The group had only elbowed their way into the crowd when Serenity cried, “Liberty.”

Sonny called for his mother.

It was not hard to take stock of the situation when Serenity saw Chelsea and her mom as well as the disheveled state her sister was in.

Boy, she was riled up.

Putting Sonny in her sister’s arms, Serenity rolled up her sleeve and was ready to get into a fight.

“Seren.”

Mrs. Stone worked fast and swiftly stopped Serenity from trying to stick up for her sister. “Seren, leave it to the cops to handle this.”

The cops had been called. It would not look good on Serenity to fight in front of the cops.

“Mr. Stone. Mrs. Stone.”

Duncan was surprised to see the Stones. Out of respect, he approached them and said hello.

Mr. and Mrs. Stone exchanged greetings with Duncan.

Mrs. Stone asked, “What’s going on here, Mr. Lewis?”

Duncan replied, “Let the cops take their statements at the station, Mrs. Stone.”

He then said to the cops, “Officer, my employee has suffere