Chapter 536: Anger
Autumn straightened and stared at the officer who advanced on her, his gun still pointed at her. He stopped to see the man on the floor, groaning and smirked," Do you know that this man can press charges against you? What were you thinking, Autumn? Hitting someone?"
Hearing the words, Gabe stiffened. What in the world? He was about to move when Autumn answered the officer in an incredulous tone," He is lying on the floor in my house. He tried to kill me and you think he has the right to press charges? Do you not understand what self defence is?"
The officer instead ridiculed," Self defence? You seem fine to me? But this gentleman looks anything but.. Also, it is your word against his. Who do you think the judge will believe? Did you bring him into your house to seduce him and blackmail him? And when he refused to pay you, you hit him and called the police?"
Gabe was done with. Before the officer could spout anymore nonsense, he spoke up,"Enough!" His voice rang out in the small room, cutting through the tension like a knife. The officer’s smirk faltered, taken aback by Gabe’s sudden appearance as he whirled around to see the man appear out of nowhere.
The other, younger officer who had been standing still until now, also shook up at the man’s appearance and raised his gun to him. But Gabe was unbothered as he advanced on the first officer," Your assumptions are not only unfounded but deeply offensive. Autumn is a victim here, and your blatant disregard for her safety is appalling."
"Who are you?"
"I am the witness here. And Autumn is not the one who hit this man. I did."
"Then I will have to arrest you." The officer started but did not advance towards him while Gabe laughed," Really! Is the man on the floor a police officer or something? Look officer, I don’t know what the procedure is. But considering the fact that this is Autumn’s home, and she is the one who made the complaint, you should be arresting the guy on the floor, reading him his rights etc and asking Autumn to co operate with your investigation."
There was a silence that followed Gabe’s announcement while the two stood still. Finally, the younger one seemed to come to his senses and moved to make the arrest. The older officer, however, only stared at Gabe and asked softly, "Who are you? You are not from here."