Chapter 55: Mending Relationships

“Listen, Scarlett. We don’t know if we are making the right decision, here, but.” Cindy turned to Philip and said, “We don’t want to waste our time trying to pin a longer sentence to Analisa. So we spoke to Yael and we are willing to negotiate for ten years.”

“That’s two counts, Scarlett. So if she accepts the bargain, she’ll be locked up for twenty years total,” Yael said.

Scarlett sighed. She turned to her father, who was still not in his full strength. She nodded and replied, “I understand. It’s never that easy to battle it out in court. I mean, Kaleb could help us get an earlier trial, but still -”

“Yes, and we still need to prove she was the mastermind of both attempts to murder Cindy and Philip by poisoning.” Scarlett nodded.

Scarlett was back in Swaxon City to visit her parents and Aurora. The plan was to have Kaleb there with her, but with the changes in the Wright Diamond Corporation underway, her tiger only sent her off at the airport. He flew out to London at the same