CHAPTER 7 — THE PRICE OF GREED
Nathan received multiple life sentences without parole.
Celeste's punishment proved even harsher.
Evidence connected her to corporate murders, blackmail, and international financial crimes.
She would spend the rest of her life behind bars.
Outside the courthouse reporters surrounded me.
"Mrs. Blackwood..."
"Do you feel victorious?"
I looked toward the courthouse steps.
"No."
"Justice and revenge are not the same."
"I didn't fight because I hated them."
"I fought because no one else should ever suffer what I survived."
The next morning I donated Blackthorn Manor to become a rehabilitation center for victims of domestic abuse.
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The ballroom where I had bled onto black marble would become a place where survivors learned how to begin again.
The mansion would finally serve a worthy purpose.
