Chapter 15 - Brad Finds Himself Homeless On The Cold Street
Six months later, the federal court in Los Angeles handed down its final sentencing in the high-profile corporate fraud trial.
Brad Sterling was sentenced to twelve years in a federal penitentiary with no possibility of early parole.
Victoria received a three-year suspended sentence and probation after cooperating fully with the federal prosecutors.
Stripped of her wealth, her friends, and her social status, Victoria found herself walking down a rainy Los Angeles sidewalk.
She carried a single plastic shopping bag containing her remaining clothes and cheap drugstore cosmetics.
Every single person she once called a friend had blocked her phone number and refused to answer her desperate pleas.
She looked at her reflection in the glass window of a luxury boutique, barely recognizing the tired, broken woman staring back.
The emerald silk robe and designer lifestyle were gone forever, replaced by the bitter reality of her own choices.
She turned away from the store window, stepping out into the cold rain with nowhere left to go.
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The consequences of arrogance and greed had finally caught up to her in the most unforgiving way possible.
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