Just then, piercing police sirens echoed from outside the hotel. Four police cruisers slammed their brakes below, and a dozen fully armed police officers, covered by a team of SWAT officers, pushed open the doors and charged into the banquet hall, bringing the scene under complete control.
"Who called the police?" the leading officer asked in a cold, stern tone.
It turned out that while I was being forcibly restrained by the two security guards earlier, I had blindly pressed the side button SOS emergency feature on my phone.
Seeing the police arrive, Mrs. Ellsworth, who was slumped on the floor, seemed to find a lifeline.
Though several of her teeth had been knocked out, and her speech was slurred, she struggled to push away the bodyguards and pointed at Dominic, shouting, "Of... Offi
