Part 1: The Stop That Changed Everything

it had to. But the searching never really stopped.

“Please place your hands behind your back,” Officer Chen said.

The words barely registered at first. Then the cold metal of the handcuffs touched his wrists.

That was when he froze.

Her badge glinted again in the fading light. Officer Sarah Chen.

He stared at the nameplate, his heart pounding so loudly continue reading …