Chapter 123

Charmine was made to sit on a chair as she stared widely at Officer Ryan walking toward her. Officer Ryan held out the test strip toward her and requested, “Ms. Jordan, please use your fingers to pinch the test strip briefly.” The test strip was partially wet and contained several complicated components. If there were any trace of halophilic bacteria on her fingers, the test strip would change color from white to purple. The crowd turned toward Charmine and started to taunt her, “Didn’t you say that you were innocent? Hurry up and use the strip!” “You sounded pretty arrogant back there so why aren’t you taking the test now?” “Are you scared? You better hurry up and do the test. We need to see the results!” The mocking voices grew louder and louder. Charmine had some reservations about this but was now forced into a corner and had to reach her fingers out. As soon as she squeezed the test strip, the white strip actually turned purple! She was the perpetrator! There were still trace