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    Luca had brought Ste here on William’s direct orders — orders that included making her witness the consequences of her actions firsthand. Luca kept that particr detail to himself, though. William had spoken those words in anger, and Luca saw no reason to inflict them on Ste now that her memories had returned. The knowledge would only deepen wounds that were already bleeding.


    The second vi sat close by, barely ten minutes away by car. Its interior design mirrored the previous vi almost exactly, dominated by the same ck, white, and gray color scheme William preferred.


    Ste worked alongside Tasha and the other servants to organize the house, nning to wait for William’s return that evening so she could finally talk things through with him. But William never came that evening, and to her growing dismay, he didn’t appear in the days that followed either. He had exiled her to this vi and then vanished from her life entirely.


    Meanwhile, inside the interrogation rooms at Choria police station, harsh white fluorescent lights beat down on Nina’s and Marc’s faces, throwing every detail of their disheveled appearances and mounting fear into sharp relief. Authorities had separated them immediately upon arrival and conducted their interrogations in different rooms. The police clearly possessed substantial evidence already — the questioning served more as procedural formality than genuine investigation. Of course, demonstrating genuine remorse might shave time off their eventual sentences.


    Nina initially chose silence, mping her mouth shut and refusing to offer even basic cooperation. But the moment police mentioned notifying the entire Carter family — including her parents — panic cracked through her resolve. She pivoted immediately, attempting to shift all me onto Marc and Arlo while painting herself as nothing more than a threatened, powerless woman caught in circumstances beyond her control.


    “Arlo and Marc forced me into everything. Marc’s unhealthy obsession with Ste pushed him to extreme measures — sabotaging Briggs Group, attempting to kill William. He never truly cared about Ste. He just wanted to exploit her skills to engineer his owneback.” Nina locked eyes with her interrogator, her gaze burning with desperate conviction. “As for Arlo — you know his reputation. He’s a ruthless mercenary trying to force his way into the domestic market. I had to follow his orders to protect William’s life. I’m just an ordinary woman. How could I possibly stand against someone as dangerous as a mercenary leader?”


    The more she spoke, the more wronged she felt. She thrust her mutted hand toward the interrogator, disying the missing finger like evidence of her victimhood. “Look at me! I’m disabled. What could I possibly have done? I’mpletely innocent!”


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    Nina believed her fabricated story held together perfectly. If she maintained this narrative without deviation, surely they would show her leniency. What she didn’t know was that Marc, sitting in a different interrogation room, had already exposed nearly every crime she hadmitted.


    Armed with Marc’s testimony, policeid out Nina’smunication records with Arlo in front of her — messages, emails, even recorded phone conversations. Finally, they produced Ste’s medical examination report, physical evidence documenting the drug Nina had injected into her system.


    In Marc’s room, police presented their own arsenal of evidence — proof of his arson, documentation of his collusion with Nina, and detailed ns outlining the sabotage of Briggs Group.


    Separated by walls and circumstance, both Nina and Marc crumbled under the weight of it all, their voices rising to shouts and screams as they each insisted they had been coerced.


    The interrogator studying Nina leaned forward, voice measured and deliberate. “Nina, Marc insists you masterminded everything — that you contacted Arlo, nned Ste’s kidnapping, and orchestrated the arson. Do you have anything to say to these usations?”


    Nina erupted immediately, her voice climbing to a shriek. “He’s lying through his teeth! Marc approached me first, spewing hatred about William and demanding revenge. He’s the one who tracked Ste’s location and drugged her. The arson? That idiotic n was entirely his creation — I had nothing to do with it!”


    Across the building, the officer facing Marc delivered a simr blow. “Nina ims you initiated everything — that you approached her with ns to destroy Briggs Group and suggested delivering Ste to Arlo.”


    Marc’s eyes flew wide, rage sending tremors through his entire frame. “She convinced me to run away with Ste, but her real n was delivering Ste straight to Arlo! Her twisted, unrequited feelings for William drove every vicious attack on Ste. She’s the one who injected those drugs into Ste’s system — drugs that stole her memories! Nina’spletely unhinged!”


    In their desperation to save themselves, both Nina and Marc began to expose each other’s secrets, revealing details of their past coboration. Within hours, police hadpiled aprehensive case against them both.


    They believed they were fighting for survival,pletely oblivious to the fact that every word tumbling from their mouths only tightened the noose around their own necks. Their confessions,bined with the mountain of physical evidence already collected, created an irond case against them both. A long prison sentence awaited them each.


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