At the precinct.
On the way here, the medic traveling with them had bandaged Evelyn’s arm to stop the bleeding.
By the time Nicholas arrived at the station, she was sitting in the lobby giving her statement.
The moment he stepped in, he heard her say:
“A few months ago, my uncle decided that once I graduated, he’d marry me off to a nouveau riche family. But now that his company is collapsing and he desperately needs money, he wanted to push the marriage forward to get the bride price sooner.”
“I’m already married. I have a husband. But he wouldn’t back off. He kept chasing after me. Today I was delivering lunch to my husband. He works hard, so I stopped to buy some lilies on the way.”
“I had just bought the flowers when he kidn*pped me. I tried to resist and he cut me. This is how th
