Mark stared down at his sobbing wife in complete horror and disbelief.
The woman he loved for ten years was planning his sudden death.
Mark: You tried to kill me for an insurance payout Sarah?
Sarah: I had no other choice left Mark we are deep in massive debt!
Mark: Our home mortgage is paid off and I earn a great salary!
Sarah looked up with red swollen eyes full of bitter heavy regret.
Sarah: I lost everything on bad stock investments three months ago Mark.
Mark stepped back against the soft edge of the carpeted hall entrance.
Mark: How much money did you lose behind my back Sarah?
Sarah: Almost six hundred thousand dollars from our joint estate savings account.
Mark felt the air completely leave his lungs in one sharp gasp.
Their life savings and inheritance funds were completely gone without a trace.
Mark: You stole our daughter's college fund and our future security?
Sarah: The debt collectors said they would take our luxury house away!
Mark: So your solution was to put poison inside my morning tea cup?
Sarah reached out her small trembling hands in a pleading sad gesture.
Sarah: I was desperate and I did not know how to fix it!
Mark: You are a cold monster who cares only about yourself Sarah.
He pressed the three emergency numbers into his glowing telephone screen.
Sarah sprang up off the floor like a desperate wild trapped animal.
She knocked the heavy black smartphone directly out of Mark's tight grip.
The phone skittered far across the hard polished wood kitchen floor tiles.
Sarah: I cannot let you send me away to prison Mark!
She scrambled wildly toward the dark hallway where her car keys rested.
Mark chased right behind her through the grand entry door archway.
Mark: You are not going anywhere until the police officers arrive here!
He grabbed the front door brass handle and locked it securely keyless.
Sarah stood trapped against the heavy front mahogany wooden entrance door.
Sarah: Let me go or I will tell everyone you hit me!
Mark: You can tell whatever ridiculous lies you want to the judge Sarah.
He picked up the hallway wall landline phone receiver from its base.
He pressed the red emergency line buttons firmly without any second hesitation.
Mark: Send emergency police squad cars to forty four Elm Street immediately.
Sarah sank down against the tall front wooden door in silent misery.
Her dark elaborate scheme was completely shattered into a million sharp pieces.
The loud screaming sound of distant approaching police sirens echoed far outside.