Chapter 6 - Handcuffs in Manhattan
The heavy oak doors of the restaurant swung open as two uniformed NYPD officers and a federal financial crimes investigator stepped into the dining room.
The lead investigator walked straight past the whispering guests, stopping directly in front of Victoria.
"Victoria Hale?" the officer asked sternly, producing an official arrest warrant.
Victoria thrashed against her red sequin dress, her fur shawl falling onto the floor. "Get away from me! Do you know who my family is?! Ethan, tell them to stop!"
Ethan didn't even look at her. He remained on his knees, his eyes fixed on his son, his heart shattered by the years of lost moments he could never regain.
"Victoria Hale, you are under arrest for federal identity theft, bank wire fraud, and grand forgery," the investigator declared, clicking heavy steel handcuffs shut around her manicured wrists.
Victoria wept hysterically as officers marched her out through the restaurant foyer in full view of Manhattan’s business elite, her high-society status destroyed in a single night.
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The guests pulled out their phones, capturing the public downfall of the woman who had spent seven years building a life on a foundation of cruel lies.
👉 Read Part 7 to see Ethan beg Emma for forgiveness.
