Candance's POV
I wasn't sure whether to be alarmed when I saw Oakley pinning the elderly man, whom I had never seen before, to the wall. They spoke incoherently to me, and my blurry vision made it difficult for me to make out their faces. I closed my eyes and opened them again, trying to regain my wits.
I struggled to sit up on the bed I was lying on, but I eventually gave up and fell back onto it. I made the decision to listen intently to their conversation in an effort to understand what was happening.
My partner grabbed the man's neck while yelling, "How dare you, Gaia!" as the victim gasped for air and I started to worry about his safety.
The older man wheezed as the hand tightened around his neck, "forgive me please, it was just a joke."
Oakley didn't seem like he was
