Chapter 5 - Parents Realize They Helped Destroy Their Own Daughter
Celina Sterling clutched her chest, her breath coming in short, panicked gasps as the agonizing truth finally crashed down upon her.
She looked from the pristine white uniform on the witness stand back to her golden son sitting in his expensive navy suit.
For ten years, she had repeated Luke’s venomous lies to neighbors, church members, and relatives at every holiday dinner.
She had told everyone that her daughter was a bitter, broken failure who ran away from home out of sheer cowardice.
Now, sitting in a federal court of law, she realized she had helped her son frame and bury the only child who ever truly served with honor.
Bernard Sterling sat stiffly beside his wife, his face turning an ash-gray color as he stared at the floor in unbearable shame.
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He had always prided himself on integrity, yet he had willingly signed away his signature on forged government contractor bids.
The foundation of respectability they built their lives upon was nothing more than a monument built on lies and stolen honor.
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