Chapter 3: The Guests Choose a Side

Chapter 3: The Guests Choose a Side
News spread quickly.
Reporters gathered outside the courthouse.
Richard insisted he was innocent.
He called the investigation political.
But inside the federal building, something unexpected happened.
Guests from the Easter party began arriving voluntarily.
One elderly couple admitted they had witnessed arguments before.
A family friend described seeing bruises hidden beneath Lily's makeup months earlier.
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Even Richard's former accountant turned over financial records showing payments made to conceal previous incidents.
The wall of silence had finally cracked.