Not long after, Ethan pulled up outside the police station.
He stepped out just as a heavyset man with a face like thunder came stumbling out through the front doors.
The man's face was swollen and discolored, a gash crusted over his forehead. Ethan didn't recognize him at first didn't connect this battered figure with the Lawson he'd been looking for.
He walked right past him, heading inside.
Lawson recognized him instantly.
Already furious, watching Ethan brush past him without a word tipped him over the edge. "Did you come here just to laugh at me, Mr. Blackwood?"
Ethan stopped at the sound of the voice, and turned back slowly.
Realizing that ruined, swollen face actually belonged to Lawson, Ethan's stomach dropped.
What happened to this man?
He couldn't even bring himself to l
