PATSY POV:

“If you’d come with us please.”

Another officer announces. “Make it easier on everyone.”

“A warrant?” I turn and look up at my daddy, shocked by what I’ve just heard. “What are they talking about, Baron?”

His face is stony and unmoving. It’s a look I’ve not seen before.

“What are the charges?” he asks.

One of the officers glances down at me before answering. “If you’d just come with us we could discuss it in private—”

“The charges,” Baron presses. The officer sighs and shrugs.

“Sexual assault of the first degree.”

My stomach drops.

My first instinct was to protect him. But now…knowing what I know about...