Chapter 4: Midnight Justice
Chapter 4: Midnight Justice
At exactly 2:17 a.m., every exit from the Sterling estate was sealed.
Snipers secured the perimeter.
Armored vehicles rolled silently through the front gate.
Special Agent Brooks raised one hand.
"Go."
The silence shattered.
"FBI! Federal agents! Search warrant!"
Windows exploded inward.
Doors splintered.
Security guards barely reached for their radios before being pinned to the ground.
Victoria bolted upright in bed.
"What is happening?"
She rushed toward the hallway wearing an expensive silk robe.
Before she reached the staircase, armed agents flooded the mansion.
"Victoria Sterling!"
"Hands where we can see them!"
She froze.
"This is ridiculous!" she screamed.
"You can't enter my house!"
Brooks calmly held up the warrant.
"We just watched you torture your mother-in-law for six hours."
Victoria's face drained of color.
"What?"
"The cameras," Brooks replied.
"They never stopped recording."
Outside, another team smashed the padlock off the steel cage.
Beatrice collapsed into the arms of paramedics.
She cried uncontrollably as warm blankets wrapped around her frail body.
Then she looked toward the mansion.
Victoria was being led outside in handcuffs.
Their eyes met.
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Victoria looked terrified.
