Chapter 7 - The Bribed Mortician
As paramedics lifted Sophia out of the white casket and laid her gently onto a mobile stretcher, the funeral hall dissolved into total uproar. Wealthy mourners gasped in terror, retreating toward the exits as the horrifying crime unfolded right before their eyes.
Realizing their plan was collapsing around them, Claudia pointed a shaking, manicured finger at a sweating man standing in the shadows near the back wall—Dr. Harold Mason, the chief mortician and funeral director.
"He did it!" Claudia shrieked hysterically, trying to shift the blame. "Dr. Mason told us she was dead! He brought us the official death certificate! We were just grieving family members relying on his medical authority!"
Dr. Mason’s face turned bright red with fury and fear. "You corrupt monsters!" he yelled back, dodging toward the side door. "You paid me three hundred thousand dollars to sign that fake death certificate! You brought that child here in a medically induced coma!"
Two police officers tackled Dr. Mason to the floor before he could take another step, slamming him against the marble tiles and clicking heavy steel handcuffs around his wrists.
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The sound of Dr. Mason's body hitting the hard floor signaled the complete breakdown of the cover-up. On his knees, pinned under the weight of two law enforcement officers, the mortician began babbling uncontrollably, eager to save himself from taking the sole fall for the plot. He shouted out details of wire transfers, secret meetings at his private residence, and the exact chemical names of the substances used to keep Sophia in a near-death state. The police officers recorded every single word on their body cameras, while a detective immediately began securing Dr. Mason's office keys and phone as evidence. Claudia backed away into a corner, her face twisted in rage as her own paid accomplice betrayed her in front of the entire city's elite. The room had turned into a fortress of law enforcement, and every exit was sealed tight.
👉 Read PART 8 to see Fernando's cowardice as he tried to flee!
