Chapter 157

"It wasn't her, it was him!" Alvin cast a helpless glance at the four towering police officers who had entered their room, stepping away from the incapacitated waiter. He folded his arms and leaned on the television cabinet, ready for a show of cops and robbers. Barry also rose from near the waiter’s ankles, stepping around the broken glass to sit by Melissa's bed. "Oh, look at that. They already tied him up for us." One young cop laughingly characterized the situation to his colleague, finding it one of the funniest scenes he'd witnessed since he started the job. Two kids and a woman had successfully subdued a robber. The officer in charge noticed the shattered glass in the room, which might indicate intentional harm. He thus asked seriously "Who broke the bottle?" His gaze landed suspiciously on Melissa, suspecting she might have got carried away. But it could have been self-defense, something they'd need to figure out at the station. "It was me." A few seconds later, Barry raised hi