Chapter 13 - Carter Faces Evidence Not Influence
The legal process moved slower than social media stories pretend.
There was no magical morning when one powerful phone call destroyed
Carter.
There were interviews.
Medical records.
Audio files.
Financial disclosures.
Witness statements.
Motions.
Temporary orders.
Carter’s professional conduct also came under scrutiny through the
appropriate channels after evidence emerged concerning threats and
representations about his legal influence.
Eleanor faced her own consequences for the kitchen incident.
Both disputed parts of the allegations.
Their lawyers did what lawyers were supposed to do.
My father did not direct prosecutors.
He did not call judges.
He did not threaten careers.
That mattered to me.
Carter had spent years teaching me that power meant knowing someone who
could bend rules.
Dad showed me another version.
Real authority could mean refusing to bend them even when the victim was
your daughter.
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The evidence had to stand without his title.
It did.
