Chapter 6 - The Confession
Forty-eight hours after the hospital arrest, Vanessa sat inside an interrogation room at the precinct, flanked by a court-appointed public defender.
Her blonde hair was unstyled, her white dress wrinkled and stained. Without Ryan’s unlimited credit cards to finance her lifestyle, her smug confidence had vanished entirely.
Across the metallic table sat Claire’s lead attorney, Mr. Harrison, alongside a senior financial auditor from the Department of Justice.
"Miss Miller," Mr. Harrison said smoothly, opening a thick leather binder packed with bank receipts and wire transfer receipts. "We have clear evidence that you co-signed three offshore accounts with Ryan Sterling, holding over 1.8 million dollars stolen from the Sterling Trust."
Vanessa’s hands shook as she clutched her paper water cup. "I... I didn't know the money was stolen! Ryan told me it was his personal executive bonus!"
"Ignorance is not a defense for wire fraud, Miss Miller," the DOJ auditor stated sternly. "Unless you cooperate fully with the prosecution against Mr. Sterling, you will be named as a co-conspirator in tomorrow's grand jury indictment."
Vanessa didn't hesitate for a single second.
"I'll tell you everything!" Vanessa blurted out, her voice trembling with frantic self-preservation. "He planned the whole thing! He told me he was going to force Claire into signing over her trust fund rights while she was recovering from childbirth! He even hired a crooked notary to come to the hospital!"
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Mr. Harrison smiled coldly, tapping his pen against his pad. "Thank you, Miss Miller. That statement just guaranteed Ryan Sterling a twenty-year mandatory sentence."
👉 Read Part 7 to see what happened at the corporate emergency board meeting.
