Chapter 13 - Handcuffs Snap Tight Around the Mastermind and Accomplice
Simultaneously, across town at the downtown litigation firm, federal marshals raided Marcus Vance’s corner office.
They seized his computer hard drives, shredder contents, and the secondary notary stamp used for the forged documents.
Marcus was hauled out of the corporate building in handcuffs, wearing an expensive suit stained with coffee panic.
News vans from local television stations captured his arrest live on air, broadcasting the scandal across the state.
Back at our house, Vanessa was shoved into the back of the county cruiser, her designer dress rumpled and ruined.
The police cruiser pulled away from the curb, kicking up dust as it headed toward the county detention facility.
I stood on the front porch with Noah in my arms, watching the flashing red and blue lights fade into the distance.
“They’re gone, buddy. They’re never coming back,” I whispered into my son’s hair as he sighed in relief.
My mother stood beside us, looking shell-shocked as she watched the local news report the unfolding corporate raid.
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The nightmare that had threatened to destroy our family was finally drawing to a definitive, legal close.
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