Then he looked back at me—smaller now, stripped of the confidence he’d walked in with.
“I… I didn’t know.”
“You didn’t need to,” I said. “The law doesn’t change based on who I am.”
For a moment, no one moved.
Then I stepped aside, clearing the way.
“Call the ambulance,” he said immediately, already reaching for his radio.
This time, no one argued.
Within minutes, paramedics arrived and took over. Eli was carefully lifted, his cries softer now but still breaking through everything.
I stayed beside him the entire time.
Before they loaded him into the ambulance, I turned back once more.
Lisa was still standing there, stunned, trying to piece together what had just happened.
I didn’t raise my voice.
I didn’t need to.
“Arrest her.”
The words landed heavier than anything I’d said before.
Her father hesitated for half a second.
Then he nodded.
Lisa’s expression shattered as reality caught up with her.
“What—no. No, you can’t be serious.”
But this time, no one rushed to her side.
No one defended her.
The same hands she trusted to protect her placed the cuffs around her wrists.
She started shouting, her voice sharp, unraveling fast. The composure, the confidence, the control—it all vanished in seconds.
I didn’t watch her being led away.
My focus was already elsewhere.
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