Chapter 16 - JusticeRichard's trial became national news.
The evidence was overwhelming.
His attorneys tried to argue that the chandelier collapse was an accident.
The prosecution presented the wire cutters.
Then the financial records.
Then the insurance policy.
Then the attic photographs.
Then the security footage.
One by one, Richard's lies disappeared.
When the verdict was read, Eleanor sat quietly in the courtroom.
Guilty.
On every major count.
Richard looked at her.
For a moment, their eyes met.
There was no love left.
No anger.
Only distance.
Eleanor stood.
She didn't say a word.
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She didn't need to.
She walked out of the courtroom holding Martha's hand.
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Chapter 19 - The Woman Who Refused to Be AfraidWeeks passed.
Chapter 20 - The Door That OpenedA year after the chandelier nearly killed her, Eleanor stood in the same foyer with Leo in her arms.
