After the badge-number reactivation ceremony, in front of all the attendees, Linnea Valmont was officially awarded badge 005168, marking her full-fledged role as a police officer.
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Meanwhile, at the Capital City Police Department.
"Sonya, you beat me like this... I'm not accepting any mediation!"
Across from Dominic and Sonya sat her ex, Harrison Ware. His forehead was stitched and wrapped in gauze. A storm of fury still brewed inside him.
Sonya said nothing, just crying her heart out, tears streaming down her face.
"Dominic, please help me. I didn't mean to hit him."
Dominic's brows furrowed tightly.
He only realized yesterday that Harrison hadn't come to make peace. Whatever words he'd spat out had triggered Sonya, and she'd cracked his skull open.
Harrison shot him with a
