Chapter 19 - The Cell at the End of the Hall
Corinne completely broke. The sophisticated, controlling, elegant facade she had maintained for fourteen months violently shattered into a million pathetic, irreversible pieces. She screamed like a banshee, weeping hysterically, throwing herself violently against the heavy steel table as the two FBI agents grabbed her by the arms and forcefully hauled her to her feet.
"No! Please! Tell Ethan I'm sorry! I'll give it all back! Please!" Corinne wailed pathetically, her manicured nails scratching uselessly against the agents' bulletproof vests as they dragged her aggressively out of the interrogation room.
Her desperate, terrified screams echoed down the cold, sterile hallways of the federal building, entirely ignored by everyone she passed.
Corinne wasn't sent to a minimum-security, comfortable white-collar facility. Because of Ethan's massive influence and the horrific, incredibly severe nature of her psychological torture crimes, Corinne was permanently transferred to a maximum-security federal penitentiary.
She was violently stripped of her expensive designer clothes, her jewelry, and her dignity. She was forced into a rough, scratchy orange jumpsuit and shoved brutally into a tiny, windowless, freezing concrete isolation cell—a terrifying, poetic mirror of the exact same nightmare she had forced Sarah to endure for over a year.
As the heavy, reinforced iron door violently slammed shut with a deafening, final CLANG, the deadbolts locked securely into place, entirely sealing her in the dark. Corinne collapsed onto the filthy concrete floor, screaming into the absolute void, completely aware that she would never, ever see the sunlight or touch a single dollar again.
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Justice had been ruthlessly, flawlessly served.
👉 What breathtaking, deeply emotional climax awaits the Carter family as they step out of the darkness and into the light?
