Chapter 16 - Brandon Trapped by His Lies
Locked inside a public holding cell, Brandon stared blankly at the graffiti-covered concrete walls surrounding him.
His court-appointed public defender had advised him that pleading guilty to wire fraud was his only hope of avoiding twenty years in prison.
His former friends in high society had deleted his contact info and pretended he never existed.
Even his mother refused to answer his collect calls from the precinct detention desk.
He had traded a loving wife and a sick child for fleeting luxury and a glamorous mistress, losing everything in the process.
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Every ticking second on the jailhouse clock reminded him of his catastrophic, irreversible mistakes.
The bitter taste of loneliness and disgrace was the only meal left on his plate.
