Chapter 12: The Testimony
The trial was held via secure video link. Vance sat in a federal building, staring at the monitor. Eleanor looked older, but her eyes were just as venomous.
""You were nothing before I took you in!"" she hissed into her microphone.
Vance looked at the woman who had terrorized his daughter. He didn't feel anger anymore; he just felt pity. ""I was a monster when I was with you,"" Vance said calmly, his voice steady. ""But I'm a father now. You have no power over us.""
He detailed every crime, every murder, every bribe. He systematically dismantled the empire of fear.
