Chapter 16 - THE SISTER’S BETRAYAL EXPOSED
Down the cell block, Jessica sat weeping hysterically, realizing she was taking the fall for her mother's madness.
She requested an emergency meeting with the lead prosecutor, hoping to cut a deal in exchange for full testimony.
"I didn't want to lock her in! Evelyn forced me! She said if I didn't help, she'd cut me out of the will!" Jessica sobbed.
Officer Vance recorded her frantic confession, noting every detail of the conspiracy to commit arson and murder.
"Ignorance or coercion doesn't erase your complicity, Jessica, but cooperation will be noted by the judge," Vance told her coldly.
Word of Jessica’s betrayal reached Evelyn’s cell by evening, sparking a furious screaming match between mother and daughter.
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The jail guards had to intervene, pepper-spraying Evelyn to stop her from banging against Jessica's partition wall.
The golden facade of the Miller family was not just cracked; it had completely shattered into irreparable pieces.
