Chapter 10 - CAGED IN ORANGE
By four o'clock in the morning, Victoria and Marcus were processed into the Metropolitan Correction Center in Brooklyn.
Stripped of her luxury lifestyle, Victoria sat in a cold concrete cell wearing standard issued federal orange scrubs.
Her manicured fingernails were chipped, and her red hair hung limp around her pale, tired face.
Through the glass window of the visitation room, her father stood holding a notice of total corporate bankruptcy.
"Our family empire is gone, Victoria," her father wept, his hands shaking against the reinforced glass. "Julian Sterling bought out all our debt."
"Help me, Dad! Call our senators in Washington!" Victoria begged, her voice cracking with pure panic.
"No senator will touch this case," her father replied brokenly. "The security video of you kicking that girl is trending nationwide."
Victoria collapsed onto her knees on the cold floor, realizing her social status had been utterly erased forever.
In Westchester, Lily returned home to Sterling Manor, walking into the grand foyer framed by the American flag.
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She looked up at the white dome camera on the ceiling, knowing it had saved her life and delivered justice.
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