Chapter 20 - Justice Reaches the Grand Gates of the Old Mansion
A tall, dark figure emerged slowly from the shadowy interior of the farmhouse onto the illuminated porch.
It was a woman in her late thirties, wearing a simple navy coat, her long blonde hair cascading over her shoulders.
Her face was pale, scarred slightly along her jawline, but her blue eyes were identical to Lily’s.
Mark gasped, his breath catching in his throat as he stared at the woman’s face in absolute disbelief.
It was the real Sarah Vance—the woman he had known and loved like a sister four years ago.
Mark turned his eyes back to the woman holding the silver revolver on the porch, realizing the horrifying truth.
The woman who had brought him to Vermont was not Sarah Vance at all.
She was Victoria’s younger sister, corporate spy Evelyn Vance, who had surgically altered her appearance years ago to steal the Montgomery trust.
“It’s over, Evelyn,” the real Sarah said, her voice steady and clear as she stepped out into the light. “The federal marshals are already on their way up the driveway.”
In the distance, the loud wail of multiple police sirens began to echo through the dark Vermont mountains, growing closer by the second.
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Arthur’s mercenaries began lower their weapons, looking nervously at one another as red and blue lights illuminated the trees surrounding the estate.
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