Chapter 14 - The TrialThe trial lasted months.
Millions of dollars in stolen funds were traced.
Former employees testified.
Financial experts reconstructed years of fraud.
Security footage from the staircase became one of the most emotionally devastating pieces of evidence.
Claire's attorneys argued that the assault had been an emotional outburst.
The jury saw something else.
They saw intent.
They saw years of manipulation.
They saw a woman who had allowed ambition to destroy her humanity.
Daniel received the harsher sentence.
Claire was convicted on multiple federal charges and sentenced to years in prison.
When the verdict was read, Elena sat beside Julian.
She held his hand.
The nightmare was finally ending.
But Julian knew justice could punish a crime.
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It could not erase memory.
That part belonged to time.
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