Chapter 10 - Mark Attempts To Negotiate From A Jail Cell Phone
Late that afternoon, Sarah’s landline phone rang with a restricted caller ID flashing across the digital display.
She picked up the receiver and pressed speakerphone, listening to Mark’s desperate, panicked voice on the other end.
“Sarah? Please, you have to bail me out of this holding facility… mother is losing her mind in here!” Mark pleaded frantically.
“You allowed your mother to tie our daughter up like an animal, Mark. You belong in that cell,” Sarah replied with icy calm.
“It was a mistake! If you drop the charges and sign a joint custody agreement, I’ll take the fall for the corporate files!” Mark barged.
“You don't have a choice anymore, Mark. My attorney already handed those corporate files over to the federal grand jury,” Sarah stated.
“Federal grand jury?! Sarah, you’re going to get me twenty years in a maximum-security penitentiary!” Mark shrieked in horror.
“You should have thought about that before you made your mother your priority instead of your family,” Sarah said flatly.
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She slammed the telephone receiver down onto its base, cutting off his pathetic wails of regret and self-pity.
The chapter of her life defined by weakness and submission was officially closed, replaced by unyielding strength and justice.
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