Chapter 13 - The Last Threat
Allison secured the twins inside an interior room and contacted military security.
Colonel Hale arrived within minutes.
Investigators traced Wallace’s threat to a private surveillance contractor.
The contractor had photographed Allison’s new house, the childcare center, Megan’s apartment, and Dana’s temporary location.
Wallace intended to frighten every witness before the federal grand jury.
Eric, facing serious charges, began negotiating with prosecutors.
When told about the surveillance, he offered evidence against Wallace.
Not because he had become brave.
Because he wanted a reduced sentence.
Eric provided offshore account records and private messages.
The evidence revealed that Wallace had encouraged Dana’s affair from the beginning.
He ordered her to gain Eric’s trust and move closer to Allison’s family.
Eric believed he was using Dana.
Dana believed she was using Eric.
Wallace had been using them both.
But Eric had still chosen every lie.
Every forged signature.
Every hidden camera.
Every moment of cruelty.
Dana entered protective custody.
Before leaving, she wrote Allison a letter.
I wanted your house, your company, and your husband because I thought possessing another woman’s life would make me powerful. I understand now that I became my father’s weapon. I do not ask you to forgive me.
Allison did not answer.
Some apologies existed only to acknowledge damage.
Federal agents arrested Wallace before he could leave the country.
The conspiracy was finally contained.
Allison refused television interviews and book offers.
Her sons’ first days of life would not become public entertainment.
She focused on recovery.
She learned to carry both infant seats without pain.
She learned which twin cried before feeding and which hummed softly in his sleep.
She learned to accept help without shame.
One morning, she realized she had slept without checking the locks every hour.
Then Eric sent a letter from detention.
He asked for photographs of the twins.
He claimed he wanted to become a better father.
Allison did not know whether the remorse was real.
So she made the same decision she would make in command.
She judged verified behavior, not emotional promises.
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She sent nothing.
👉 Wallace had been stopped, but Allison’s hardest decision remained: whether Eric could ever earn a place in the lives of the sons he once used as leverage.
