Chapter 18 - Maximum Prison Sentences Handed Down

The judge banged his gavel down with a sharp, echoing crack that sealed the fate of the toxic family members.
“Jessi Vance, you are sentenced to ten years in a federal correctional facility without the possibility of parole,” he ruled.
“Stephanie Vance, for your active participation in grand theft and wire fraud, you are sentenced to six years.”
Jessi collapsed into her lawyer’s arms, weeping loudly as heavy steel bailiff cuffs were locked around her wrists.
Stephanie was led away through the side exit doors, screaming hysterically as her glamorous world vanished forever.
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Luca sat quietly in the front row, feeling a profound sense of closure wash over his weary soul.
The cancer within his family had been surgically excised, leaving room for true healing to finally begin.