Now trapped in the police station, Katie hated Luciana to the core.

Katie protested that such stealthy recordings should not qualify as evidence, yet Luciana introduced further proof that implied Katie's involvement in a murder conspiracy.

Furious, Katie saw that Luciana was determined to prolong her confinement.

Having no alternative, Katie begrudgingly requested to speak with Luciana.

Luciana consented. She was eager to confront Katie and questioned the latter whether she possessed any moral sense.

Before Katie's scheming side surfaced in Luciana's presence, Luciana deemed Katie as considerate and understanding and treated the latter like her own daughter.

However, to Luciana's disappointment, Katie dared to plot with Alexis and have Lauren murder her only son.

Never in this life would Luciana accept that all these evil individuals could walk away without facing the music. She was resolute in seeing them behind the bars.

In the detention room.

Katie's hair was disheveled, her face etched with deep distress and fatigue. "Luciana. she started, her voice breaking as she tried to stir Luciana's sympathy with a term of endearment."

Unbeknownst to Katie, Luciana felt a surge of fury at her tactics.

“Cut the crap!" Luciana snapped harshly. “Spit it out if you have something to say!"

“Luciana... You can't do this to me..." Katie persisted, her tears flowing unchecked despite Luciana's fury. “I'm carrying Mitchel's child."

In a swift motion, Luciana slapped Katie sharply. "Whose child do you think you're carrying? Do you think I'm unaware?"

The slap left Katie reeling in pain. She stared at Luciana, her eyes burning with a hatred so fierce that she wished she could annihilate Luciana.

The supervisor stepped in. “Enough! Do you want to continue this meeting or not?"

Katie, biting back her anger, nodded reluctantly.

“This is your first warning," the supervisor declared.

Still seething but feeling powerless, Katie resumed her desperate plea, “Luciana, you must believe me. That woman is the one deceiving you. Her child is the illegitimate one, not mine. The child I'm carrying is definitely Mitchel's..."

"Do you really think I'm still the naive woman I once was, Katie?"