Go After My Ex-wife
Chapter 873 Danger Resolved, Order Restored

Scarlette was arrested for the assault and battery of a schoolmate and attempted evasion from arresting officers. Raeleigh too was arrested for the obstruction of justice.

"If you both tell us what happened truthfully and admit to your crimes, then we can let you off easily on account of your student status, and not announce this matter to the public." The police officer opposite Raeleigh raised his hand and smacked the file he held in the other. Raeleigh looked back at him and replied, "We did not do anything. We don't even know Quirina Cole."

Raeleigh insisted that she didn't know Quirina. The police officer was angry and paced around in the room. They had been interrogating her for an hour. No matter how much pressure they put on her, they couldn't find anything. Raeleigh just insisted that she didn't know Quirina Cole. So, the police couldn't do anything to Raeleigh.

If she didn't know her, then how could she have fought her?

Scarlette was even harder to deal with than Releigh. She simply refused to say even a word. She kept silent throughout the interrogation, did not answer any of the questions posed to her, and just stared at he interrogating officer, as if she were sizing him up.

So, this case, for the police, was also very tricky.

Raeleigh and Scarlette were both students. Even if they didn't have powerful families to back them up, the police wouldn't go too far. They wouldn't do anything to them unless it was absolutely necessary. However, once they started, Raeleigh and Scarlette would have h*ll to pay for.

"Drink some water." The police poured a glass of water for Raeleigh. This was a trick. The police often used this kind of tactic to deal with women.

"It's not a crime to let you drink water here, so have a drink."

After consuming fluids, it was inevitable that the need to relieve oneself would arise. When that time came, they could use it against the detainee to threaten them into answering or deal with the alternative of not being allowed to go to the loo.

This tactic did not work on men since if the urge arose and they were not allowed to go to the loo, then they would simply do it on the spot.

This alternative is inconvenient and mostly inaccessible to women.

Raeleigh looked at the water. "I am not thirsty."

"Have a drink." The police suddenly became friendly, which made Raeleigh feel uncomfortable, so she didn't drink it.

The police officer was not in a hurry and looked up at the camera. The people outside had been used to this method for a long time. They knew what it meant to turn off the air-conditioner with just one look from the officer in the interrogation room.

This season was rather warm. The four walls of the interrogation room were closed and there were no ventilation ducts. If the air-conditioner was turned off, then it would definitely be hot and people would not be able to withstand it for a long time.

The policeman stood up and said, "I'm going out for a while. You should think about what I said."

The police took the notebook and left. Raeleigh felt a little hot. She stared at the cup in front of her and recalled that the air-conditioning was turned off when she refused to drink it. She drew the connection between the two and became even more convinced that the water was not to be drunk.

It was too hot in the interrogation room. Raeleigh felt uncomfortable and lay down flat on the table. As a result, by the time someone had come to bail her and Scarlette out, she had passed out on the table. The person who had bailed them out was the principal of Elkton University himself. He was undeniably a reliable bailor.

When Raeleigh and Scarlette were released, Scarlette was well. After all, she was much stronger and fitter than Raeleigh. Raeleigh, on the other hand, came out in quite a bad shape. She was still semi- conscious and had to be carried out. When the principal saw the bracelet on Raeleigh's wrist, he was so scared that he broke into cold sweat immediately.

"How can you torture her like this? Is there even any law and order anymore?" Even being the principal, he couldn't suppress his anger. This matter could affect his old age and retirement plans.

He was going to retire soon. He couldn't afford to lose out on his luxurious retirement life for failing to handle Raeleigh's problem well.

Since Young Master Harvey could place such an important item in Raeleigh's possession, it showed that Young Master Harvey' intentions were set. Young Master Harvey' principle and style were something the principal knew very clearly. He would not do it, but once he set out to do it, there would be no going back. Even though Raeleigh didn't have an impressive lineage whatsoever, and whilst in any normal circumstance, the chances of her becoming part of the Harvey family would be slim to none, yet with the young master determined to rein her in, and his position as the youngest and most likely the longest serving leader of the Harvey Group, who was to say what could happen?

The principal would not live for more than a few years, but he still had children and grandchildren.

They also had to rely on Young Master Harvey for their future careers.

The principal's face darkened. He had conveniently taken along with him Raeleigh's class teacher as well as the head of the teaching department.

Both of them were women. Although they did not know how Raeleigh would've alerted the principal to come over in person, they also knew that if Raeleigh had no backing at all, then the principal would not have asked so many people to come and bail her out of the police station.

Everyone in Capital City knew that the Cole family was involved in this matter.

If even the principal had dared to take the chance of ruining his future, rushing all the way here from the airport, giving up the opportunity to be a guest speaker at a foreign university, then it was obvious that Raeleigh's predicament was a matter of the highest importance.

Raeleigh's class teacher and the head of the teaching department rushed to Raeleigh's side to check on her condition.

The head of the teaching department had encountered many students' sudden illness, so she was very good at handling this situation.

"She passed out from a heat stroke and needs to be sent to the hospital immediately," the head said, which made the principal's face look even worse.

She had a heat stroke in the police station?

"Our student was still in good condition when she came in. The current weather outside is about 28 to 99 degrees and you somehow managed to get my student into a heat stroke in the police station. I suspect that your law enforcement department is abusing your powers and working against justice. We will investigate this matter to the end. Now, we will go to the hospital to collect evidence. You'd better look out for what you've got coming at you." The principal led the small entourage out of the bail office and Raeleigh was immediately escorted into a black car waiting outside upon exiting the police station.

Jepherson's eyes were much different from normal. Raeleigh was put in his arms. He lowered his head and swept Raeleigh's messy hair neatly to the side. The principal then sat in the car and said, "It's a heat stroke."

Jepherson raised his eyes and took a look at the police station. "Gather a parade and protest against the police terrorizing students into forced confessions. Contact the student union and have them put pressure on the police by gathering at the police station and blocking them. A private detective will give you some information about Quirina. Find a way to hand it over to the student union."

As Jepherson ordered, the car was driven to the hospital. The car stopped in the parking lot of the hospital's VIP passage. The principal got out of the car and the school staff sent Raeleigh to the hospital. Jepherson sat in the car and looked towards the direction in which Raeleigh was being wheeled away.

"Tell them that they are not allowed to leave Raeleigh's side, not even half a step." When the door was closed, an impatient look appeared in Jepherson's eyes. "The Cole family..."

Raeleigh woke up soon after first aid was administered on her. When she opened her eyes, she saw Scarlette sitting beside her. She was gaming on a laptop that she had with her. Raeleigh stared at Scarlette for a while. She did not know what to say, to think that she still had the mood to play computer games at that time. She really took her hat off to Scarlette.

"Scarlette, are we out of trouble?" Scarlette had not realized that she had woken up, so Raeleigh had to call out to her. Only then did Scarlette stop her gaming, put her laptop aside and focused her attention on Raeleigh. "How are you? Are you out of the woods yet?"

Raeleigh shook her head. "I'm fine now. Let me ask you, are we out of trouble now?"

"It's okay now. Now, the school is in the midst of suing the police station for abuse of police powers in interrogating and forcing confessions out of students to the point of requiring hospitalization. As for Quirina's matter, the school is also investigating the matter closely and if they're not wrong, then they should be able to arrive at a conclusion soon and restore truth and order to this matter," Scarlette said firmly. Raeleigh didn't feel like talking anymore. She was just amazed that a person such as Scarlette, with her unique character, existed in this world at all.