hand."Everyone stand back once the door opens."The key had barely turned halfway w

The four young women were rushed to the hospital for treatment to flush the drugs from their systems.At three in the morning, Anna was the first to regain consciousness.When Officer Martel and I arrived at her hospital room, she was trembling beneath her blanket. The moment she saw me, tears spilled down her cheeks."Ms. Chapman… I'm sorry."I hurried over and took her hand."What are you apologizing to me for?""I should've listened to you," Anna sobbed, barely catching her breath. "You always told us that if something seemed too good to be true, it probably was."The part-time job offered by Greenleaf Scholarship Foundation paid two thousand dollars for a single session.The work supposedly involved modeling clothes for an online store. Transportation and makeup were provided, and the pay was 500 dollars an hour.For students struggling financially, it was an irresistible offer.Erin Zane had been the first to take the job.After the photo shoot, however, the organizers

The investigation lasted six months. Greenleaf Scholarship Foundation had used its charitable image to target female college students from struggling families. First, they lured them in with promises of high-paying part-time jobs. Then they secretly filmed them, forced them to take out loans, and made them recruit more students when they couldn't repay the money.If anyone resisted, they used the victims' home addresses to threaten their families. If anyone filed a complaint, they used donations and personal connections to make the problem disappear.Kevin wasn't Anna's cousin, and the digital letter of authorization he'd presented had also been forged at the last minute. He'd been waiting near the dorm that night. Once Vivian got her hands on the memory card, they'd planned to stuff all four young women into a maintenance cart and transport them to a warehouse off campus. There, they would force the women to reveal their cloud storage passwords before staging what looked like