Chapter 10 - The Beach House
The federal agents flooded the hospital lobby with their weapons drawn and badges raised high.
The lead agent ordered the hospital security guards to release me immediately.
He walked directly up to Daniel and slapped heavy metal handcuffs onto his wrists.
The agent announced that they had been listening to the corrupt dispatcher's police radio the entire night.
When she left her radio on in the woods, it broadcast Daniel's entire confession to the FBI task force.
Daniel's smug expression shattered into a mask of pure, absolute terror.
Agents stormed the private trauma room and arrested the corrupt doctor as he tried to crawl away.
The woman dispatcher was apprehended by state troopers while wandering blindly on the dirt road.
The nightmare was finally over, and the truth was completely out in the open.
The hospital's real toxicology team used the frozen food sample to ensure Noah and I suffered no permanent damage.
Daniel and his accomplices were sentenced to life in a maximum-security federal prison.
I reclaimed the millions he had stolen and returned the money to the rightful corporate accounts.
With my own savings, I bought a beautiful, peaceful beach house hundreds of miles away from that town.
Noah and I spent our days walking on the sand, completely free from fear and manipulation.
We finally had the safe, happy ending we had desperately fought for.
One evening, I was cleaning out a cardboard box filled with Noah's old toys from the previous house.
I pulled out a wooden puzzle box and noticed a small cell phone securely taped to the bottom.
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The screen suddenly lit up with a text message from a completely unknown number.
The message read: "Your father failed, so it is your turn to finish the job."
