Chapter 14 - THE VERDICTS
Gordon was convicted on multiple fraud, bribery, conspiracy, and medical-record-related counts.
Not everything.
Enough.
Hart accepted a plea.
Lost his license.
Faced prison and restitution.
Fiona received lesser charges through cooperation but still faced consequences.
Professional bans.
Financial penalties.
Probationary terms.
Her marriage to Julian entered annulment litigation based on fraud and undisclosed reproductive facts.
Messy.
Law is messy.
The baby she carried remained the biggest ethical concern.
She needed specialized prenatal care because of the genetic relationship created by Gordon’s donor manipulation.
She chose to continue the pregnancy.
Her decision.
No one else.
For once, people stopped treating her body as strategy.
That mattered.
She later gave birth to a healthy boy after extensive monitoring.
Julian was not the father.
He did not claim him.
Fiona raised him with support outside Gordon’s control.
I wished the child well.
May you like
Nothing more.
Children should not inherit adult blame.
