Chapter 3
With great satisfaction Merlon watched the officers taking the handcuffed Justin out of the house. This man would not be out of custody any time soon. That would give Merlon time to finally win Cherry for himself. He knew that she was afraid of her boyfriend, and with good reason. Merlon could not bear to think about everything that Cherry must have had to suffer for years. He had found out a few things about Justin and none of it had shown Cherry’s boyfriend in a good light. He was a man who loved violence, especially violence towards women. It made Merlon’s blood boil just imagining this pig laying a finger on Cherry. But now there was an end to that. He had given the police a tip as to where Justin and his accomplices had hidden a considerable amount of drugs and weapons, and
