Chapter 7 - The Desperate Fugitives
Arthur immediately dropped his weapon and raised his hands to protect his terrified daughter from the trigger-happy police.
Victoria walked elegantly out from behind the armed officers, wearing a completely fake expression of maternal panic.
She aggressively rushed forward and snatched Chloe away from Arthur's protective grasp.
Victoria cried theatrical tears, thanking the corrupt police chief for saving her precious child from a madman.
Arthur screamed that Victoria was the actual monster who had been poisoning the girl for months.
The police chief completely ignored the billionaire and forcefully slammed Arthur against the cold metal server rack.
He tightly secured heavy steel handcuffs around Arthur's wrists.
Elias was currently hiding in the dark ventilation shaft above the room, watching the entire nightmare unfold.
He knew he could not fight an entire squad of armed officers without risking Chloe's life in the crossfire.
Elias silently dropped a small, highly concentrated smoke grenade directly into the center of the room.
The canister exploded with a deafening pop, instantly filling the entire space with blinding white smoke.
Absolute chaos erupted as the corrupt officers blindly fired their weapons into the concrete ceiling.
Elias dropped down from the vent, violently kicking the police chief in the chest to free his friend.
He grabbed Arthur's handcuffs and used a specialized tactical tool to snap the heavy steel chains instantly.
Arthur lunged through the thick smoke and forcefully grabbed Chloe back from Victoria's wicked clutches.
The three fugitives sprinted blindly through the dense smoke and crashed through the heavy glass exit doors.
They successfully stole an idling police cruiser parked right outside the bank.
Elias aggressively drove the screeching vehicle through the narrow city alleys to lose their pursuers.
Chloe was shaking violently in the backseat, clutching a small silver locket around her neck.
She quietly told her father that she had secretly stolen the locket back from Victoria's jewelry box during the chaos.
Arthur carefully opened the small silver pendant and found a tiny digital memory card hidden inside.
He plugged the small card into the stolen police cruiser's onboard computer system.
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A highly encrypted video file began to play on the dashboard screen, revealing Victoria standing in a sterile hospital room.
The video clearly showed Victoria injecting a lethal dose of air into the intravenous line of Arthur's first wife.
