Chapter 14 - The Twenty-Year Sentence
Eight months later, Julian stood in federal court for his criminal sentencing hearing.
Convicted on twelve felony counts of corporate fraud, tax evasion, and grand larceny, he sat in an orange jumpsuit with his head bowed.
The federal judge looked down at him with zero sympathy.
"Mr. Vance, you systematically betrayed your fiduciary duties, stole from the woman who built your life, and tried to strip your own children of their security out of pure narcissism," the judge stated sternly. "I sentence you to twenty years in federal prison without early parole."
As Julian was led back to his cell, the steel doors slammed shut with a heavy, final clang.
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In the quiet darkness of his cell, Julian was left with nothing but the haunting memory of his wife's calm face and his sons' knowing smiles.
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