CHAPTER 6 — After the Arrest
CHAPTER 6 — After the Arrest
The house was no longer a home.
It was a sealed crime scene.
Yellow tape stretched across the marble floors like scars that refused to fade.
Valeria stood in the doorway watching investigators move through what used to be her life.
Every drawer opened.
Every secret exposed.
Every lie documented.
Ernesto stood beside her, silent.
For the first time in years, she felt no fear.
Only emptiness.
Not sadness.
Not joy.
Just… absence.
Behind them, an officer whispered:
“He’s requesting to speak to her again.”
Valeria didn’t turn around.
“I have nothing left to hear.”
But Julian was already learning something new inside custody:
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Silence, when it stops obeying you, becomes your punishment.
