Chapter 11
By noon, national news networks across the United States were broadcasting the shocking story on every major channel.
"BREAKING NEWS: SOCIALITE CLAIRE SINCLAIR ARRESTED AFTER HUSBAND'S BILLIONAIRE FATHER INTERVENES IN HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL."
Footage of Claire in handcuffs being led out of the Vance mansion played on loop across television screens from New York to Los Angeles.
Stock prices for Sinclair Industries plummeted to absolute zero as institutional investors severed all ties.
Inside her federal holding cell, Claire sat on a metal bunk, staring blankly at the concrete walls in total disbelief.
Her high-priced defense attorney sat across from her with a grim, hopeless expression on his face.
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"Claire, the district attorney is pushing for a maximum ten-year sentence without parole," the lawyer warned quietly.
"And Arthur Vance has deployed a team of federal litigators to ensure you never see a single dime of bail."
