The next morning sunlight beamed through the glass windows of a law office.
Clara sat next to Mark in a comfortable leather chair facing a lawyer.
Attorney Sarah Jenkins carefully inspected every yellowed paper from the steel lockbox.
She checked the official raised court stamps on the back of the papers.
Sarah: These legal documents are completely authentic and legally binding in court.
Clara: What does this mean for Richard Vance's control over the estate?
Sarah: It means his control over the entire estate ends effective immediately today.
Father: Can we use this evidence to find out what happened to Julianna?
Sarah nodded slowly as she typed notes into her desktop computer screen.
Sarah: We are filing an emergency motion for a full financial state audit.
Sarah: That audit will force Richard to reveal all bank transfers made lately.
Two hours later, Sarah received an urgent phone call from the local police department.
She placed the call on speakerphone so Clara and Mark could both listen.
Detective: We executed a search warrant on Richard Vance's secondary countryside property.
Father: Did you find any information regarding my missing wife Julianna sir?
Detective: We found evidence that Julianna was paid to leave under heavy pressure.
Detective: Richard threatened to destroy her sister's life if she didn't leave.
Clara gasped loudly as tears welled up in her bright green eyes.
Her twin sister had sacrificed her own happiness to protect Clara from harm.
Clara: Where is my sister Julianna right now, is she safe somewhere?
Detective: She is living in a small coastal town under police protection now.
Detective: We are escorting her back to Dallas later this evening safely.
Mark pulled Clara into a warm, emotional embrace right in the office.
Father: She is safe, Clara, your twin sister is finally coming back home.
Clara: I cannot believe she gave up everything to keep me safe.
Father: Richard will spend the rest of his life behind bars for extortion.
The attorney printed out the restraining orders against Richard Vance immediately.
By late afternoon, state troopers arrested Richard at his high-rise downtown office.
News of the high-profile arrest spread quickly across local Dallas television news.
Clara, Mark, and little Leo waited anxiously at the central police station lounge.
The heavy frosted glass doors at the front entrance slid open slowly.
A young woman with long dark hair stepped into the sunlit lobby room.
Clara stood up from her chair, her heart pounding wild inside her chest.
The two identical sisters locked eyes for the very first time in life.
Julianna dropped her travel bag onto the floor and began to cry aloud.