Chapter 14 - THE DAWN OF JUSTICE
The next morning, the headlines across the country were screaming about the collapse of the prestigious Sterling family empire.
"STERLING WEDDING ENDS IN ARRESTS AND FINANCIAL RUIN," the headlines shouted in bold, capital, unforgiving black font.
Elena watched the news from her kitchen, sipping herbal tea, her feet up on the ottoman, feeling surprisingly peaceful.
She looked at her belly, where her child was growing, a child who would never know the greed of the Sterlings.
Her phone buzzed with an alert: the federal prosecutor had officially opened an investigation into the family's shipping lines.
She smiled, a slow, satisfied expression, knowing that the wheels of justice were turning exactly as she had planned.
The doorbell rang, but she didn't flinch, her security system already scanning the visitor and confirming it was the courier.
She walked to the door, opened it, and accepted a thick manila envelope, the final piece of the puzzle.
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She closed the door, locked it, and sat back down, the envelope in her hand like a trophy of war.
It contained the last of the evidence, the documents that would ensure the family never touched a dime again.
