THE ARREST
Jade paced the dimly lit living room, her brow furrowed and her heart racing. Shadows flickered across the walls, cast by the dying afternoon light, mirroring the turmoil that churned within her.
She glanced at Aunt Nadine, whose brows knitted together in a frown, a mix of disbelief and anger etched into her features.
"We're searching her room," Jade declared, her voice sharp as broken glass. “I am done stalling or waiting for her useless explanations over nothing.” Each word dripped with disdain, her impatience dark and palpable in the room.
“Jade!” Aunt Nadine's voice sliced through the air, a warning laced with barely contained fury. “You can't just….”
But Jade was already steeling herself against her aunt's admonishments. She barely heard her. All she could focus on wa
