RECLAIMING MY LIFE FROM THE UNTOUCHABLE CEO
When he stepped down from the stand, his eyes found mine immediately across the courtroom, and I gave him the smallest nod I could manage, enough to tell him he had done exactly what needed doing.
The verdict came on a gray Tuesday morning. Guilty on every count, conspiracy, attempted assault, and — for the earlier case — reckless endangerment resulting in serious bodily harm, since the original intent to force the car off the road hadn't legally amounted to attempted murder, though the judge made clear in sentencing that the moral weight of it wasn't lost on the court. Fifteen years, with the possibility of parole after ten, and an immediate asset freeze that stripped Penelope of the inheri