Third person's POV The days that followed the report didn’t pass quietly. George refused to give up and let the case die again. He urged the officers to make a detailed investigation on Dustin. The investigation moved forward with a kind of efficiency that Moxie hadn’t expected. They reviewed previous statements and records and what had once been reduced to a “domestic dispute” was now being examined for what it actually was. Evidence surfaced piece by piece, not just from the recent incident outside the café, but from the past she had tried to bury, the things she had once convinced herself no one would ever fully acknowledge. There were medical records from when she went to treat herself after being abused. The threatening messages he sent to her was also used against him and soon a

