A Replacement Bride

However, since she did not respond to his question, he let it slide.

After he drove her back to school and watched her entering the campus, Joaquin paused

for a moment before driving away.

Meanwhile, Katherine had a wonderful meal with Aberama and scheduled a time plus

location for the medicine delivery with him. Since it was getting late, she left the private

restaurant and returned to Soulin International.

On her way home, Theodore also phoned her to remind her of the interview the following

day. A new employee had been hired at the research institute and she needed to make the

decision in person since they would be involved in her experiment after all.

She gave some affirmative hums and responses before hanging up the phone before

rubbing her temples subconsciously.

The Uber car came to a halt at Soulin International and Katherine had just paid the driver.

As soon as she alighted from the vehicle, her phone rang again.

She checked the caller ID and it was an unknown local number from Hovington.

Seeing that she did not know many people in Hovington, she paused and stared at the

phone number before answering.

"Hello, is this Keith Cornell's guardian? We are calling from the Hovington Downtown Public

Security Bureau. Keith Cornell is currently being held here on suspicion of drug possession.

He asked that we contact you so that you could come and bail him out." A solemn and

majestic voice was on the other end of the line.

After pursing her lips and remaining silent for a long time, Katherine pondered about the

possibilities of this call being a scam.

Keith has just returned from a two-day visit to Hovington. Despite his playful appearance,

he is a very upright boy. How could he do such a thing?

"Yes, I see. I'll be there right away." She took a brief pause before responding.

Once I get to Downtown, I'll know the truth.

Hovington was a large city with numerous jurisdictions and that included Downtown.

Katherine took a cab and headed to the Downtown Public Security Bureau. In less than

thirty minutes, the car arrived at the destination entrance.

She paid the fare, jumped off the car, and dashed into the station.

The busy employees in the bureau paused for a moment when they saw Katherine and

asked her who she was looking for.

"Excuse me, but did you detain a young man named Keith Cornell? I'm his sister."

Katherine politely nodded to the officer before speaking.

"Ah, Keith. Seventeen years old, hiding drugs, and possibly drug trafficking. We must

detain him. We have no idea who else is behind the drug trafficking, though. It is still

under consideration whether he can be bailed out or not," the officer explained as he took

out a file.

When Katherine heard his words, she narrowed her eyes and realized that the officer was

attempting to complicate matters.

"May I talk to him?" She was not in a rush to talk about the bailing situation; the most

important thing at the time was determining the cause of the event.

"Okay, fine. Take her in for a half-hour visit, Simon."

Soon after, a young police officer arrived and took Katherine into the bureau's detention

center.

As soon as she saw Keith, she noticed that his body was injured with blood stains all over

his white shirt. His face was heavily bruised and beaten too as he sat there dejectedly.

When Katherine came in, he lifted his head to look at her before lowering his head once

again while fidgeting with the corner of his shirt.

Katherine, too, only took a glance at him before retracting her gaze. "Tell me what's going

on," she said as she sat opposite him and tapped her finger twice on the table.

"I was wronged, Kathy." Keith was a little worried. He felt completely useless to be easily

framed and fooled by others.

However, with no evidence on his hands, he could not defend himself and was forced to

implicate Katherine.

"Tell me everything. I want to know every single detail." When she saw his expression, her

heart was racing and she had a sour tone.

Though Keith assumed that Katherine was still furious with him, he did not dare to hide the

truth and confessed everything to her despite his surging unease.

Katherine remained silent upon his explanation. By then, the guards had arrived to remind

her that her visiting hour was up.

Pointing to the wound on her brother's face, she coldly asked, "Who did this?"

"He got hurt after getting into a fight. We are under no obligation to look into it. Get up

and leave as soon as possible. The time is up." The officer wore a bad attitude and he

reached out to push Katherine.

Before he could even do so, she readily shifted her body and avoided his push. Crack! The

next second, she grabbed his wrist swiftly and snapped it, causing him to scream in agony.

"Let me go! Do you want to die? Do you understand what you're doing? I have the right to

sue you for assaulting a police officer at any time!"

"There is surveillance here. Are you sure you want to sue me?" sneered Katherine, as she

raised her finger and pointed to the camera above.

Hearing her words, the officer froze and did not dare to speak again.

With that, she shoved him away and shot a cold stare to Keith before exiting the station.

Considering the fact that Keith could not be bailed out, Katherine made a bold assumption

that her brother was either being framed on purpose or the perpetrator's goal was to

target her instead of Keith.

"Do me a favor." Katherine gave Aberama a call after leaving the Public Security Bureau.