Chapter 98: Arrested
The students in the room also had extremely panicked and surprised looks on their faces, and they nervously watched the policemen's every move, and no one even dared to talk to each other.
The bell rang for the end of class, but no one got up from their seats.
Two policemen walked to the center of the round table and stood beside William, one of whom pulled out the shiny handcuffs.
William tried his best to maintain a good demeanor, however, the way he shook his head desperately seemed a little nervous.
"No, I didn't! You must be mistaken. ”
Dr. Lycaon came trembling and said in a dumb voice, "Gentlemen, there must be some misunderstanding......
At this moment, Principal Nong and another tall man who looked like a police officer appeared at the door of the classroom, and Principal Nong only said one sentence with a serious expression: Please don't be nervous, the school will come forward to coordinate related issues. However, I ask you to refrain from speculation, discussion or dissemination of what is happening today until you have reached a formal conclusion! ”
As the principal spoke, the officers had already put handcuffs on William's hands, and four officers gathered him in the middle and walked out of the classroom.
William's feet were a little disobedient, and the soles of his shoes seemed to be glued to the floor with super glue, and the police had to drag him forward.
He wanted to speak, but he opened his mouth, but there was no sound in his throat. He longed to turn his head to look at Principal Nong, Dr. Lucaon, and his classmates again, but he didn't dare, he didn't know what would be mixed in their eyes, disappointment, fear, doubt, sympathy......
William didn't know how he got into the tall black police car.
Bang –
The moment the door closed, William immediately felt dizzy and fell into his seat.
Perhaps because of the thin air in the police car, he had to open his mouth and grab the air in the car, and the sound of rapid breathing attracted the attention of the police officer next to him, and the policeman sitting to his left looked at him sideways with a serious expression.
William's whole body froze, and his fist-clenched hands clenched tighter, although his palms were already numb, he could feel that his hands were all sweaty, hot, and slippery, while the heavy handcuffs on his wrists were hard and cold where they fit his skin.
Just now, the policeman who was watching him turned his head in the other direction, thinking that it was already their usual thing to come and escort the prisoner, and at this moment, he was looking down and fiddling with a string of keys tied to his belt, and the small sound made William feel irritable.
The policeman on the right was sitting in a precarious position, looking straight ahead, breathing evenly, but he was too fat, and after the oversized police uniform jacket was tucked into his pants, and then the wide belt was tightened, a layer of fat on his stomach hugged the belt, and he had to constantly straighten the belt buckle with his fingers as thick as a small sausage.
Between William's seat and the front cab seat is a cool black matte lacquered steel railing with two guns for mass riots and high-intensity combat, an M4 semi-automatic rifle and an M3 shotgun, on the gun rack of the guardrail.
Through the gap in the row of steel columns, he saw a large computer fixed to the car in the cab, between the two policemen.
Familiar restaurants, lakeside swing racks, main building, central lawn, gymnasium, science building...... Passing through the windshield in turn, he rushed into William's sight, and then disappeared behind the road in an instant, and finally saw the boulder lying in the grass at the end of the road, and the verdant green grass set it with a large circle of furry green edges, which had overcome the merciless years, and maintained a noble and cold posture standing in the grass.
Leaving the campus, the car turned around and walked down the road, William craned his neck to try to see the words of A Academy carved in the middle of the large stone and the little angel holding the scroll above it more clearly through the mirror, however, they irretrievably became smaller and smaller in the mirror, and finally disappeared from William's field of vision......
The surrounding scenery gradually became unfamiliar, and the speed of the car increased significantly.
William's brain was also spinning rapidly, why did it fall to this point?
This is definitely done by Quentin and Kevin's gang, they must have seen Stella become their girlfriend, and they couldn't get angry in their hearts, so they falsely accused him and retaliated, they were so ruthless!
His nails were tightly pressed into the skin of his palms, but he felt no pain, for anger, fear, and helplessness overwhelmed him at the moment.
He imagined the next step to get out of trouble, but it seemed that he couldn't do anything, he couldn't bail, he couldn't save himself, because he didn't have any children, let alone a powerful family like Quentin and Kevin.
Overnight, William seemed to recognize a lot of problems at once, the world is not full of justice, justice and love, on the contrary, only money and power can control everything.
