The bathroom door came open by Kenton’s gentle force as his eyes came to a trembling Natalie. With her legs pulled into her body, her makeup forced to cascade down her cheeks, and the sight of her hair unkempt from Jackson’s fingers having wrestled through it, this was enough to lead the detective to assume the worst case scenario. Yet,for the first time since she had known of his existence, he was not standing before her with this holier-than-thou persona. For the first time, he looked at her as a helpless yet beautiful creature now tainted by the hands of a man who didn’t deserve even the air she expelled in a breath. And now he held such a delicate part of her within the confines of his handcuffs.
“No, I just have to bag and tag some evidence...you two head on home.” Kenton spoke in r
