Chapter 6 - The Federal Chase
I pressed the record button on my phone and demanded that Daniel explain exactly what he meant.
My son sobbed through the speaker, his voice trembling with genuine, pathetic terror.
He confessed that Lauren was not just running from the local police warrants.
The money they had stolen from Noah’s college fund was only a tiny piece of a massive financial puzzle.
Lauren had been using my late husband’s trust fund to launder money for a dangerous criminal syndicate in Miami.
The criminals had discovered that she skimmed heavily off the top to fund their lavish lifestyle.
They were now hunting Daniel and Lauren across the state of Florida to collect their missing money.
I felt a cold chill run down my spine as I realized the true danger my family was in.
I refused to send him a single penny and immediately hung up the phone.
I forwarded the recorded audio file directly to Margaret, who immediately contacted the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The FBI agent in charge of the case escalated the warrants to federal wire fraud and interstate flight to avoid prosecution.
Our local police department dispatched a squad car to sit outside my apartment building for protection.
I tried to make a comforting dinner for Noah, pretending that everything was completely normal.
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As we sat down to eat our spaghetti, the power in my entire apartment abruptly went out.
A heavy, metallic click echoed from the front door as someone unlocked the deadbolt from the outside.
