Chapter 11 - The Sentence and the Threat
The jury deliberated for less than an hour before returning a unanimous guilty verdict on all counts.
The presiding judge slammed his wooden gavel down, looking at Victoria with absolute, cold severity.
"Victoria Sterling, your actions against an innocent child represent the absolute height of human depravity," the judge declared.
"I sentence you to thirty years in a federal maximum-security facility without the possibility of parole," he ruled firmly.
Senator Sterling was sentenced to fifteen years for conspiracy to commit murder and federal fraud.
As the marshals pulled Victoria from her chair, she turned to glare at David with wild, unhinged eyes.
"You think you saved her, David?!" Victoria spat, her voice echoing through the silent courtroom.
"My associates in Geneva still have the activation key to Thomas's naval files!" she shrieked before being dragged out.
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David’s eyes narrowed as the courtroom doors slammed shut behind her.
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