The Fall of Evelyn and Kate

  

Kelly

The air inside the police station was strained. I watched as Evelyn sat across from me, her wrists cuffed, her usually neat hair disheveled. The smug arrogance she once carried was gone, replaced by a hollow, defeated expression. She had no more tricks to play, no more lives to manipulate.  

Adrian sat beside me, arms crossed, his expression unreadable. Susan, on the other hand, stood rigid near the door, her fingers clenched into fists. Who would Evelyn call for help? Anderson? Lucian?

Detective Harris, the lead investigator, leaned forward, voice steady. 

“Evelyn Grant, you’re facing charges of child abduction, falsification of medical records,...