Chapter 5
"That is a complete fabrication! The child fell while playing and I was simply teaching her discipline," Victoria shrieked defensively. "Discipline involves a time-out in a living room, Victoria, not a shovel and a grave in the backyard," Richard snapped back.
For the first time since their marriage, Richard looked at Victoria not as a devoted husband, but as a stranger. The sirens of a local police cruiser suddenly wailed in the distance, cutting through the heavy suburban air.
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A second marked police SUV pulled up directly behind Richard's vehicle, kicking up gravel from the immaculate driveway. Two uniformed American police officers stepped out of the cruiser, resting their hands cautiously on their utility belts.
"Alright, everybody stay right where you are and tell us what's going on here," the senior officer commanded authoritatively. Clara raised her hand steadily, stepping forward to present the immediate crisis to the representatives of the law.
