Emily hung up and smiled. Ethan did not yet know that his case today would turn into a monumental disaster. Detective Vargas had promised her yesterday that he would be arrested upon arrival at the courthouse.
At 8:00 in the morning, she took Noah to daycare and headed to the courthouse. She wanted to see with her own eyes how the world of the man who had planned to destroy her life would crumble.
The courthouse building greeted her with its usual hustle and bustle: lawyers, plaintiffs, defendants, witnesses, all rushing from one place to another.
Emily found the courtroom where the case of Catherine Jennings’s inheritance would be heard.
At 9:30, Ethan arrived. He was wearing his best suit, carrying a briefcase with documents. He looked confident and calm. Beside him walked Pamela in a discrete black dress. Her demeanor was professional, but Emily noticed how Ethan discreetly brushed his assistant’s hand.
“We will get the last million and be free,” she heard him say.
Yes, free of money, of work, of reputation, Emily replied in her mind.