Chapter 7 - The Unmasking in CourtFour days later, the formal arraignment took place at the County Courthouse.
I sat in the front row of the gallery, wearing a sharp dark suit, my posture straight, holding a fully recovered Lilyâs hand, while my family attorney sat beside us.
Mark and Vanessa were led into the courtroom in heavy iron chains, wearing matching orange inmate jumpsuits.
When Vanessa saw me holding the evidence files, her glamorous mask completely broke into pathetic, weeping despair, while Mark glared at the floor, refused to look his own daughter in the eye.
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The presiding judge slammed his gavel down, reading the severe charges: FIRST-DEGREE CHILD ENDANGERMENT, CORPORATE EXTORTION, MEDICAL FRAUD, GRAND LARCENY, AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY.
Bail was officially denied for both defendants.
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