Chapter 15 - The Verdict
Months later, verdicts and plea agreements closed the major cases.
Daniel was convicted on serious financial offenses and held accountable through the legal process for conduct established by the evidence.
Charles received his own sentence.
Evelyn's cooperation affected the resolution of her case, but it did not erase her responsibility.
The Mercer empire, as the family had known it, was gone.
Jonathan chose not to take control.
Instead he established a scholarship in Margaret's name for students studying forensic accounting and ethics.
“Grandma would hate the word ethics attached to her family,” he joked.
“She'd probably appreciate the irony.”
He smiled.
We had become friends through circumstances neither of us would ever have chosen.
But life had begun giving us ordinary days.
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And ordinary days were becoming my favorite kind.
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