Chapter 10 - The Ultimate TwistDetective Miller rushed into the bedroom, flanked by two officers. He took one look at Savannah standing triumphantly by the bed, and me standing frozen with her phone in my hand, and let out a heavy sigh.
"Well, it looks like we got a full house tonight," Miller said, snapping a pair of handcuffs onto Savannah’s wrists before she even had a chance to protest.
"Wait!" Savannah shrieked, her composed facade finally cracking as cold metal locked around her slender wrists. "You can't arrest me! I'm pregnant! I'm the victim here!"
"You're an accomplice to kidnapping, wire fraud, and extortion, Ms. Vance—or whatever your real maiden name is," Detective Miller replied smoothly, reading her rights off a laminated card. "Your family's little conspiracy unraveled the moment Bernice realized you were planning to cut her out of the estate payout. She gave us all your encrypted communications."
I stood silently in the center of the room, watching the woman I thought I loved get led away in handcuffs. The pink blanket still lay crumpled on the living room floor downstairs—a symbol of a fake life built on stolen identities, lies, and greed.
Two hours later, the house was finally empty. The police were gone. The media vans parked outside had finally dispersed into the rainy night.
I sat alone at the kitchen table, the silence deafening. I was twenty-eight years old, officially a multi-millionaire, and yet I had never been more completely alone in my entire life.
My phone buzzed on the table. A single text message from an unknown, untraceable number:
Congratulations on your inheritance, Christopher. But remember... blood always demands a price. See you soon.
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I stared at the glowing screen as the front door handle slowly began to turn.
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