Chapter 2 - The Stolen Identity
The sterile walls of the law office suddenly felt like they were closing in on my chest.
I stared at the thick documents Victoria had placed on the table, my heart pounding in my ears.
The DNA results and criminal background checks printed on the pages were completely undeniable.
Brooke was actually a woman named Elena Vance, a notorious international fraudster with a very long criminal record.
She and Arthur had secretly met three years ago during a corporate business retreat in Miami.
They had meticulously orchestrated this elaborate sibling lie to comfortably live under my roof and slowly siphon my wealth.
The forty thousand dollar salon deposit was actually a down payment for untraceable offshore passports.
I touched the fresh medical bandages on my neck, feeling a mixture of absolute disgust and rising, uncontrollable fury.
Arthur had permanently scarred my face for a mistress he was planning to flee the country with.
Victoria tapped her expensive silver pen against the mahogany table to bring my focus back.
She warned me that Arthur was a cornered animal and would not go down without a desperate, violent fight.
Right on cue, my heavily encrypted mobile phone began to ring loudly in the quiet room.
The caller identification showed a registered phone number from the local police precinct.
I answered the call, fully expecting a standard update on Arthur's highly anticipated arrest.
Instead, a gruff police detective told me that I needed to come down to the station immediately for questioning.
I asked him if Arthur was currently sitting in a holding cell for the brutal assault.
The detective let out a heavy, disappointed sigh that made my blood run entirely cold.
He told me that Arthur had just filed a police report claiming I was the one who violently attacked him.
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Arthur had presented edited home security footage showing me throwing the boiling coffee onto myself in a psychotic rage.
The detective warned me that a felony warrant for my arrest was currently being drafted by the district attorney.
