‘Take her! She’s my wife, and I can confirm that she’s crazy. She broke into my office and who knows what damage she did to the files I keep there,’ Paul ordered the officials behind him.
‘Paul, what are you doing? You know I’m not crazy! Stop this!’ shouted Isabel as the guards grabbed her. Her eyes darted around the lobby looking for any sign of help or sympathy from those around her, but all she got was Jane’s smug triumphant smirk.
At that moment Isabel was seized with despair. She was sure that this was the end – that Paul would make her disappear into the obscurity of the mental institution.
But just as this grim realisation settled in her mind, the front doors swung open and the police burst into the hall. ‘Mr Yeats, you’re under arrest,’ one of the officers said, handcuffing him. The guards stopped, unsure of what to do with Isabel.
Watching Paul being led away by the police officers, Isabel couldn’t help but wonder who had acted so quickly. She knew that someone had gone through the documents she had sent out and helped organise Paul’s arrest. But who?
And then she noticed a familiar figure standing next to the police cars Paul was being taken away in. Charles, the same lawyer who had insistently asked her never to contact him again.
‘I guess he is a good man after all,’ Isabel pondered quietly, and her heart burst with gratitude. As she stepped outside, she couldn’t help but notice the shock on Jane’s face. ‘I should have taken you up on your offer,’ she muttered loud enough for Isabel to hear.
Isabel paused and turned to face her. ‘I wouldn’t give it to you. You don’t deserve a fraction of my money,’ she replied, her voice smooth and filled with newfound strength.
As she left, Isabel felt a sense of release she hadn’t felt in a long time. She had fought against insurmountable odds and emerged victorious. She would start a new life with her children, and this time it would be in her hands, not Paul’s or Jane’s.
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