Chapter 10 - THE SIRENS IN THE DRIVEWAY
A piercing wail of police sirens shattered the quiet evening calm of the affluent neighborhood.
Three black-and-white county sheriff cruisers swept up the circular gravel driveway, their red and blue lights flashing.
Deputy Chief Higgins stepped out of the lead vehicle, adjusting his wide-brimmed hat as he approached the front porch.
Mark opened the grand double doors, stepping out onto the porch while keeping Elena secured inside the foyer.
"Evening, Mark... dispatch received an automated distress signal from your secure terminal," Higgins reported professionally.
"Chief Higgins, I'm glad you're here... I have an interstate kidnapping and corporate fraud suspect inside," Mark stated.
Higgins stepped past Mark into the foyer, his eyes widening in shock as he recognized the woman tied up in the corner.
"Isn't that Mrs. Vance? What in the world is going on here, Mark?" Higgins asked, scratching his chin.
"That isn't my wife, Chief... that's a hired imposter named Elena Rostova," Mark corrected him firmly.
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Higgins signaled two deputies forward, ordering them to unbind the fake stepmother and read her federal Miranda rights.
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