Chapter 10 - Daria’s Desperate Denial on Jailhouse Phone
Seated behind thick Plexiglas in the county detention center visiting booth, Daria gripped the black plastic telephone receiver with white knuckles.
She dialed her son’s private direct line, her voice trembling with a mixture of furious indignation and desperate disbelief.
“Samuel! You listen to me right now; call off your federal hounds before I destroy what's left of this family name!” she snapped.
“There is no family left, Mother, only the wreckage of your own criminal greed,” Samuel replied through the audio speaker.
“I did it for Kincaid Enterprises! I did it to protect your future from a gold-digging nobody!” Daria shrieked, slamming her fist against the glass.
“Catherine came from a loving family, and you turned her into a ghost just to satisfy your obsession with control,” Samuel said coldly.
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“You’ll regret this when the board turns on you; without my network, you are nothing!” Daria threatened before hanging up abruptly.
Samuel lowered his receiver, watching her silhouette retreat back into the holding cell through the reinforced observation window.
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