The Million-Dollar Heart (Percival and Vivienne) novel Chapter 759

"Julian!"

"Juli..."

Four voices rang out in unison.

Sadie squeezed out a feeble note from her throat, her half-closed eyes widening ever so slightly.

She wasn't faring much better than Julian, and it was a miracle she had held on this long. But now, seeing her husband collapsed, she couldn't catch her breath. Her legs gave way, and she, too, started to fall!

Thankfully, Percival and Vivienne were quick to catch them.

Otherwise, with the slick floors of the police station, the elderly couple would've surely broken bones!

Kaitlyn's eyes were ablaze with fury, her dry tears sticking to the corners of her eyes, causing a stinging pain, "Rafferty, my in-laws haven't been convicted yet. Are you trying to make this a case of death without evidence?!"

Rafferty was also taken aback. He wasn't the one who had arrested them; he had only checked in on them during a shift change.

Back then, the elderly couple was sitting quietly in the holding cell, clearly frightened, but otherwise in good spirits.

How did things turn so dire so quickly?

His sharp, eagle-like gaze turned to the junior officer beside him, his eyes filled with inquiry, "What's going on here?!"

"I... I don't know," stammered the junior officer, shivering.

Sure, he usually hung around the deputy chief, but everyone knew about Rafferty's uncompromising integrity. If Rafferty found out that he had deliberately lowered the air conditioning to make the suspects uncomfortable, his career here would be over!

He sneakily glanced at Sophie, hoping for some direction. But ever since Percival showed up, her eyes had been fixed on the man.

Even late into the night, her makeup was impeccable, her eyes full of admiration.

The junior officer thought, "Seriously? You're swooning over a guy at a time like this?"

Seeing the officer's silence, Rafferty's gaze grew more intense, "You don't know? You've been on duty at the holding cell all this time. If you don't know, should I personally check the surveillance footage?"

Vivienne's hands moved away from the old couple's wrists, her icy stare shifting from the junior officer to Sophie and then back to Rafferty. "Captain Rafferty, is your police station's air conditioning so cold that it can knock people out? I need an explanation."

After her words, her gaze fell back on Sophie, her voice cool, "And who might this grandma be? She's capable of taking people out of your station? I need an explanation for that as well."

Sophie's eyes widened in shock. Grandma?

Who was this person? No manners at all!

She wasn't even thirty, how did she become a 'grandma'?

When Kipling caught sight of Sophie, the muscles on his face twisted in disgust.

Did this girl even know what she was doing?

"Alright, why is everyone interjecting here? You've all conspired with Rafferty, trying to get this old man out, haven't you?!" Zinnia was quicker on the uptake than Kipling.