“Victor, the detective will want to talk to you. Your testimony is important for the case.”
“Of course, I am willing to help.”
In the afternoon, Emily picked up Noah from daycare. The boy asked where daddy was and she answered honestly, “Daddy did something wrong. Now he has to answer for it.”
“And will he come back?”
“Not soon. Maybe he will never come back. Now it will just be you and me. You, me, and everything will be okay.”
Noah nodded like a little four-year-old philosopher.
“Mommy, you will not leave me, right?”
“Never, my love. Mommy will never leave you.”
The next day, the real work began. Detective Vargas summoned Emily for a detailed statement that lasted 4 hours.
At the end, Vargas said, “Emily, thanks to you, we have uncovered a huge fraudulent scheme. It turns out there are more victims than we thought.”
“How many?”
“For now, 12 families. The total damage exceeds $35 million.”
Emily was astonished. Her husband’s crime was even greater than she had imagined.
“And the accompllices besides Pamela Serrano, we have identified two more. The real estate appraiser, Andrew Cabrera, and the real estate agent, Tatiana Navaro. They helped manage the transactions with the stolen properties.”