News vans began to park along the long gravel drive outside.
Reporters stood near the front gates with bright flashing lights.
The story of the wealthy executive spread through town like wildfire.
Lily wrapped a warm fleece blanket around her mother's narrow shoulders.
Paramedics walked into the hallway carrying a soft stretcher unit.
Paramedic: We need to take her to the hospital immediately.
Lily: I am coming with her in the ambulance car!
Mother: Hold my hand, Lily, do not let go.
Richard was escorted out the front door in heavy iron cuffs.
The reporters shouted questions at him as cameras flashed repeatedly.
Reporter: Did you hide your wife to claim her inheritance money?
Richard kept his head down low, trying to hide his face.
His high-profile legal team could not protect him from this crime.
Inside the mansion, police investigators secured the trapdoor area safely.
They recovered the legal documents showing the full corporate fraud.
Officer Miller: Your bravery saved your mother today, young lady.
Lily: I just wanted my mom back home with me.
Martha sat on the hallway bench crying softly into her handkerchief.
Lily: You helped save her too, Martha, at the end.
Maid Martha: I will spend the rest of my life making amends.
The ambulance doors closed gently, shutting out the bright lights.
Lily sat right beside her mother on the small side seat.
Mother: We are finally free from his control forever now.