Chapter 47

"What??" My heart skipped a beat. I hoped within me that I was just hearing things but I was wrong. "I'm sorry miss but there's nothing we can do." The man attending to me who had introduced himself to me as Silas said again. "But.. I just explained everything that had happened to me. What else do you need to persecute him??" I unconsciously held the hem of my skirt tightly in my fisted palm. It served as a way to calm my tensed self down. I know I was sounding desperate, far too desperate to be listened to but what else can I do?? I came here for help because I knew this was the only place Liam and his family's influence couldn't reach but I guess I was wrong. "What I'm trying to explain is that we need more evidence of his crime to be able to persecute him." Silas explained. "Isn't a testimony from the victim enough?" I asked back. "It doesn't work that way miss. This is a very serious crime and one mistake could turn everything away from your favor. The person involved isn't a norma