He Deceived Me So I Destroyed His Family’s Legacy Chapter 34
When the jury read the verdict, Adrian stood straight.
Guilty on one count.
Then another.
Concealment of a felony. Obstruction of justice. Witness intimidation. Misuse of corporate funds.
With every count, his face grew a little paler.
Vanessa sat on the other side of the defense table.
Her testimony had reduced her liability, but it had not absolved her.
When she heard her own verdict, she broke into sobs.
“I didn’t kill them!”
At last, Laura’s mother looked up.
“But when my daughter came to beg you for help, you threw money in her face and told her to shut up.”
Vanessa fell silent.
The house manager admitted that he had relocated witnesses and intercepted complaints on Adrian’s orders.
He was trading his testimony against Adrian for a lighter sentence.
Adrian looked at him coldly.
“The Blackwoods employed you for twenty years.”
The manager kept his head down.
“And for twenty years, I did your family’s dirty work.”
“I’m not going to spend the rest of my life in prison doing it for you, too.”
The loyalty they had once used to shield one another shattered in the face of prison.
Then it was time for victim impact statements.
Lily walked to the center of the courtroom.