�Stefan Hunt?� she brusquely replied. �He�s nothing but a dead man now. There�s no use in bringing him up now. You�re just making a fool of yourself!�

�W-What did you say?�

Briar, who had seemed arrogant the whole time, seemed to be hit by a bolt from the blue at the moment. She was staggering on her feet, hardly able to keep herself from falling.

�You heard me right,� Renee snapped back in a biting voice. She could tell that Briar probably had no idea about Stefan�s death yet. She focused her icy gaze on the woman and added, �The man you�ve always depended on is now gone forever! There�ll be no one else to rescue you now! If you agree to cough up Adie�s real whereabouts right now, I might consider not going further with the charges against you and I�ll pretend that none of this ever happened.�

�Impossible!� Briar had a complete breakdown. With tears streaming down the corners of her eyes, she yelled, �You�re lying to me! Stefan is invincible! He�s the most powerful man in Beach City! How could he just die? Did you think that you could intimidate me into telling you where your son is by lying to me like that? You should�ve made up something more believable! Save your breath! I don�t believe you!�

�I don�t care if you believe me or not,� said Renee, releasing the fingers that had been pressing on the veins on Briar�s neck. She had lost all patience with Briar, and could now only bother to coldly tell her, �I gave you a chance, but you just tossed it away, so don�t regret it later.�

The police officers had been guarding the door and were ready to charge into the interrogation room at any moment. But then they saw Renee walking out of the door, and they collectively sighed in relief.

�How did it go?� an officer asked. �Did you get any useful clues from her?�

Renee smiled faintly at the police officers, but no one could tell what kind of emotions were on that lovely face of hers.

�I just had a heart-to-heart chat with Ms. Desrosiers just now, and found out that this is all just a misunderstanding. If there�s nothing else going on, please release her as soon as possible.�

The police officers quickly exchanged looks in confusion when they heard her.

�Ms. Everheart, was that a joke? The suspect kidnapped your son and you�re asking us to release her?�

Renee raised her brows, and her smile broadened. In an apologetic voice, she replied, �My son has been a really naughty boy. He knew that Ms.

Desrosiers and I don�t get along, so he decided to call the police on her, hoping that the police officers would take away the person that had been mean to me. I�ve found out where he is now, so I must deeply apologize for all the trouble we�ve caused you. I will make a 150,000-dollar donation to the construction funds for this police station as compensation. Please forgive us for this mistake.�

�But��

The police officers there were all dumbfounded

�Thank you for all your hard work. I�ll excuse myself now.�

Renee then nodded slightly at the police officers, turned around, and left.

Meanwhile, Liam and Leia had been anxiously waiting for Renee in the waiting area. As soon as they saw her coming out, they rushed toward her in excitement.

�You�re finally out, Boss! So what�s the situation? Do we know Adie�s whereabouts now?� JrNovels.com