Chapter 12-A Glimmer of Hope

Caroline’s POV:

I had to restrain myself from bursting into the police station. Approaching the front desk with a fervor, I demanded to see my father, Thomas West. The woman jumped in surprise at my sudden appearance and gave a quick “follow me”, before taking me to the back to talk with a couple of officers currently on my father’s case.

“Take a seat,” instructed an officer, stiffly pointing to a chair in the corner of the room. They kindly waited until I was comfortable before the other officer began.

“We have evidence that someone had tampered with your father’s laptop,” he announced, his expression nothing but stoic. “That laptop is greatly connected to your father’s case, one that we’ve been investigating him for for quite a while now.”

Tears pricked my vision as the revelation. “So, you’re saying my father is innocent?”

The two officers shared a careful glance before one replied sternly. “‘Might’ is the key word here, Caroline. There’s a lot we can’t tell you right now, but we