Chapter 8 - CORNERED IN THE ASHES
"Drop the pouch, Eleanor," a cold voice commanded.
Eleanor slowly turned around, raising her hands into the air.
Standing in the doorway was Detective Vance, holding a heavy pistol pointed directly at her chest.
He wasn't wearing his police badge.
He was dressed in plain clothes, accompanied by Richard Sterling himself.
Richard stepped out from behind the detective with a smirk.
"You really are persistent, aren't you?" Richard said softly.
"I knew you couldn't resist coming back for the truth."
"You monster," Eleanor spat out, glaring at Richard.
"You tried to burn a child alive for money!"
"Arthur is not my blood," Richard said without an ounce of regret.
"His mother left everything to him and left me with nothing."
"I spent seven years building this family's image."
"I won't let a six-year-old cripple take what belongs to me."
"The police will find out," Eleanor insisted, clutching the papers behind her back.
Detective Vance let out a dark laugh.
"I am the lead detective on this case, Eleanor," Vance said coldly.
"Whatever evidence you think you have will burn right here tonight."
"Along with you."
Richard took a step back toward the exit.
"Make it look like an accident, Vance," Richard ordered smoothly.
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"She returned to the crime scene and was crushed by falling debris."
Detective Vance tightened his grip on the trigger and aimed at Eleanor's forehead.
