My Boyfriend’s Childhood Sweetheart Set Me Up As An Escort Chapter 07
The Aftermath
Reeves drives me home. Doesn’t say much.
At my door, he pauses.
“Commissioner. For what it’s worth. I’m sorry I didn’t pick up the first time.”
“If I had—”
“You didn’t know, Captain. Go home. Be with your family.”
“It’s Christmas.”
He nods. Tips his hat. Walks back to his car.
I go inside. Lock the door.
Stand in my hallway for a long time.
Then I take off my wine-stained dress. Drop it in the trash.
Run a hot shower. Stand under it until the water goes cold.
I don’t cry.
I’m done crying for people who don’t deserve it.
The next morning, the DA moves fast.
Sadie is charged on multiple counts. Criminal defamation. Identity theft. Tampering with official records. Harassment.
Her live-stream is evidence. Every second of it.
She filmed her own crime and broadcast it to thousands of witnesses.
The verdict comes down in weeks. Not months.
Two years. State prison.
Plus mandatory restitution. Plus a public retraction posted to every platform she used that night.
The internet does the rest.
All the strangers who piled on during the stream flip overnight.
Her own arrest record surfaces. The real one.
People start looking me up. The new Commissioner. Clean record. Hard worker. Farm kid who made good.
The tide turns so fast it gives you whiplash.
I don’t comment. Don’t do interviews. Don’t post.
I just go back to work.