Chapter 5 - The Seventy-Four Days

Seventy-four days passed in complete, absolute, strategic silence.
I spent those long weeks recovering inside a private facility.
Top medical specialists restored my physical health and strength completely.
My pale cheeks regained their healthy, natural, glowing flush color.
I gained back my weight, energy, and sharp focus.
Meanwhile, Detective Bennett gathered an ironclad federal criminal file.
We tracked every single wire transfer Jason made overseas.
He was spending my stolen trust fund cash on luxury hotels.
He bought diamond jewelry for his greedy younger sister today.
He believed I was buried six feet beneath the earth.
He thought he had committed the perfect, undetectable murder crime.
He never checked local news reports during his luxury vacation.
He had zero idea that his wife had survived his trap.
Today was the seventy-fourth day since he locked the door.
Jason's flight landed at the city airport two hours ago.
He was driving back to our suburban home right now.
He expected to find an empty, quiet crime scene inside.
Instead, three armed law enforcement officers stood inside foyer.
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And I stood quietly beside them, waiting for his entry.
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