Chapter 11 - THE FEDERAL RAID
While Ethan's press conference dominated national television, federal agents executed simultaneous search warrants across New York.
FBI agents in navy jackets smashed open the doors of Eleanor’s Fifth Avenue penthouse, seizing computer servers and filing cabinets.
At the Montgomery Financial headquarters, corporate offices were sealed with yellow federal law enforcement tape.
Eleanor’s husband was taken into custody outside his hotel in Washington, handcuffed by federal marshals in broad daylight.
Inside her Westchester jail cell, Eleanor watched Ethan's press conference on a small wall-mounted television screen.
She watched in utter horror as federal prosecutors announced thirty-two counts of wire fraud, embezzlement, and child abuse against her.
Her cell door slid open with a metallic crash, and two female correction officers stepped inside with transport chains.
"Pack your things, Montgomery," the guard ordered coldly. "You're being transferred to maximum security detention."
Eleanor collapsed onto her knees on the cold concrete floor, weeping hysterically as her elite life officially disintegrated.
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The scattered pearls on Ethan's marble floor had officially cost her everything she had ever possessed.
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