The cop shook her head. “We’ll note down everything you said, but you’ll have to stay here and wait for the results.”
Before long, a few cops brought me to another room and locked me in.
There was nothing in the room except for a simple bed and my belongings, which they had taken away earlier.
They did not allow me to call anyone for help. At this point, I could only wait.
I sat on the bed until the next morning. A cop came in and looked at me. “Ms. Stovall, please come with us.”
Once again, I was brought into the same interrogation room. The same female cop from yesterday looked at me with a frown. “I’m afraid to tell you that we found kyanine in your blood, Ms. Stovall.”
“That’s impossible!” I refuted. “I’ve never touched that drug. I don’t even know how to use it!”
I immediately rolled up my sleeves and said, “Look carefully! Do you see any track marks? There’s none on my body!”
The cop raised her hand and signalled for me to calm down. “Sit down, please, Ms. Stovall. We’ll need you to stay with us to complete the twenty-four-hour observation.”
“I want to get myself a lawyer!” Everything that had happened here was just too bizarre.
While I was shocked to learn about the drugs they found in my bag, the results from the blood test left me even more speechless.
There was something amiss, but I just couldn’t quite put my finger on it.
The cop looked up at me with a scowl. “You don’t need a lawyer now as you’re still under the observation period.”
“If that’s the case, why can’t I call my family?” I asked seriously.
She paused for a moment before explaining, “You can call your family, but we’re only stopping you for your own good.”
“Well, thank you for your concern, but I wish to speak to my family. You have the power to perform your duties, and I have the power to exercise my right,” I said.
I had only been living in A City for less than a month, and I had not told anyone about my past.
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