Chapter 5
Before Victoria could respond, the heavy front oak doors of the mansion swung open with a resounding thud.
Three federal marshals in tactical gear marched into the grand foyer, their boots echoing across the polished hardwood floors.
Lead Marshal Vance—no relation to Ethan—stepped into the kitchen, holding an official federal arrest warrant.
"Victoria Cross, also known as Victoria Sterling, you are under arrest for insurance fraud, grand larceny, and child abuse," Marshal Vance announced clearly.
Victoria stared at the gleaming steel handcuffs in absolute horror as the officers pulled her up from the kitchen floor.
"Ethan! You set me up! You planned this from the very beginning!" she screamed, thrashing violently against the marshals.
"I am a respectable woman! You can't do this to me!"
Ethan stood motionless in the center of the kitchen, watching the woman who had terrorized his home get dragged away.
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"Respectable women don't murder their husbands for a fifty-million-dollar life insurance payout," Ethan said softly.
The marshals rushed Victoria out through the front entrance, their vehicle doors slamming shut before speeding down the private driveway.
