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Chapter 2396

Author: Ginger Sue
"You've been freed?" Justin asked, his voice distant.

"Sir, I'm really sorry for troubling you. You even had to make arrangements for me," Sheryl said apologetically.

"I just made use of my connections. It's nothing. Besides, I figured they'd summon you—Jasper did get his medications from you, after all."

Sheryl, still shaken from earlier, lowered her gaze. "Is that cop, Rio Olson, one of us? He seemed eager to arrest Jasper, so I thought you might have recruited him. But during the interrogation, he was relentless. He wouldn't go easy on me at all."

"He is one of Mr. Barrett's men. That's enough for now."

Sheryl mulled over it for a moment. Then, she lowered her voice and said, "Sir, Jasper can only be charged for drug use. As a first-time offender, it's not enough to keep him behind bars. I suspect he'll be bailed out by the day after tomorrow."

Justin chuckled softly. "So?"

"It's a shame we couldn't take him down for good," Sheryl said through gritted teeth.

"Jasper has Gr
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