"What''s wrong? You trying to lose your badge, too? Should I tell the Chief about this?"


    Judson was scared out of his wits by Ss. He stammered, "Mr. Myers, please, I had no idea about any of this! As soon as Callie messaged me, I came right over! Even if you hadn''t shown up, I would''ve sorted it out!"


    “And as for the whole Jewell family business, I''m on Callie''s side, okay? Right, Callie? Back me up here! This was all Karter''s idea. I honestly had no clue what was going on!"


    It was pretty obvious Judson was totally blindsided.


    Karter hadn''t expected Judson to be so freaked out by Calliope and Ss. Now he was starting to panic, too.


    He shot Judson a desperate look and blurted out, "Judson, I only arrested Calliope because someone reported her for murder and fraud! That''s it!"


    "Oh yeah? You got any proof? Or did you just take someone''s hush money and do it for them?"


    “Idiot. Do you have any idea who Callie is? Her rank is way above yours. If she''d actually done anything wrong, it wouldn''t be your job to handle it."


    Judson swore under his breath, "You can get the hell out of here. Seriously, enjoy unemployment, because you''re about to lose your job!"


    "Judson, I swear, I''m innocent!"


    Now Karter was genuinely terrified. He hadn''t realized this could cost him his job. He''d worked so hard to get here. He couldn''t lose it now.


    At this point, Karter was starting to put the pieces together. He realized Calliope was no ordinary woman. Messing with her could be the end of him.


    He turned to Calliope, pleading, "Ms. Jewell, I''m sorry! I was wrong! I shouldn''t have arrested you without evidence, or threatened you like that!"


    "But it wasn''t my idea! It was... it was Lisette! She put me up to it! If anyone wants to hurt you, it''s her, not me!"


    "Ms. Jewell, I''m begging you, please, just let me off the hook!"


    Calliope looked at Karter with a cool, detached gaze. "People like you, who would gro frame someone once, would


    do it again. You''remot fit for this job.  s


    She turned to Judson, "He needs to goff he could do this to me,


    probably done it to others to e


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    "Yes, ma''am," Judson replied respectfully, barely meeting her eyes.


    Karter stared in disbelief. Even the Chief was scared of Calliope? Who was she, really? Who had he crossed?


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    "Let''s get out of here," Calliope said to Ss.


    Ss didn''t say a word, but the warning in his nce made Judson shiver.


    "Don''t worry. Nothing like this will ever happen again,” Judson promised. "This was my oversight."


    With that, he gave Karter a swift kick, making Karter yelp in pain.


    Afterward, Calliope stepped outside and got into Ss''s car.


    "You really didn''t have toe. I already told Judson about it," Calliope said, ncing over.


    She knew Ss could handle this,


    but she hadn''t called him. She could deal with it herself. Besides, she


    knew how busy he was. She hadn''t expected him to show up.  s


    But here he was.


    "What, you don''t want my help?" Ss said, a hint of annoyance in his voice.