“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.”
“Will they be arrested, too?”
“We already arrested them last night.”
After the interrogation, Emily went straight to see her lawyer. Roth greeted her with good news.
“The court has accepted your divorce petition for processing. Given the circumstances, the process will be quick and the custody of the child. Ethan will lose his parental rights due to his arrest and the criminal case. Noah will stay with you and the properties.”
“All of Ethan’s assets are frozen. Apartments, country houses, bank accounts, cars, everything will go towards paying compensation to the victims.”
“You will get half of the marital property not related to the crime. That is the apartment where you live now. In addition, monetary compensation for your share in other properties and your aunt’s inheritance. The fake will has been declared null and void. You will get everything that is yours. The apartment on the Upper East Side, the house in the mountains, the bank deposits.”
Emily calculated mentally. Including the inheritance, she would become a wealthy woman with enough for a comfortable life.
By the way, about the child. In the last few days with the stress, Emily had almost forgotten about her pregnancy, and suddenly she felt a pang in her lower abdomen.
“Constantine, excuse me, I have to go. I do not feel well.”
“Of course, take care of yourself.”
On the way home, the pain intensified. Emily stopped at a pharmacy, but suddenly she felt dizzy and everything went black.
Emily woke up in a hospital beside her doctors and nurses, and there she learned that she had lost the baby. The pregnancy had been terminated.