Sophia: What federal marshals?! You didn't call the police!
Alejandro: I called them an hour ago when my private detective sent me the bank transfer statements from your offshore account in Switzerland.
Sophia: You... you hired a private investigator on me?!
Alejandro: I noticed Mom's speech getting slurred two months ago, Sophia. I wasn't going to stand by and watch you slowly destroy her life.
The distant sound of loud police sirens echoed through the quiet estate grounds, getting louder as emergency vehicles pulled up the main driveway.
Karina: Oh my god... we're going to prison...
Sophia: Unlocking that door won't save you, Alejandro! I have the signed power of attorney documents in my briefcase!
Alejandro: Those documents are completely void, Sophia. The doctor who signed them lost his medical license three days ago for falsifying patient records.
Sophia: Dr. Harrison betrayed me?!
Alejandro: Dr. Harrison confessed to federal prosecutors this morning to avoid a twenty-year prison sentence. He gave them every text message, email, and bank record you ever sent him.
Sophia backed away toward the curtained windows, her eyes wide with sheer panic as heavy footsteps bounded up the grand staircase outside the bedroom.
Police Officer: Police! Open the door immediately!
Alejandro: It's open, Officer!
Alejandro unlocked the door and threw it wide open. Four uniformed police officers and two paramedics rushed into the bedroom with emergency medical kits.
Paramedic: Clear the area! We need to check her vitals right now!
Alejandro: She was forced to ingest liquid sedatives and soaked in cold water! Please check her breathing!
Paramedic: Get the oxygen mask on her now! Oxygen levels are dangerously low!
The paramedics worked with practiced speed, placing the plastic mask over Elena's face as she let out a long, heavy breath, her chest rising and falling rhythmically under the warm blankets the medical team brought in.
Police Officer: Who is Sophia Vance and Karina Miller?
Alejandro: That's my sister, Sophia, by the window. And that's Karina, the private nurse standing by the closet.
Police Officer: Ladies, keep your hands where we can see them and turn around slowly.
Sophia: Don't touch me! I am an executive at Vance Enterprises! My attorneys will have you fired by morning!
Police Officer: Put your hands behind your back, ma'am. You are under arrest for attempted murder, elderly abuse, forgery, and grand larceny.