Chapter 9 - The Handcuffs
The heavy double doors of the dining room swung open.
Four city police officers walked in, led by Detective Miller. Two of them immediately moved behind Madison, locking her arms behind her back.
CLICK.
The cold steel of handcuffs tightened around Madison’s manicured wrists.
“Madison Cole, you are under arrest for elder abuse, illegal administration of controlled substances, fraud, and attempted grand larceny,” Detective Miller announced sternly.
“Garrett! Please! Don't do this to me!” Madison shrieked, struggling violently against the officers as her fake socialite persona completely shattered. “I was doing it for us! We were going to control the estate together!”
“I would rather burn this estate to the ground than let a venomous snake like you touch my family,” Garrett said, turning his back on her with absolute disgust.
As the officers dragged Madison out of the room, her high-pitched screaming echoed down the marble hallway until the front doors slammed shut.
Silence returned to the luxury dining room.
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Garrett walked over to his mother, kneeling gently beside her wheelchair. He took her fragile, trembling hands into his broad palm.
👉 For the first time in six months, Margaret let out a long, shuddering breath of true relief.
