Chapter 7 - THE ARREST OF THE ICE QUEEN
Officer Vance marched down the second-floor hallway, his boots heavy and determined against the hardwood.
He bypassed the firefighters and grabbed Evelyn firmly by her navy blue cardigan, spinning her around.
"Evelyn Miller, you are under arrest for attempted murder and reckless endangerment," Officer Vance declared coldly.
"You cannot do this to me! I am a pillar of this community!" Evelyn shrieked, thrashing against the steel handcuffs.
Jessica stood paralyzed in her maroon sweater, watching her mother get hauled away in the back of a patrol car.
"What about me? I didn't lock the door, Evelyn did!" Jessica stammered, her voice shaking with panic.
"Complicity in a felony is still a felony, miss. You're coming with us too," another deputy stated, slapping cuffs on her wrists.
Downstairs, firefighters carried Chloe out of the burning house wrapped in a silver thermal emergency blanket.
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Paramedics rushed forward with an oxygen mask, placing it gently over her face as she breathed in fresh air.
The American flag mounted on the front porch pillar fluttered in the smoky breeze, bearing silent witness to the night's justice.
