Chapter 9 - UNMASKING THE TRUTH
Ethan sprinted across the driveway, dropping to his knees as he reached Sarah and his son.
"Leo! Sarah!" Ethan sobbed, wrapping his arms around both of them. He took his son into his arms, kissing his forehead again and again. "You're safe... you're both safe!"
"I promised I'd protect him, Mr. Ethan," Sarah said, offering a weary but triumphant smile.
Police officers surrounded Victoria, pulling her hands behind her back to apply heavy steel handcuffs.
"You can't arrest me!" Victoria shrieked, struggling against the officers. "I am Victoria Vance! You have no proof!"
Sarah stepped forward, pulling a small silver recording device from her apron pocket—a pocket dictaphone she had used earlier in the day to record household inventory notes.
She pressed play.
Victoria’s loud, clear voice echoed across the driveway for all the officers and Ethan to hear:
"He kicked me out. Plan A failed. Initiate Plan B tonight. I want the estate burned to the ground—with the baby inside!"
Victoria's face turned ghostly white. Her mouth opened, but no words came out.
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"Take her away," the police captain ordered sternly. "You're going away for a very long time, Miss Vance."
As Victoria was loaded into the back of the police cruiser, the arsonists were brought out of the woods in handcuffs by tactical officers. The plot had been completely dismantled, and justice was swift and final.
