Chapter 19 - A Final Confrontation Inside The Cold Jail Cell
Ignoring Julian’s legal posturing for the moment, Ryan and Susan visited the county detention facility later that evening to confront Margaret directly.
The heavy glass partition separated them from the disgraced matriarch as she sat in the stark interrogation booth.
Margaret picked up the plastic telephone receiver with a shaking hand, pressing it against her ear while sneering through the glass.
“Did you come here to gloat?” Margaret’s voice crackled harshly through the wall speaker.
“We came for answers, Margaret,” Susan spoke first, her voice calm and controlled. “Where is my other son?”
Margaret let out a sharp, cruel laugh that echoed in the small booth.
“You think I’ll ever tell you?” Margaret taunted, leaning forward against the glass. “You’ll spend the rest of your life wondering where he grew up, Susan.”
Ryan pressed his palm against the transparent barrier, looking down at the woman who had lied to him for thirty-two years.
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“Julian Vance is already handing over the offshore ledgers,” Ryan said smoothly, testing her bluff. “We already know he was placed with a family in Austin.”
Margaret’s triumphant smirk instantly faltered, the color draining from her face as she realized her last remaining secret was exposed.
