Chapter 5 - Local Police Arrive To Confront The Wealthy Conspirators
Officer Miller marched up the marble front steps with his hand resting on his service weapon. He pushed open the grand mahogany doors to find Eleanor standing calmly near the bloodstained floor.
"Good evening, Officer. We had a terrible domestic accident," Eleanor said, feigning deep emotional distress. Chloe lay unconscious a few feet away, her breathing shallow and ragged against the hardwood.
"Step away from the victim immediately, ma'am," Officer Miller ordered, clicking his radio to call for paramedics. Julian emerged from the hallway seconds later, adjusting his tie with practiced arrogance.
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"My mother is right, Officer; the young woman tripped while walking down the stairs," Julian lied smoothly. Officer Miller knelt beside Chloe, noticing the suspicious bruising around her wrists and the unnatural angle of her fall.
"This doesn't look like an accidental fall, Mr. Vance," the officer noted grimly. Before Julian could reply, headlights swept across the foyer as my phone notification confirmed the arrival of federal marshals at the gates.
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