Chapter 10

Desperate to save himself from prison, Brandon took the witness stand to testify directly against his own mother.
He revealed how Evelyn had forced him to turn a blind eye to Clara's mistreatment under threat of disinheritance.
Evelyn glared at her son with burning venom, realizing her own flesh and blood had delivered the final betrayal.
"You coward!" Evelyn shrieked in the courtroom before the judge slammed his gavel down for order.
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The jury deliberated for less than two hours before returning with a unanimous guilty verdict on all twelve counts.
The judge sentenced Evelyn to twenty-eight years in a federal penitentiary without the possibility of early parole.