Chapter 16 - Rejecting a desperate plea deal offered by Aunt Evelyn as she faces twenty years inside a maximum security prison today.
Inside the visitor room of the federal detention facility, Aunt Evelyn sat wearing a dull orange prison jumpsuit behind thick glass.
Across from her sat Clara, wearing an elegant cream suit, looking calm, powerful, and completely untouched by her past abuser.
"Clara, please... talk to the prosecutor! Tell them I was manipulated by Julian!" Evelyn wept, her hands pressing against the glass.
"You grabbed my face, Evelyn; you laughed while your goons threatened my life in my own home," Clara recalled with icy precision.
"I offered you a quiet resignation six months ago, but you chose greed and violence instead," Clara added, leaning forward slightly.
"The federal prosecutor is demanding twenty years without parole, and I will be sitting in the front row when they read the verdict."
Evelyn collapsed into bitter, hopeless sobs as the guard tapped on the door, signaling that visiting hours were officially over.
No amount of high-society status or silver-tongued excuses could save her from paying the full, heavy price for her crimes.
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Clara walked out of the facility into the bright sunlight, leaving the dark ghost of her past behind her forever.
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