The officer pulled Richard's arms forcefully behind his back, snapping the cold steel handcuffs around his wrists with a loud, distinct click that echoed through the silent hallway.
Richard: Get your hands off me! Do you have any idea who my lawyers are?! I'll have your badge by tomorrow morning!
Police Officer 2: Keep walking, sir. You can tell all of that to the magistrate at the booking station.
Richard: Emma! Tell them to stop! You're destroying my life!
Emma: You destroyed your own life the day you put a innocent boy behind a wall for money.
The guests pulled back, whispering amongst themselves as the officers marched Richard down the grand white marble corridor toward the front exit, his tuxedo jacket wrinkled and his face twisted in desperate rage.
Guest 1: I can't believe we've been attending parties at this house for three years while that poor child was trapped inside the drywall.
Guest 2: It's sickening. The entire board is going to vote to remove him from the company by midnight.
Woman: Emma, my legal team will assist you in applying for full emergency guardianship of Leo tomorrow morning. We will ensure the trust fund covers all his medical and living expenses.
Emma: Thank you, Victoria. I just want him to be safe and happy.
Woman: He will be. You saved his life tonight, my dear.
Emma walked over to the stretcher, holding Leo's small hand as the paramedics rolled him down the hallway toward the waiting ambulance outside.
Boy: Emma... is Uncle Richard ever coming back to the house?
Emma: No, Leo. He's going away for a very long time.
Boy: Does that mean I get to live in a real room with a window now?
Emma: You're going to have the biggest bedroom in the house, with huge windows that let all the sunshine in every single morning.
Tears of relief welled in Leo's eyes as he smiled for the first time in years, squeezing Emma's hand tightly as they stepped out into the cool night air.
The flashing red and blue lights of the police cars illuminated the pristine white facade of the mansion as Richard was shoved into the back of a patrol car, the heavy door slamming shut on his legacy forever.