Chapter 16 - THE TRUTHThe courtroom became Diane's stage.
She cried.
She described herself as a loving grandmother.
She accused us of poisoning Olivia against her.
Then Mark introduced the evidence.
The forged divorce papers.
The false police reports.
The paid witnesses.
The surveillance photographs.
The storage-unit documents.
The private investigator's testimony.
And finally—
the beach photograph.
The judge examined it carefully.
"Who took this?"
The investigator answered.
"Diane ordered it."
The courtroom fell silent.
Then Margaret took the stand.
She looked at her sister.
"I spent my entire life being afraid of you."
Diane's expression changed.
Margaret continued.
"But I'm not afraid anymore."
She told the court everything.
Not rumors.
Not opinions.
Facts.
Decades of manipulation.
Decades of lies.
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Decades of people who had been too frightened to speak.
Diane's empire of fear finally collapsed.
