Chapter 16 - The Fall of Eleanor VillaseñorThe hearings lasted weeks.
Every day brought another revelation.
Money laundering.
Extortion.
Bribery.
Witness intimidation.
Fraud.
Illegal surveillance.
And attempted murder.
Eleanor sat silently throughout the proceedings.
She never apologized.
Never cried.
Never asked for mercy.
When the prosecutor presented evidence connecting her directly to the sabotage of the glass floor, the courtroom fell silent.
Then Eleanor finally looked at David.
"You destroyed your own family."
David met her gaze.
"No."
His voice was steady.
"You destroyed it years ago."
Eleanor was convicted.
The Villaseñor board removed her from every position of authority.
Assets were frozen.
Companies were dismantled.
The empire she had spent decades building disappeared in months.
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But David knew justice wasn't only about destroying the guilty.
It was about protecting the innocent.
