Chapter 10 - The Hidden Threat
The police quickly realized we were the victims and lowered their weapons.
Paramedics rushed into the mansion, bandaging my arm and checking Lily for any gas inhalation.
Vanessa was heavily shackled and dragged into the back of an armored police cruiser.
Marcus stood beside me on the front steps, watching the flashing red and blue lights paint the morning sky.
"The wedding is officially cancelled," he joked dryly, running a hand through his messy hair.
I managed a weak smile, holding Lily securely on my hip.
"I will pay for all your medical bills, Sarah, and I want you to become my new head of household security," Marcus offered.
I looked at him in total shock, realizing my entire life was about to change for the better.
"You trust me that much?" I asked softly.
Marcus smiled, a genuine, warm expression that reached his tired eyes.
"You and Lily are the only people in this world I truly trust right now," he promised.
He reached out and gently touched my cheek, a silent promise of a safer, brighter future for all of us.
The nightmare was finally over, and for the first time in years, I felt completely safe.
A week later, I was cleaning out my old employee locker to move into my new executive office.
I reached into the pocket of my favorite winter coat and felt a stiff piece of paper hidden deep inside the lining.
I pulled out a small, crumpled envelope and tore it open with shaking hands.
Inside was a photograph of Lily, taken secretly from the mansion’s bushes just yesterday afternoon.
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A familiar, terrifying handwriting was scrawled across the back of the picture in dark red ink.
My supposedly dead husband wrote that he was finally coming for us, and Marcus Cole was the first person he was going to kill.
