Betrayed, I Rise novel · Chapter 24 of 32
Chapter 24: A Witness
I ran down the stairs with the coffee still in my hand.
It spilled down my wrist. I didn't feel it.
"He didn't do anything," I said. "He was asleep. I was here."
The detective turned to me.
She was in her fifties, with short gray hair and reading glasses pushed up on her head.
"And you are?"
"Carly Wexford."
Something moved behind her eyes.
"The girl from the gala," she said. "I've seen it."
"Am I under arrest?" Troy asked.
"Not today," the detective said. "Today you're coming in to talk. You can drive yourself or ride with us."
"I'll ride," Troy said. "My truck smells like a campfire."
He handed me the rag.
"Feed the dog," he said. "Don't let the crew do anything stupid."
"Troy..."
"I'll be back by lunch."
He got in the back of the sedan.
The oldest man on the crew had come out of the ruins with a rake.
He stood in the gate and watched the car back all the way up the dead end.
Then he looked at me.
"You need a ride somewhere," he said. It wasn't a question.
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