Chapter 10 - The Fall Of An Empire
By sunrise the next morning, Julian’s entire empire was completely reduced to ashes.
Arthur hadn't just given the FBI the medical logs; he had leaked them directly to every major news network on the planet.
The horrific story of the celebrity doctor running a murder-for-hire ring absolutely dominated the global headlines.
Julian’s highly paid defense attorneys immediately dropped him as a client to completely distance themselves from the horrific scandal.
The federal judge, facing massive public outrage, denied his bail application without a single second of hesitation.
Julian's illegal offshore accounts were completely frozen by international authorities before he could touch a single penny.
He was finally locked away in a maximum-security federal cell where his medical title meant absolutely nothing.
Chloe was safely moved to a completely secure, highly protected private recovery facility near the ocean.
She named her beautiful baby boy Leo, and the dark bruises on her skin slowly began to fade away entirely.
We spent our days walking peacefully on the sunny beach, entirely free from the heavy shadow of fear.
The nightmare was finally, completely over, and our family was completely whole again.
Three months later, Chloe was happily unpacking a box of expensive baby gifts we had left in storage.
She reached deep into the lining of a luxury designer diaper bag that Julian had gifted her before the absolute chaos began.
Her fingers brushed against something hard, and she pulled out a small, completely unfamiliar black burner phone.
The second she held it up to the light, the phone suddenly vibrated and began to ring loudly.
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Chloe answered it with trembling hands, and a chillingly familiar, smooth voice spoke from the other end.
"You really thought Dr. Thorne built this massive, highly profitable operation all by himself, Chloe?" the dark voice whispered smoothly.
