Shael was arrested and taken straight to the police station. His phone was confiscated and sent for forensic examination.
"Why did you stab Mr. Samuel? Were you planning to kill him?" an officer demanded.
"Kill him? Why would I do that? The knife was supposed to be a prop..... you know the kind that collapses into the handle. I swear, I checked it when I got it. It worked fine, it wasn't a real knife. I… I don't know how it got swapped."
Overwhelmed, Shael tried to explain himself, but nothing seemed to be working in his favour.
" Where did you get the knife?" the officer asked as he placed his fingers across the laptop to insert his statement.
" The director gave it to me. It was delivered to my apartment. I got it three days before filming."
" Delivered to your apartment?"
" Yes , He told me to practise until I get a grip of the scene."
The officer frowned, " That's strange. The director said that the knife was given to you right before the filming and in that short time they don't know how you swapped it with a real knife."
" No that's not true!" Shael looked at the officer puzzled , " I did receive it before, and I really don't know how it got swapped."
Shael wasn't making sense of anything, because he was confused and overwhelmed by the whole situation. On the other hand police had evidence directly linking to Shael.
Apparently in CCTV Shael did receive something from the filming staff but it was not visible what it was. The staff and director claimed that they gave him the fake knife as a prop but he managed to swap it somehow and stabbed Samuel.
"I want to call my attorney please!" Shael pleaded in a weak voice, " I want to call someone for help," his voice cracked.
"We are still verifying things, we would let you call your attorney in a moment."
"At least let me call one person"Shael couldn't think of anyone but Ronan.
"No. Only your attorney."
"Fine. Then let me call them now."
The officer stared, then slid a phone across the table. "Make it quick."
Shael's hands trembled as he dialed. The ringing seemed endless.
Please pick up, Ronan… please…
"Yes?" Ronan's voice finally came through.
"I'm at the police station for attempted murder. They don't believe me. I'm scared." His voice broke, and tears spilled over.
A weight slammed into Ronan's chest. "Don't worry. Stay put. I'm coming."
Ronan ran out of an important meeting and headed to the basement where he got into a car and headed towards Cinnabar Peak. He didn't stop for a moment and covered two hours of distance in just one and half hours.
He wasn't sure of where to go but he was following the navigation to Cinnabar City police station.
He parked in front of the police station and slammed the car door before sprinting inside.
He went to an officer sitting on his desk, " I have come for Mr . Shael.. Wahan Shael..... " At that moment he noticed Shael in the cell. He quickly walked to him.
He grabbed Shael's face in his hands through the bars, " are you okay."
" I'm so scared, he was bleeding heavily... Do you think he will die... I'm scared... I'm so scared." Shael started crying.
Ronan softly wiped his tears, " Calm down Shael, please calm down. It's okay it's alright, I have called for an attorney . I will make sure to get you out of here."
Right that moment a well suited middle aged man entered the police station. He was holding onto a black briefcase.
Ronan looked at him and turned to Shael, " he is our attorney, he is well known in his field so don't worry."
Shael was a little relieved after he saw Ronan.
" Let me talk it out," Ronan let go of Shael's hand and walked to the officer's desk.
" This is our attorney, you can explain the situation now." Ronan settled down at one of the chairs and the attorney sat down at the other.
" The suspect Mr. Shael has been stalking the victim. The victim is actually a model from the company Bloom. The Bloom Company CEO said that the suspect was pursuing Samuel but at Samuel's rejection he turned around and tried to kill him. We have the evidence of the suspect stalking the victim and all the circumstantial evidence points to him," The officer explained showing the photographs of Shael following Samuel.
The day Caelen invited Shael to his company he was called to a cafe and then was asked to buy bread from a bakery before heading to the Blooms building. It was the trap to frame Shael.
Ronan squinted his eyes at the mention of Bloom, " I should have known better," he thought and turned to Attorney.
" There is no way he was pursuing someone else because we are currently dating," he turned to the police officer, " I will make sure to find evidence of his innocence. I believe he is being framed."
The officer didn't pay attention to him as everyone claims that their relatives are innocent, " could I ask you when the two of you started dating?"
" It's been a month since we started dating, " Ronan glanced at Shael sitting in the cell who couldn't hear their conversation but he was staring at them all along.
The news of Samuel attempted murder spread into the country like a wildfire as if it was arranged beforehand. Even though Shael wasn't proven guilty, people started to curse him like he was a murderer.