CHAPTER 208 POLICE AGAIN

As a policeman, he couldn’t help but feel a hint of sympathy. If these men had forcefully entered the house to collect debts and had intended to harm the women, they had brought it upon themselves. Mary listened to the officer’s words, wiping away her tears as she began to speak amidst sobs. “These men broke into my home and claimed I was Jeffry’s girlfriend. They demanded that I pay off his debts. If I refused, they threatened to capture compromising photos of me and sell them to settle the debt...” Upon hearing Mary’s account, Bella narrowed her eyes, her face clouded with anger. So it was all because of Jeffry that these men had come looking for Mary. No wonder Jeffry had been lingering around the building. Was he waiting for news of the incident? “Are you truly Jeffry’s girlfriend?” the policeman inquired. “No, we were merely classmates back in high school,” Mary responded, her eyes reddened and her chest heaving with emotion. “But he insisted that I was his girlfriend and