Chapter 10 - THE TRIAL BEGINS
The federal trial drew national attention.
Pension theft.
Domestic violence.
Corporate fraud.
A powerful father attacking the daughter who exposed him.
Reporters used Rebecca’s bruised photograph repeatedly.
She hated it.
The image made her look like the story began with the punch.
It began years earlier.
The prosecution opened with employees.
A mechanic who delayed retirement.
A widow whose husband died believing his pension was secure.
A warehouse manager who lost his home.
Then financial records.
Shell companies.
Forged signatures.
Julia’s messages.
Helen’s ledger.
Daniel’s emails.
Finally, the garage footage.
Thomas’s attorney objected to emotional prejudice.
The judge allowed the recording.
The jury heard the sentence.
“I hit her because she wouldn’t stop telling the truth.”
No reconstruction.
No narrator.
May you like
His voice.
Thomas watched himself become evidence.
