Chapter 4: The Price of Cruelty
Chapter 4: The Price of Cruelty
Adrian was arrested several months later.
He wasn't arrested because I wanted revenge.
He was arrested because the evidence proved his crimes beyond doubt.
Vanessa accepted a plea agreement after investigators confronted her with financial records bearing her own signature.
The woman who once laughed while counting my lashes now testified against the man she claimed to love.
Neither of them could save the other.
The mansion was sold.
Luxury cars disappeared.
Private clubs revoked memberships.
The people who once admired Adrian's wealth suddenly claimed they had never trusted him.
My father never celebrated.
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He simply told me, "Justice isn't about destroying people. It's about ending the harm they cause."
For the first time in years, I understood what freedom felt like.
