"Three years ago, you silenced me alone. Three years later, everyone you exploited came forward to silence you together."The courtroom was silent.Franklin lowered his head. His shoulders were shaking, perhaps from anger or fear.After a long while, he finally raised his head and looked at me again.This time, the fury in his eyes vanished. Instead, there was a desolate, utter despair.The outcome of the trial was never in doubt.Tax evasion involving a huge amount and systemic exploitation of employees in extremely bad circumstances. Given the severity of these offenses, he was sentenced to seven years in prison.The sound of the gavel falling was particularly clear to me.Franklin was lifted by the bailiffs and was about to be taken out of the courtroom.When he passed by me, he stopped.The bailiffs pushed him, but he did not move.He turned his head toward me, his lips moving for a long time before finally uttering a sentence. "Charlie... I regret what I did."His voic
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