Madison pondered on what to do about the letter she had received the whole night, and when morning came she had made up her mind. She was too nervous to have breakfast, so as soon as she had gotten ready, she headed to the police station nearest to her house. The letter was safely tucked into her purse as evidence to all what she would tell them, and she also hoped that they would be able to track the car she had seen at the bakery as well. She couldn't shake the feeling that whoever was in that car was behind all of this, and as she had done her research last night, she realized that the CCTV cameras located on that street would be able to show her exactly what had happened. And hopefully, who was in the car. On getting to the station, luckily for her she met the policeman in charge first, and quickly she explained everything that had been happening to her and the type of investigation she would like them to carry out. She also explained that she had received a threat letter before this, and to corroborate her story, she procured both letters from her purse and handed them to the police man. She watched as he eyed the threat letters lazily, and when he was done scrutinizing them, he pushed them aside and faced her. "I've heard your story.” He started gruffly and clearing his throat he continued, "You'd have to deposit three hundred pounds though, to enable us to begin the investigation." "W-what?" Madison exclaimed, her eyes widening in shock, as she staggered a bit, “What do you mean?” “Madam, you heard me right.” "I-I don't understand. Aren't the police supposed to help citizens for free? Are you not paid by the government to help with issues such as mine? I don't understand—" Before Madison could complete her sentence, the policeman had burst into boisterous laughter, baring his yellow colored teeth at her, as he began with a sneer, "If you don't have any money, just say so. No need to ask stupid questions." Madison's face reddened in surprise. She immediately started to feel uncomfortable when the policeman licked his teeth, leering at her and staring at her chest.She felt a rush of disgust climb her skin as he continued to stare intently at her, and before she knew what was happening, he had reached towards her and slapped the side of her ass, with his burly hand squeezing at her thighs, much to the amusement and chagrin of the other policemen in the building. "Since you don't have any money to spare and you're quite pretty, how about you bend that thick ass over and let me fuck you in my office for a change. I might investigate you first, before doing any other one. What do you think?” He asked with a smirk, licking his bottom lip as he stared at her appreciatively and Madison felt a budding nausea on her throat. Madison had never felt so much anger in her life also, and gripping his hand which was still on her waist, she pulled it off and flung it away. Her chest heaved in anger as she stared at him in disgust. "How dare you?” She yelled, spitting at his feet as she cursed him. "You are a disgrace to this job. All of you! And you know what? You can all go to hell!" She didn’t wait for them to say another thing, and even though it hurt she just grabbed the things she had come with, and swinging around she began to walk out of the station. As she neared the door, she heard the policemen laugh, while the vile one said to her, “It's your loss, bitch. And for the record, we're not the ones receiving threat letters. I would gladly watch and see who dies first in this town. I’d watch my back if I were you, sweetheart. Anyways my offer is still open for whenever you have a change of heart.” Madison froze in her tracks at his words, pain and anger tearing through her chest. For a brief second she feared that she would fall down and disgrace herself in front of the leech looking men, but she took a hold of herself, and with her head held high, she stormed out of the station, the laughter of the men resounding behind her. She felt the lump in her throat dissolve and she walked a short distance from the station. A sob escaped her throat and Madison could feel her chest burn. Tears had already begun to pool in her eyes, and for the first time in her life, she hated how this sexual harassment hurt her. In a police station, in a room full of men. She couldn't hold it back anymore as she broke down sobbing. In a normal situation, she would have reported this same event at another police station, but what was she to do when she had been harassed by the same people who were supposed to protect her? What would she say to his co workers, and besides there was no other police station in this town again, except she took the train to the next city and she just couldn’t afford that now. Madison sobbed so hard that her chest began to feel heavy, and walking slowly, her ears perked up a bit when she heard her phone suddenly began to vibrate in her purse.Picking it, she saw that it was Alvarez, and she wiped her face and cleared her throat before she picked up. The last thing she wanted was to make him worry, and she didn’t even want to recount that embarrassing experience at all. Not to anyone, and most especially not to him. "Hello, Alvarez? What a surprise.” She managed to say, still dabbing at her eyes to stop the tears. "Madison. How are you doing? I sent you a message the other day. You never responded." "Oh…um, I forgot. I'm really sorry about that." She quickly lied. She didn't want to tell him about the second threat letter or the strange car she had seen that same day, or about what had just happened with the police men. Her days of burdening him were over and she had no wish to continue. "Maddie? Are you okay?" Alvarez asked, worry thick in his voice, as he added, "You don't sound fine. Are you sure you're okay." Madison took a few moments to regain her composure, "Yes, I'm okay. How are you? And your wife and kid?" "Maddie, don't try to change the subject. I know something is wrong. I can hear it in your voice." Another tear slid down Madison's cheek, and sniffing a little, she wiped her nose and face and pleaded, "I-I don't want to talk about it right now, please. Maybe later?" Alvarez wasn't satisfied, but grudgingly he accepted but not before promising to bring it up again, and she agreed to say something to him then but not now. They talked about work for a while and then she informed him that she had some work to do, after which they baded each other goodbye, and Madison hanging up proceeded to hail a taxi. When she found one, she quickly climbed in, giving the driver directions to her house and sitting stiffly in the back seat. As the taxi began to move, Madison let her tears fall, as she began to sob quietly.