“So do I.”
Six months passed.
The archive beneath Judge Reeves’s fountain led investigators to accounts, contracts, and hidden payments spanning twenty-four years.
Victor Hale, Harold Voss, Malcolm Reeves, and several others faced extensive cr/i/minal charges. Properties purchased through fraudulent foreclosures were frozen. Compensation funds were established for the farming families who had been cheated.
Marcus provided evidence about Victor’s network and admitted his own financial cr/i/mes. His cooperation reduced his sentence but did not erase it.
Rachel also received a sentence.
She entered a financial responsibility program and began working in the detention center’s laundry—washing sheets, folding uniforms, and cleaning equipment.
The irony was not lost on either of us.
For years, she had ordered me to perform every household task while calling me lazy.
Now she wrote that repetitive work had taught her how invisible labor becomes when someone else is expected to do it.
