Chapter 4: The Funeral Became an Arrest
Three days later, Elena awakened.
Weak.
Confused.
But alive.
She remembered only fragments.
Margaret had insisted she take vitamins.
Marcus had brought her tea.
After that...
Darkness.
Daniel kissed her forehead.
"You don't have to remember anything else."
"We already know."
That afternoon, the Carter estate filled once again.
Only this time...
Not with mourners.
With federal investigators.
Detectives.
Forensic accountants.
Television cameras.
Marcus attempted to flee through the back entrance.
He was tackled before reaching the garden.
Margaret remained perfectly still until detectives placed handcuffs around her wrists.
She finally looked at Daniel.
"You would destroy your own family?"
Daniel answered without emotion.
"You stopped being my family..."
"...the moment you tried to bury my wife alive."
Police escorted both of them past the same coffin that had nearly become Elena's grave.
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The funeral guests watched in complete silence.
No one defended them.
