Chapter 10 - The Unseen Threat
The agents hauled David and Richard out of the house in heavy steel handcuffs.
Two female officers gently but firmly escorted my mother toward a waiting patrol car.
She looked back at me one last time, but I had already turned my back to her.
Marcus wrapped his arms around me, holding me tight as the adrenaline faded.
The lead agent assured us that the deepfake evidence was secured and the extortion charges would stick.
Our company, our wealth, and our future were completely safe from their greed.
A few minutes later, the school principal called to confirm the twins were safe and ready to be picked up.
Marcus and I drove to the school and squeezed Liam and Sophie in the biggest hug of their lives.
That evening, our house finally felt like a peaceful sanctuary again.
We ordered pizza, watched a movie, and tucked the kids into bed with extra blankets.
The nightmare of my past was finally locked away in a prison cell where it belonged.
I walked back down to the quiet kitchen to clean up the mess from the confrontation.
I picked up my mother's folded list and threw it into the trash can.
As I wiped down the kitchen island, my cloth snagged on something hidden underneath the marble overhang.
It was a small, cheap burner phone taped securely to the wood.
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The screen suddenly lit up with a new, encrypted text message.
The message read that Diane failed to get the money, so the twins were unguarded, and they were moving in.
