Chapter 9 - The Fall of the Con Artist

Karma didn't just knock on Jessica's door; it kicked it off the hinges.
The criminal trial was swift and brutal. Faced with the overwhelming evidence Marcus had collected, Jessica's defense crumbled. She was convicted on all counts and sentenced to fifteen years in a federal penitentiary.
She lost the designer clothes, the penthouse, and the status she had lied and stolen to achieve. She traded it all for a concrete cell and an orange jumpsuit.
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Bradley, her cousin, received five years for his cooperation, and the $4.2 million they had stolen was returned to my company with interest.
With the toxic poison removed from our lives, Sarah and I began the slow, delicate process of healing. I didn't push her. I didn't demand we instantly go back to how things were. I simply proved my love to her every single day.