Chapter 19 - Peace Returns to the Historic Westchester Estate Walls

Federal marshals—untainted by the Zurich bribe money—arrived twenty minutes later to take custody of Judge Arthur Vance and his co-conspirators.
By dawn, the shattered glass was cleared away, and the security shutters retracted to let the morning sunlight back inside.
The estate felt quiet and protected once more, purged of the hidden rot that had festered in its shadows.
Lily woke up asking for waffles, completely oblivious to the war that had been fought outside her window.
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I stood in the newly renovated kitchen, pouring warm milk into her favorite panda mug with steady hands.
Dominic walked in, wearing a simple white shirt with the sleeves rolled up, looking less like a feared mob boss and more like a man at home.