Corruption Pico Novels & Stories

"But personally, looking at this trail, I would say this is full-blown, unadulterated corporate corruption." "Wouldn't you agree with me, Miss Seraphina Corvinus?"

She stood up, legs numb, and walked out before the judge finished reading the rest of the order. Jamie caught her in the hallway, arms around her before she could collapse. She pressed her face into his shoulder and whispered the only thing she could manage. “They bought him. They bought the judge.” She was right, though no one would ever prove it. Tristan had spent $1.2 million in the last three weeks. Half went to the judge’s favorite PAC for “judicial reform.” Another chunk bought the social worker’s sudden change of heart. The neighbor got her mortgage paid off. The school counselor received a quiet donation to her favorite charity in her name. It wasn’t sloppy bribery; it was the kind o

The emotions unfiltered and unanticipated hit me like a physical blow. This was not who I was, what was wrong with me? It was a sign of weakness. This was a sign of weakness. I had dedicated my life to purging myself of this exact type of emotional corruption. The smile disappeared and was replaced by a self-disgusting grimace. My phones screen went black as I violently and swiftly closed it ending the disturbing peek into her personal suffering. It felt good to be suddenly dark. I let out a deep ragged sigh that conveyed a fierce internal conflict.