Shattered Illusions Love Lies and Redemption (Lizetta and Remington) novel Chapter 995

Two officers fixed their sharp gazes on Lizetta as they questioned her.

“Ma’am, the child’s guardian called the police and reported that you’d abducted the child and meant to harm him. We need you to cooperate with our investigation. Can you give us your name, and may we see your identification, please?”

“Why did you take the child? What’s your relationship to him? And what exactly were you doing with him just now?”

As the officers stared her down, Lizetta’s eyes instead drifted to Stella.

Stella’s lips quirked in the faintest smile before she slipped easily into a mask of panic. Her voice trembled as she spoke, sounding genuinely terrified.

“Ron is just a child—he’s done nothing wrong! Liz, if you’re angry, take it out on me, please. Just don’t hurt the boy, I’m begging you.”

Stella’s shaky plea made it sound as if Lizetta truly had kidnapped Ron.

Lizetta noticed that as soon as Stella finished, the officers’ suspicion sharpened still further.

She almost laughed at the absurdity, then turned to the officers and said calmly, “Officers, if I really meant to hurt the child, would I have brought him to the hospital? I was simply trying to comfort him. As for my ID, I don’t have it with me.”

After all, nobody carries their identification around all the time.

But the officers weren’t swayed. Their tone grew even firmer. “Then we’ll need you to come down to the station with us to give a statement and assist with the investigation.”

As they spoke, the two officers stepped forward as if to escort her away. At that moment, Ron—whether frightened or just uncomfortable in Anna’s arms—let out a piercing wail.

The boy’s cries quickly drew a crowd outside the hospital room, people craning their necks to see what was happening.

Seeing the police surrounding Lizetta, the onlookers began to whisper and point, eyes filled with suspicion and curiosity.

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