Chapter 4: Handcuffs and Heartbreak
The sirens wailed through the night. Paramedics rushed Eleanor away on a stretcher, her life hanging by a thread. The police, swayed by Victoria’s tearful and convincing statement, slapped handcuffs on a sobbing Rosa.
"Mr. Arthur, please! I swear on my life, I didn't do it!" Rosa begged as she was dragged to the cruiser. Arthur turned his back to her, unable to look. Victoria wrapped her arms around him, resting her head on his shoulder. From a distance, it looked like a comforting embrace. But if Arthur had turned his head, he would have seen the sinister, triumphant smile curling on Victoria’s lips.
