Branch One Hundred and Twenty Three

Jessica's attitude did put Xavier off for a few seconds but he quickly recovered himself. Something about the way she spoke made him know that she was not in her right mind at the moment.

Xavier entered back into the station with Jessica's hand firmly enclosed in his.

"Officers we have agreed to settle," Xavier said when Jessica could not find herself to speak.

She wanted to be the one who would say that but she could not trust herself one bit. If she said any words she felt like tears would drop down her face.

"Thank you very much," Burke said coming to stand in front of the couple and blowing down multiple times as he repeated the sentence.

"Come on Emma," Burke said going to her.

"To do what?" Emma asked. She already felt the embarrassment of being at the receiving end of every one.

The crowd at the cafe had murmured until she was taken away. The police had treated her like trash and both high-class women had treated her worse than trash and now her husband-to-be was bowing d