Chapter 4 - The Woman in the White RobeThe Desert Oasis Luxury Resort glittered beneath the evening sky.
Inside, Valerie Sterling was drinking champagne.
She was found wearing a white hotel robe, perfectly groomed, as though nothing terrible had happened.
When police placed handcuffs around her wrists, she exploded.
“This is illegal!”
Detective Miller remained expressionless.
“We have surveillance footage.”
“You don't understand!”
“We understand perfectly.”
Valerie's eyes flashed with hatred.
“They're children!”
Her voice became colder.
“They would've survived.”
Elaine stepped forward.
“Leo almost died.”
Valerie looked at her.
“And who are you?”
“The woman who broke your window.”
Valerie sneered.
Elaine didn't move.
“You wanted them to die,” she said. “But that little boy decided otherwise.”
For the first time, Valerie's expression cracked.
Then Miller read her the charges.
Attempted first-degree murder.
Child abuse.
Reckless endangerment.
As Valerie was dragged away, news cameras captured everything.
By sunset, America knew the story.
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