Chapter 10. Persuaded

The officer dragged Ella into the police station," looks like I just solved the missing person's case,boys!"

Cheers erupted all around her but the captain didn't look too pleased.

" Officer Duke, do you know who this is?"

"Yeah, boss. It's Summer Ray. The girl that went missing a week ago. You should be happy. Your daughter is of the hook for kidnapping and possible murder."

" You idiot. Do you not read the paper. It is Miss Ella Woods. The investor of the new upmarket hotel and mall on the southside of town." The captain barked.

"Sir. That's what I initially thought but your daughter insisted I bring her in." Officer Duke replied.

" You are listening to my eighteen year old daughter who barely has the knowledge of frying an egg." Captain Wilds lifted an eyebrow.

Officer Duke shoved Ella into a cell and slammed it shut. He pulled Mr Wilds aside and began a conversation of persuasion.

Ella's Luna senses heightened as she concentrated on hearing.

"Just think about it. She will be framed as Summer Ray, the missing persons case is solved. Brook is of the hook and the city can seize the property. Our little town will be rich, you might even get a pay raise." Officer Duke proposed.

" I don't know. It's risky. She can call in the best lawyer. We will be in big trouble if we get caught." Captain Wilds scratched his head. He found it tempting, counting his riches in his mind.

" It's now or never . Your call." Officer Duke smiled.

"Fine. IL overlook it. Do what you must, just cover your tracks. I don't want this coming back to bite us in the ass." Captain Wilds said as he walked away." This conversation never happened."

" Oh. Yes but it did." Ella thought.

She was scared to be caught but now that she knew their plan, it annoyed her.

"Don't I get a call?" Ella asked an officer passing by.

He ignored her.

"So darling, what are you here for?" A voice asked from behind her.

Ella turned around to face a woman that was largely built like a man. Her tattooed arms had muscles like a wrestler. Ella thought she looked like a biker, with those high cut jeans, a check shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a denim waist coat. Her voice was as if she had eaten a grater, hoarse and scratchy to the ear. Ella stood silent.

" I am here for smacking the crap out of officer Rook." She reached forward and grabbed Ella's wrist, picking up her arm. " I doubt you did that. You are way too skinny. Probably can't even kill a fly."

Ella wriggled her arm from the large ladies grip and backed up against the bars. She had watched enough movies with investigations and sentencing and she knew she needed to mind her own business.

" Hey guys, guess we have a miss goody two shoes here." The lady said sarcastically to the two other dirty woman sitting in a corner.

They laughed, showing off their yellow teeth. By the looks of it, they were here for the week. They smelled worse than rotten garbage and vomit.

Ella scooted to the edge of the seat and stared out through the bars," Officer. I need to make a call."

"Do you think you are in a hotel? Make a call? " Officer Duke asked sarcastically." You don't get a call until I say so."

Ella was disgusted at his words and it fueled her.

She was going to turn into her Luna and growl her way out of the cell but she couldn't blow her cover. She could sense he was a beta and would submit to her but she also needed to act like Miss Ella Woods. She gritted her teeth and folded her leg over the other.

" It can't be too bad. I'm in a jail cell with a dirty biker and two prostitutes. On the other side of the cell are a bunch of moron cops." Ella thought.

She wondered if she would make it through the night. The smell was starting to make her stomach churn and the biker lady was now in her face.

" Miss goody two shoes, how about you give me that pretty necklace?" The biker lady reached for the necklace.

Ella looked at the sleeping policeman.

"No." Ella growled.

The biker lady grabbed onto the necklace around Ella's neck and this made her angry.

Ella morphed into her Luna and towered over the biker lady. Her drool dripping down as she growled, bearing her sharp front teeth.

The biker lady cowered in fear and Ella changed back to her human self." I thought as much. Do you still want to frisk me for my belongings or are you going to leave me the f*** alone?"

" I am so sorry." The biker lady retreated into the corner.

Ella did not know how she fell asleep but she rose when the rays of yellow sunlight poured down onto her face through the tiny window.

She looked around at the woman huddled in the corner.

A new set of officer's arrived in the morning and looked at her with pity on the faces.

" Don't I get a call?" Ella cried out.

" Didn't they give you a call yesterday?" A female officer responded.

"No. They locked me in here with these people like a criminal." Ella replied, shifting her eyes to the other three ladies.

"You are a criminal if you are behind those bars ." The officer responded.

"I am innocent." Ella pleaded." Please can I make a call."

"Says here in your docket that you have already made a call." The officer answered.

" No. I did not. Look again." Ella replied desperately. She knew she had made no such call.

" Says here, you called a Mrs Ray." Officer Simon's replied, taking the file from his partner.

Ella looked around. "You have camera's. Go back and check. Why would I call someone I don't know ."

"Why would we believe a prisoner?" Officer Simon's replied, closing the file and slamming it on the desk.