Then Officer Ramirez, Cole’s younger partner, jogged up with hurried urgency. “Darren—we just got updated intel. The suspects they’re looking for are two adult males. Not teenagers. Not girls.”
Cole froze. “What?” Ramirez showed him the dispatch screen. “You’ve got the wrong people. Again.”
A nervous whisper rippled through the watching crowd. Cole’s chest tightened. Not out of guilt—but fear. Because in that moment, a black SUV turned onto the street, moving with controlled speed and purpose. The crowd parted instinctively. The vehicle stopped directly behind the patrol car.
And out stepped District Attorney Olivia Rivers—the most powerful legal authority in the county. Her expression transformed from confusion to horror in an instant. Because the two girls handcuffed in the back of the patrol car…
…were her daughters. A collective gasp burst from the crowd.
Cole’s hand trembled. Ramirez shut his eyes. DA Rivers’ voice sliced through the street like steel. “Officer Cole… what have you done?”
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