He cursed himself in his heart: William, you are such a fool, you are still lying to yourself! In the face of reality, excellent grades and outstanding abilities are all worthless!
The police car drove through the small square in front of the city hall and walked for about ten minutes, turning into a quiet neighborhood and stopping in front of a gray, modern-style building.
When the police brought William into the police station building, his leg and stomach began to cramp. He felt like a slow-moving ball, and all the courage in his heart was leaking little by little.
At the security checkpoint at the entrance, the police confiscated William's communications equipment, metalwork, and all his personal belongings, and put them in a large pocket.
After an X-ray examination, a dutiful fat policeman touched him up and down as if he were doing a physical examination.
After putting on their shoes, the two policemen took William inside. On the first floor, there is the office of the security patrol police, the 911 police service center, and the monitoring room with a view of the city's major roads*.
They went to the reception desk on the second floor, brought William in, and the two policemen and a black policeman who was waiting there explained a few words before leaving.
The black cop took him to an empty room at the end of the hallway, sternly instructed him to fill out a large number of forms, took his fingerprints, and took him to another room.
The room was large and empty, with grey floors and walls, like a new turnkey rough house. In the middle of the room was a simple table with two old chairs on each side. Judging from the age of the tables and chairs, they have been used for a long time, and from the perspective of their simplicity, they give people a very temporary feeling.
Not long after, a sturdy man who looked to be in his fifties walked into the room.
He didn't wear pistols, batons, bullet magazines, or anything like other police officers, and judging from his ironed uniform and the badge on his body, he was clearly different from the police officer who had just escorted him over.
William made a closer look and found that this was the man who had just walked in with the principal of the Latin class.
At that time, he was so nervous that he didn't even notice that this man had a kind face, and his sunburned and blackened face looked trusting.
Perhaps to ease William's nervousness, the man politely introduced himself, and then he learned that the person sitting across from him was the sheriff in charge of the pre-trial of the local criminal case. The sheriff's friendly attitude even made William feel a little uncomfortable.
At this moment, William noticed that the red light on a black machine standing in the corner of the wall was flashing, and a small camera was pointed at him, and for a moment, his nerves, which had just relaxed, tensed again.
"Would you like something to drink?" The sheriff asked politely.
"Yes...... Sir, please give me a cup of coffee......" William heard the slight trembling of his upper and lower gums, the kind of sound he had heard before, often made by the squirrels who were frantically eating pine cones on campus.
He didn't want the man opposite to see his nervousness, so he tried his best to ease his emotions, and repeatedly told himself in his heart: Don't be afraid, it's just a misunderstanding, nothing happened, everything will be fine.
After a while, the black policeman brought two cups of black coffee, and William lowered his head and took a sip, which was no different from the coffee made in the school coffee machine.
The only familiarity in the unfamiliar environment gave him some comfort, and he felt that it was a good hint that perhaps he would soon be back at school.
The inquiry between the sheriff and William began with the smell of black coffee.
"Do you know Xinrui White? A Chinese girl. The sheriff still had a smile on his face, as if he was chatting with William, and the Pizza Hut across the street corner post office was doing a Black Friday sale, buy one get one free for pasta and pizza.
"Yes, sir."
William tried not to look at the camera in the corner, and he was facing the sheriff at a 45-degree angle, a pose that made people feel weird and unnatural.
The sheriff was unimpressed, and asked in the same tone, "What is the relationship between the two of you?" ”
She ...... It's my girlfriend. William's face was still tense as he said this.
The sheriff paused, leaned forward with his hands clasped together, and said, "Young man, now, someone accuses you of raping Miss Bai. Can you give a logical explanation for this? ”
"No, sir, I don't! This must have been a prank by my classmates! I'm the president of the school's student council, you know......" William's voice suddenly became high-pitched like a male cat with his tail tagged.
“…… An honor student like me will always attract the hatred of the cynical prodigals...... I mean, I didn't expect them to resort to such a despicable measure! I assure you, I'm not a very casual person when it comes to sex, and until now I've only had one girlfriend with Stella. Never have I ever raped anyone...... I dare say that those who make false accusations have no evidence! ”
It was the first time William had spoken so illogically, and when he was excited, he stood up blushing like an uneducated blue-collar worker, and the black policeman standing next to him immediately pushed him back to his seat.