[Ran^Text^Library] She also knows what it means. Lewen novel W-W-WC-O-M.

Travis is coming. He came to kill her, just as he was going to kill Tammy.

Mira eventually got up and staggered towards the door. Run. Fuck out there.

Worst! The door is open! Her brother didn't even lock it.

Travis had already come in, right in the house.

Should she have rushed through the living room?

As she froze there, he slipped up from behind her, his arm wrapped around her throat like a snake.

She struggled until he held his pistol to her temple.

She sobbed, "Please don't, Travis. ”

"Psychopath?" He whispered, "Unlucky?"

"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I didn't mean that. ”

He dragged her backwards towards the basement door. She felt his arms tighten tighter and tighter until her pleading and choking grew quieter, and the light from the immaculate living room window turned gray and then pitch black.

Katyusha is not ignorant of the country's judicial system. She has been in and out of the sheriff's offices and courtrooms as a criminal journalist, jury counsellor and magistrate.

But none of her relatives have ever been charged.

After leaving the hospital, she left the children at Martini's house and later called her sister Betsy, who lives with her husband in Santa Barbara.

"Betsy, something happened to Mom."

"What? Tell me what happened. The usually radiant woman's voice was tinged with rare eagerness. She is a few years younger than Katyusha. Betsy's hair was angelically fisted. She has changed several jobs like a butterfly tempting a flower.

Katyusha recounted all the details she knew.

"I'll call her right now." Betsy claimed.

"She was detained. They confiscated her phone. A bail hearing will be held soon.

We'll find out more when we get there. ”

"I'll go over here."

"It's better to come a little later."

"Okay, that's fine. Oh, Catherine, how serious is it?"

Katyusha paused. She remembered Harper's cold, determined eyes, the eyes of a priest. In the end, she said, "It's going to be bad."

They hung up the phone, and Katyusha went to the court's sheriff's office, where she sat with her father. The thin, white-haired old man was even more emaciated than usual. He put his arm around her.

Idi has been in detention for an hour, and many of the criminals Katyusha has captured will be registered and held here. She is familiar with the procedure: all personal belongings are to be confiscated. You're checked for an arrest and your information is registered, and then you sit in your room, surrounded by other arrestees. You just wait, wait, wait.

Finally, you're taken to the sheriff's impersonal office to await a bail hearing. In addition to Katyusha and her father, there were other detainees' family members. Most of the indictates here are young Latinos, some wearing clothes appropriate for wearing on the street, others wearing county jail jumpsuits. Katyusha recognized some of the gangsters with messy hair. Some were angry whites, scruffier than Latins, with rotten mouths and unkempt hair. In the back sat the public defender. The insurance people are also waiting to receive a 10% commission from these guys who don't have oil and water.

When her mother was brought in, Katyusha looked up at her. Seeing her mother in handcuffs, Katyusha's heart was broken. She didn't wear a jumpsuit. Her usual stylish hair was a mess. The necklace she made herself was taken away when she was locked in, along with her wedding ring and engagement ring. Her eyes were red.

The lawyers were busy going back and forth in the room, some no more well-dressed than their clients; Only Edie's lawyer wore a suit that had been bought and specially trimmed by a tailor. George has been a criminal lawyer on the Central Coast for 20 years. He has thick white hair, broad shoulders, a non-standard body shape, and a deep voice, which will definitely sound good if he sings the song "Old Man River".

Katyusha made a brief phone call to Hitty in the car, followed by a phone call to Hugh. He was surprised when he heard the news. She called the county attorney again, and his nickname was "Sand."

"I just heard, Katyusha," muttered angrily, "I'll be straight with you: we've sent sheriffs to assist the county police department in investigating the death of Miliar, and I know that, of course, but I don't know that Harper has come to town for this case, and has made a public arrest." "This is unforgivable." If the Attorney General had insisted on prosecuting, I could have handed it over to you to bring her. ”

Katyusha believed him. The two of them have worked together for many years, and the reason why they have been able to bring many bad guys to justice is also thanks to this mutual trust in part.

"I'm sorry, Katyusha. I have nothing to do with this case. The case is now in Harper's hands, with the City Attorney's Office taking over. ”

She said thank you and hung up the phone. But she could have made her mother's bail hearing process faster. Under state law, the timing of the hearing is determined by the sheriff. In places like the Bend and the Heart of the Sea, prisoners are held for 12 hours before they can see the sheriff. Since the case was charged with murder, it is also possible that the sheriff would not even be granted bail, and the issue of bail would be left to the judge at the arraignment, which would take several days in California.

The door to the hallway outside was always open, and Katyusha noticed that many of the newcomers had media badges around their necks. Photographs are not allowed, but many of them have notebooks in their hands.

Like a circus......

The clerk shouted, "Edie. Katyusha. Her mother stood up, looking dejected, her eyes red and handcuffed. Hitty came to her side. A prison guard was next to them. This trial was held specifically for bail; The appeal will be filed at a later arraignment. Harper asked Edie not to be released on bail while in custody, and Katyusha was not surprised. Her father froze at the prosecutor's harsh words, making Edie sound like a dangerous Dr. Jack. If he is released on bail, he will seek out other patients as hunting targets, and then flee back to Canada.

Stuart gasped as he listened to his wife being said like this.

"It's all right, Daddy," the daughter whispered, "that's how they talk." Although these words also broke her heart.

George pleaded for her release, on the condition that Edie was self-bailed, citing her lack of criminal record and her status in the community.

The sheriff is a sharp-eyed Latino who has met Katyusha before. He exuded tremendous pressure. She could easily see this from his posture and facial expressions. He didn't want to take on the case at all; He is loyal to Katyusha because she is a sensible and easy to work with. But he also realizes that Harper is a big man from the big city. The sheriff is also well aware of these unscrupulous media.