Chapter 157: No Ordinary Background

When Ernest heard he'd been suspended and the prosecutor's office had officially opened a case against him, his legs buckled. He collapsed to the floor. It had never occurred to him that the director of the Westvale Police Station, with all his supposed prestige, would be brought down because of Nash Johnston. Staring at Secretary Parker from the Nytherea Municipal Committee and at Joanne Ross, Ernest felt all hope drain away. "Hey, handsome, the guy's under investigation. Satisfied?" Joanne walked...