Liam navigated the streets with calm precision, safely delivering Megan and Thalia home. Only after ensuring they were settled did he return to the police station. Troy had already accompanied officers to interrogate Sheila, where they learned she'd been tailing Megan for weeks. Her original plan wasn't to kidnap Thalia—just to shake Megan down for cash. But somehow, she'd gotten in too deep.
"I ain't got nothing to say. Just wanted to take her."
Sheila sat slumped, her tough act having crumbled. The dim interrogation room felt suffocating, though she still hadn't grasped the hell she'd unleashed. Troy lounged with one ankle resting on his knee, having rushed to hear her statement—only to get this bullshit.
"You realize what crime you've committed?"
"Hah! What crime? Since when's takin
