Chapter 17
The criminal case took months.
Fraud.
Forgery.
Conspiracy.
Attempted financial exploitation.
Identity deception tied to the adoption file.
Victoria’s lawyer tried to make her look like a worried mother.
Raymond’s lawyer tried to make him look like a repentant father.
Logan’s family tried to act confused.
The evidence did not care.
Video from the workshop.
Audio from the hallway.
Bank transfers.
Forged mortgage documents.
The hidden adoption file.
The DNA report.
Elise testified.
So did the old lawyer.
So did Sabrina.
That was the hardest day.
She stood in court wearing a plain black dress, no makeup, no jewelry from the wedding.
The prosecutor asked her what she had believed.
“I believed Raymond was my biological father,” she said.
“And who told you that?”
“My mother. Raymond. Later Logan.”
“Did you repeat that belief to Glenn Carter?”
She looked at me.
“Yes.”
“What did you say?”
Her voice broke.
“I told him Raymond represented our family better.”
The courtroom went quiet.
“And what do you know now?”
Sabrina wiped her face.
“That Glenn Carter is my father. Legally. Biologically. Emotionally. In every way that matters.”
I looked down.
Because if I looked at her too long, I would break.
Victoria stared at Sabrina with cold betrayal.
Raymond looked bored until the money records appeared.
Logan looked angry enough to prove every word.
The verdict came faster than expected.
Guilty.
Victoria.
Raymond.
Logan.
Logan’s father on financial conspiracy.
The lawyer lost his license and took a plea.
Sabrina was granted immunity for testimony but remained financially responsible for money she knowingly benefited from.
She accepted it.
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No excuses.
That was the first brick in the new foundation.
