Insight

CHAPTER 8

Victoria scurried down the stairs behind Mark, her artificial composure cracking completely as she pointed a trembling, manicured finger at the doorway.

“Get this trespasser out of my house right now! She lost all custody rights two years ago!” Victoria screamed at the top of her lungs.

Elena didn’t even blink at the outburst; she simply gestured to the prosecutor standing beside her. A thick legal binder was tossed onto the mahogany foyer table with a resounding thud that rattled the porcelain vases.

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“Those are federal indictments for wire fraud, embezzlement of corporate funds, and subornation of perjury under your maiden name, Victoria,” Elena stated flatly. “And this tablet contains forty-eight hours of high-definition surveillance footage documenting your systematic abuse of an eight-year-old child.”

Color drained entirely from Victoria’s face as she realized every dark secret she thought she had hidden was now in the hands of the federal government.

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