Chapter 16 - Stephanie Points The Blame Fast
Realizing she was facing serious prison time, Stephanie stood up in the courtroom and pointed a shaking finger at her mother.
“It was all her idea! My mother planned the entire embezzlement scheme from the very beginning!” Stephanie sobbed.
Jessi whipped her head around, glaring at her daughter with a look of pure, venomous betrayal and disgust.
“You ungrateful little brat! You helped spend every single dollar on designer shoes and spa treatments!” Jessi yelled.
The courtroom erupted into noisy murmurs before the bailiff banged his heavy wooden gavel three times in succession.
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“Order in the courtroom or I will clear the gallery immediately,” the judge warned in a booming, authoritative voice.
The pathetic spectacle of mother and sister turning on each other destroyed any remaining shred of their dignity.
