An Officer Slammed A Handcuffed Woman, Only To Realize She Saved His Life — Part 2

Previously: When Officer Richard slammed a resisting woman to the pavement, he thought he was defending himself. But a shocking revelation inside the interrogation room turned his entire world upside down.

003Ch2>The Interrogation Room Revelation003C/h2>003Cp>Before Richard could even reprimand the fallen woman, a deafening crash shook the plaza. The runaway motorcycle smashed violently into the very stone column where Richard had been standing a second prior. The courier fell to the ground, bruised but alive. Richard stared at the wreckage, his heart hammering against his ribs. He looked down at Amanda, who lay gasping for air on the cold stone, her auburn hair splayed across the pavement. She hadn't been attacking him; she had thrown herself into harm's way to push him out of the path of death.003C/p>003Cp>Overwhelmed with confusion and guilt, Richard helped her up and bypassed the booking desk, leading her directly into a private interrogation room. He dismissed Luke, locked the heavy metal door, and sat across from the bruised young woman. The silence in the room was suffocating.003C/p>003Cblockquote>"Why did you do that?" Richard asked, his voice trembling. "You could have been killed. Why save me?"003C/blockquote>003Cp>Amanda looked up, tears finally spilling over her eyelashes. She reached into her pocket with her cuffed hands, nudging a small, worn piece of plastic onto the metal table. It was a laminated, soot-stained photograph of a young, gray-haired police officer holding a baby girl with bright auburn hair.003C/p>003Cblockquote>"Because I've spent the last ten years searching for you, Dad," she whispered.003C/blockquote>003Cp>Richard felt the air leave his lungs. He stared at the photograph, then at Amanda's face. 003Cstrong>003Cem>003Cstrong>003Cem>003Cstrong>003Cem> Lily. 003C/em>003C/strong>003C/em>003C/strong>003C/em>003C/strong> His daughter Lily had supposedly perished in an apartment fire twenty-four years ago. He had been told by his former partner, Thomas Croft, that there were no survivors. He had lived in a shell of grief ever since. But looking at the auburn-haired woman before him, the resemblance was undeniable. She was alive.003C/p>