Chapter 15 - Returning Home With Safe Children
Mark drove Chloe back to their sunlit suburban estate, ensuring she felt completely secure and cherished in the backseat.
As they walked through the front doors, the smell of warm cookies and home-cooked lunch greeted them warmly.
Chloe’s grandmother hugged her tightly, relieved to see the trauma of the morning replaced by a genuine smile.
“You were so brave today, sweetheart... your father told me everything,” her grandmother praised affectionately.
Chloe smiled, hanging her forest-green cardigan in the hallway closet where it belonged among peaceful memories.
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Mark sat at his home office desk, reviewing incoming updates from the state education board regarding district reform.
The entire school board president had resigned in disgrace following the exposure of the embezzlement scandal.
