"Do you know what you are doing right now?" the policeman continued to say, "If you give money to state functionaries for illegitimate interests, you can be sentenced for bribery. Do you think charging you only for whoring is not enough? You want one more charge?"
The words of the policeman hit her mind heavily. He was so righteous that Sophie turned pale with fright.
Sophie pretended to be poor in the hope that she could be sympathized by the policeman, "I didn't mean that. I just beg you to let me go and I promise there won't be next time. Please…"
The policeman was indifferent, "Everyone is equal before the law and you won't be an exception. If you don't go, I will call someone to bring you there."
"No…" Sophie drew back instinctively, shook her head and refused to be arrested, "Let me go please. Please…"
Sophie was afraid to let Sky know, so she could only beg for mercy here.
"No way." The policeman spoke to colleagues behind him, "Take her away."
They came up to her. Sophie was still begging and she was close to tears.
However, no matter how she resisted, she would be arrested in the end. The unexpected thing was that she went down on her knees and kowtowed to the police. She said, "I beg you. I was forced to do so and I didn't want to. If I am arrested, my husband will know that and he won't forgive me and divorce me. Without him I would rather die… So please let me go for the sake of my family and I will appreciate that."
"You bitch!" shouted Timothy.
The policeman insisted, "No matter if you are willing or forced, clarify it in the police station." He was still unwilling to give her one more chance, "Take her away."
Actually the police were sympathetic, but they had met enough of such situation. Some were real, while others were fake. But anyway, it should be understood that if you had known such result, why you would still do that.
Sophie broke down seeing that the policeman was decisive to arrest her.
She pushed the police away and picked up a cup on the table. Dropped on the floor, the cup was smashed. The police found something wrong and picked up the fragments as soon as possible. However, Sophie got a piece and stuck it against an artery in her neck.
She glared at the police angrily, "If you don't let me go, I will just die here. Anyway, I will have no choices but to die once my husband knows that. Why not end here?"
All people were stunned. The chief policeman said, "Calm down. Don't hurt yourself. Put down the fragment and let us talk it over! Even though whoring is illegal, you will only be detained for a few months and charged for hundreds. We don't want to see tragedy happen."
"Unless you let me go, or I won't put it down." This was her only condition.
The chief policeman was frustrated and conflicted, "Okay. Please put it down first."
"Get out of the way. Let me out!" Sophie always grasped the fragment and kept it against her neck. She knew that her life was the only chance for her to escape.
"Sir. This woman is so cunning. If she wants to die, just let her die. Her existence will only pollute the air!" shouted Timothy. He couldn't imagine he was arrested alone, while Sophie was released.
"Shut up!" The policeman warned Timothy by his stern eyes.
Scared by the warning, Timothy lowered his head.
"Calm down. Think it over. If you lose your life, you will lose everything." The policeman was still trying to persuade Sophie.
"Cut the crap. Just get out of the way." The only thing that Sophie was thinking was how to escape away. As for what the policeman said, it was totally bullshit for her. She shouted, "If you don't do as told, just watch me die!"
"Of… Of course." Timothy smiled unnaturally, "Sir. There was no pecuniary exchange between us, so it should not be whoring, right?"
The policeman took a glance at him and continued to record, "We can't judge only according to your confession. Only when the lady's confession is the same as yours, will you be innocent."
"One more question, sir. Won't I get in the shit if she tells a lie that she was forced?" Timothy was afraid that Sophie would go against him. By that time, he would be convicted of rape rather than whoring.
If he was convicted of rape, he would have to be in prison for the rest of his life, which would be many times worse than it was now.
His brow furrowed, resisting to be prisoned.
"You lost? More often than not, in such case the female will be the victim." The policeman shook his head reluctantly, thinking about what kind of man he was.
The policeman handed Timothy the completed statement, "Done. Please check it. If there is no problem, sign here."
Timothy took the paper and looked through the contents. He had found no problem, but he hesitated for a while when he saw that they were voluntary to have sex.
However, he firmly signed the statement, thinking that it didn't do him good to admit the charge of rape.
"You can leave until someone goes bail for you," said the policeman.
"Thanks." Timothy had already asked someone for help, but he was not sure that if that person would come.
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Come on Daddy (Bright and Rose)
Hating Rose for being coward and selfish she dare to run away😶 i pitied Bright, he is so kind always protective for his family...
Why aren't they looking on Cctv footage for them to know what the real happen about the kid 😑...