Chapter 19 - Stepmother's Desperate Plea Falls On Deaf Ears Now
Inside the fluorescent-lit visiting room of the federal detention center, the stepmother paced frantically behind the glass partition.
Her lawyer had just dropped her case after realizing her personal assets were completely seized by the government.
She pressed her palms against the thick security glass as a guard escorted her former husband’s associate into the room.
“You have to help me! Jonathan lied to me about the offshore accounts; he promised me immunity!” she shrieked into the intercom.
The associate looked at her with utter contempt, adjusting his prison-issue orange jumpsuit before picking up the phone handset.
“Jonathan is locked in solitary confinement three floors down, madam; he doesn't even remember your name,” the associate replied coldly.
“I can give the federal prosecutors the names of every corrupt senator who took bribes from our foundation!” she pleaded desperately.
“The prosecutors already have those names, sweetheart; Director Vance downloaded the entire master server last Tuesday,” he scoffed.
She slammed the handset down onto its cradle, sliding down the cold metal wall in a flood of hysterical, hopeless tears.
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Her grand ambition of ruling the Vance dynasty had culminated in an endless, inescapable federal cage.
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