Chapter 2: The Trap at Breakfast
Chapter 2: The Trap at Breakfast
At exactly 7:45 a.m., the front doorbell rang.
Vanessa sat at the breakfast table pretending to sip coffee.
Daniel sat across from her.
Acting normal.
Acting unaware.
Hidden officers waited throughout the house.
The bell rang again.
Vanessa's fingers tightened around her cup.
She knew who had arrived.
The hitman.
Her final solution.
Her path to millions in inheritance.
Daniel stood.
"I'll get the door."
Vanessa forced a smile.
"Of course."
When Daniel opened it, the man stepped inside.
Everything happened fast.
Police officers emerged from every direction.
"Don't move!"
The hitman froze.
Vanessa dropped her coffee cup.
It shattered across the marble floor.
The color drained from her face.
"No..."
The officers handcuffed the hitman immediately.
Then another officer approached Vanessa.
"Mrs. Carter, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit murder."
The room fell silent.
Vanessa stared at Daniel.
"You set me up."
Daniel slowly shook his head.
"No."
He looked toward the kitchen.
Toward the woman standing quietly in the doorway.
Elena.
"The truth did."
For the first time, Vanessa noticed the housekeeper.
The woman she had ignored for years.
The woman she had treated as invisible.
And the woman who had destroyed her perfect crime.
As officers led Vanessa away, she screamed at Elena.
"You ruined everything!"
Elena's voice remained calm.
"No."
"You ruined it yourself."
The front door closed.
May you like
Vanessa was gone.
Forever.
