Detective Santos looked older than he was the day before, with severe wrinkles around his eyes from fatigue. The coffee spill on his shirt and the stack of documents on his desk suggested he'd been working on Derek's case all day.
"The phone call changes things," he remarked after hearing their story. "Direct threats, specific timeline, personal surveillance……….we can move forward with formal charges."
"What kind of charges?" Grace asked.
"Illegal harassment, stalking, and threat with the intent to coerce." "The issue is getting him to court before your deadline expires."
Max leaned forward in his chair. "You think he'll follow through?"
"Derek Voss served eight years in maximum security." In his view, backing down from a proclaimed threat results in irreversible credibility loss. "Ye
