He Accused Me Of Stealing But I Heard The Truth Chapter 46
I also wrote about the fire escape.
“When I jumped from that second-story window, I didn’t know if my baby would survive, or where I would land.”
“Rachel Lane had six years after that moment to return the money, correct the records, or at the very least, stop hurting my daughter. She did not.”
“I do not ask that she understand my pain. I ask only that she never again be allowed to use anyone’s name, trust, or desperation to gain power for herself.”
The judge sentenced her to prison and ordered full restitution of the embezzled funds. The two overseas properties remained under court control, with the proceeds from their sale designated for compensation.
When she was led away, she didn’t look at me again.
Reporters swarmed the courthouse steps.
Some asked if I had forgiven Derek. Others asked if I would return to the Weston family now that compensation was assured.
I gave no answer.
My lawyer read a single statement.
“The criminal verdict confirms that Erin Collins never received the relocation funds she was owed. All remaining civil liability will be decided by the evidence and the courts.”
On the bus ride home, Maisie fell asleep on my shoulder.
She still didn’t understand what the words in the judgment really meant.
And I had no intention of letting her childhood revolve around Rachel’s prison sentence.
As the bus passed the Weston Group building, I saw the lights were still on in the top-floor offices.
Derek no longer worked there.
But the next morning, the corporation’s lawyers contacted us with a new settlement offer.
This time, it contained no confidentiality clause.