“Please, arrest me. I’d rather go to jail than go back to that house…”

Mr. Policeman, arrest me and put me in jail,” Leo pleaded, tears finally mixing with the rainwater on his pale cheeks. “I’d rather be in a jail cell than ever go back to that house.”

The air in the room instantly vanished. The bewildered police officer froze mid-step, his stern gaze dropping slowly from the glinting metal cuffs in his hands, down to continue reading …