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Chapter 9

Author: Sannie
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-18 16:04:02

It was evening as Herald walked to the police station with a defeated expression. He would try his luck one last time, he couldn't rest easy while his daughter slept in the cell.

" Officer please, I've got a hundred thousand dollars, please release my daughter while you do the investigation," Herald begged immediately he arrived at the counter. The officers already knew him from his insistence earlier on.

" Dad..." a familiar voice called from behind him as he turned back at once to see Camille, Dorca was behind her.

The two rushed over to him still in their dirty clothes before Camille had thrown herself at him.

" Dad thank you so much for getting us out," Camille said happily as a year escaped her eyes. For once she thought she would perish in prison, but her dad would never fail her.

" But it wasn't me that had you released," Herald responded in surprise as he held up the bunch of notes in his bag.

" How is that possible, they wouldn't let me even see you. Officer, how come you rel
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