Chapter 6 - THE ARRESTRyan kissed Olivia before the police took him.
"Take care of Mommy."
His eyes met mine.
"I love you."
Then he was gone.
I called Mark, the family lawyer.
"Don't speak to anyone," he told me.
"Not Diane. Not your father. Not the police."
Ryan was eventually released on bond.
But the charges remained.
Diane had two witnesses.
A cleaning woman.
A gardener.
Both claimed they had seen Ryan attack her.
I knew they were lying.
But knowing wasn't enough.
We needed proof.
That was when I called Margaret.
Ryan's aunt.
Diane's older sister.
The woman who had warned me once, years earlier:
"Never underestimate my sister."
"Meet me tomorrow," Margaret said.
"Seven o'clock."
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