LILY’S POV

Noah turned towards the camera. “I apologize on her behalf, Detective Adams. Please let her stay. I promise it won’t happen again.”

“Very well then,” the speaker sounded. “To ensure it doesn’t happen again, the officer will be present throughout the interrogation. Any act of violence won’t be tolerated. We’ll restart shortly after the suspect’s wounds are attended to.”

Shortly after the detective made that announcement, a short female medic a little younger than me with a calm demeanour came into the room and tended to Cassandra’s wounds.

Cassandra kept her gaze on me throughout the procedure while I occasionally looked away. She still had that stupid smirk...