Chapter 14 - Parents Beg Elena for Mercy
Realizing their daughter was being hauled out in handcuffs, Arthur and Martha rushed toward the hotel elevators.
They dialed Elena’s personal assistant line repeatedly until someone finally picked up to transfer their call.
“Elena! Please, you have to call the police off! They’re arresting your sister! She’s wearing her wedding dress!” Arthur begged shamelessly.
“She committed grand larceny by charging forty thousand dollars of personal shopping to my corporate account,” Elena replied calmly.
“We’ll pay it back! We’ll sell our house, we’ll empty our savings, just drop the criminal charges!” Martha screamed into the phone.
“You should have thought about that before you stood in front of fifty relatives and clapped when I was kicked out,” Elena said.
“We were just supporting Ashley! She was stressed! Please, we’re your family!” Arthur pleaded, his voice breaking with desperation.
“Family doesn't treat competence like a free utility while treating the person like garbage,” Elena stated firmly.
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“My lawyers are handling all communication from this point forward; do not call this number again.”
The line went dead with a final, echoing tone, cutting off the parents from their only possible lifeline.
