PART 7
The local medical examiner was arrested while eating breakfast at a diner, and Chief May was handcuffed in his own parking lot. No one in the town celebrated out loud yet, because the fear that had accumulated over decades required real proof that the monster was actually gone.
Ellis and Cheyenne Higgins were arrested together in their formal dining room. Cheyenne was still wearing the expensive silk robe she had worn when she called Ronnie to mock him.
“You people have no idea who you are dealing with,” Cheyenne sneered as the agent read her the charges of conspiracy and financial fraud.
The arresting officer simply placed a small digital speaker on the dining table and pressed play.
Cheyenne’s own voice echoed through the room, saying, “My husband rules this town, the police, and the courts.”
The room fell completely silent, and Cheyenne’s face turned pale.
While the recording alone did not prove every financial crime, it clearly demonstrated their systematic control over local law enforcement and their intent to intimidate a federal witness.
Luke and Reid were brought back to court, but this time they faced Paige’s video, the detailed medical reports, and statements from local neighbors who were finally willing to speak. A local gardener testified that Reid had ordered him to erase all the security footage from the night of the assault.
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“Dahlia wanted to call an ambulance for the child,” a family maid testified to the prosecutors. “But Cheyenne grabbed the phone from her hand and told her they needed to agree on a story first.”
The family quickly hired expensive lawyers to call Paige a liar and a rebellious teenager.
