Chapter 16
Three months later, the autumn leaves were turning brilliant shades of orange and red across the Bryn Mawr estate.
I sat on the wide stone porch of my family home, sipping hot cider with my sister Jenna.
The legal nightmare was finally behind us; Grant and Tessa had both pled guilty to federal conspiracy charges.
Grant received twenty-five years in a maximum-security federal penitentiary without the possibility of early parole.
Tessa was sentenced to eighteen years, her nursing license permanently revoked by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Harrison BioTech stock had bounced back to record highs once the news of my full recovery broke.
“You look healthy, Nora,” Jenna smiled, resting her feet on the wooden porch railing.
May you like
“I feel alive,” I replied, looking out over the sprawling green lawn where our mother used to plant roses.
“Realizing that the people who were supposed to love you were actually your worst enemies changes a person.”
