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    that!"


    Judson trailed after Ss down the hallway, forcing a nervousugh as he tried to exin. He was in over his head.


    Calliope was already a handful on her own, but throw Ss into the mix, and it was basically an unbeatable nightmare team. He had no idea what kind of bad luck made his rookie officers pick a fight with the two people you definitely didn''t want to mess with.


    Besides, why would Calliope scam the Jewell family? If she ever did want to run a con, she''d go for something much bigger, like a corporate CEO or a Wall Street millionaire, not the Jewells. Honestly, all their assetsbined probably didn''t even add up to one percent of Calliope''s own worth.


    Judson was getting a headache just thinking about it. But he had no choice.


    He gave Ss an apologetic smile, practically groveling. "Sorry, really, this is all a big misunderstanding. I totally believe your wife, one hundred percent! It''s gotta be the Jewells stirring up trouble. No way this has anything to do with your wife!" He kept up the awkward smile as they entered the station.


    Judson quickly called over one of the interns to fetch coffee for Ss, and then hurriedly said, "Mr. Myers, please, have some coffee and take a seat. I''ll handle the rest, you just rx here, alright?"


    "My wife. Where is she?" Ss''s voice was icy.


    “She''s, uh, inside..." Judson grabbed the nearest officer and whispered for an update.


    "She''s in Interrogation Room 2. Karter''s questioning her," the officer replied, looking nervous.


    "Karter? He''s the genius who brought her in?"


    Judson forced another thin smile at Ss.


    "Take me there," Ss said, voice t and dangerous. "Or do I find it myself?"


    "No, no, I''ll take you! Right now!" Judson swallowed hard, panic rising in his chest. He hustled to the front of the line, leading Ss down the hall.


    They hadn''t even reached the door when Karter''s harsh voice echoed down the corridor.


    “Well, look at you, ying tough, huh? Not gonna admit it? You think I can''t get a confession out of you?


    Doesn''t matter if you and it say did If you did, then you did. You think 1- can''t cook up some evidence?"  s


    BAM!


    Before Karter could finish, Ss kicked the door open with a thunderous crash. Calliope and Karter both jumped, staring at the doorway in shock.


    Calliope wasn''t surprised to see Judson, but the sight of Ss made her raise her eyebrows. She''d only informed Judson. She hadn''t expected Ss to show up so fast.


    "You''re here?" she said, genuinely surprised.


    "Heard the Jewells tried to drag you into something. I wasn''t about to sit around Ss.replied, his voice softening with warmth as he spoke to Calliope. But when he turned to Karter, his eyes went cold and lethal.  s


    "What''s that now? You think you can just whip up some evidence? You say my wife did it, so she did it? Who the hell do you think you are? You think your run belongs to s


    his ce?


    Karter visibly shrank back under Ss''s re, stumbling over his words, eyes wide with panic.


    "You what?" Ss sneered, then shot a re at Judson. "Is this how your people operate? Framing my wife? Making up evidence for fun?"