Chapter 7 - Facing the Murderer
Claire walked slowly toward the police cruiser, holding her crying daughter's hand tightly in her own.
The police officer paused, allowing the grieving widow to look her husband's killer directly in the eye through the open car window.
Marcus looked pathetic, his dark suit covered in mud from the cemetery lawn, his eyes wide with trembling terror as he looked up at Claire.
"Claire... please... I’m your family!" Marcus whimpered, his voice cracking with pathetic desperation. "It was an accident! I didn't mean for him to die!"
Claire stared at him with cold, deadly intent, her face devoid of a single drop of fear or mercy.
"You killed my husband," Claire said, her voice dropping into a decisive, chilling whisper. "You stole a father from my daughter for money. You will spend every remaining day of your life behind bars."
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The police officer slammed the cruiser door shut, and the vehicle drove away, its red and blue lights flashing against the cemetery trees as Marcus was taken to face formal charges of first-degree murder.
👉 Read Part 8 to see how Claire reconciled with Sophia.
