Chapter 7 — The Fall of the Sterling Empire
The trial lasted six months.
The Sterling family arrived every morning wearing expensive suits.
Still believing money would save them.
But money couldn’t erase video evidence.
It couldn’t erase witnesses.
It couldn’t erase the truth.
Richard Sterling was sentenced to decades in prison.
The uncles who attacked Lily received maximum sentences.
The sheriff who protected them lost everything.
The empire that controlled Sterling Falls collapsed completely.
But Marcus never celebrated.
Because winning didn’t erase what happened to Lily.
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He focused on one thing.
Helping his daughter heal.
