Chapter 26
Chapter 26: The Collapse of the House of Cards
The ledger was a nuclear bomb in the local community. Within three weeks of Marcus delivering the notebook to the federal authorities, a massive sweep took place.
Two prominent city council members were arrested on live television, charged with accepting bribes to grant commercial zoning permits to Robert's old company. A vice president at the local bank—the very bank that had allowed Janet to cash the forged check so easily—was fired and indicted for money laundering.
The news was a sensation. The name "Davis Construction" was once again all over the headlines, but this time, it was being described as a "sophisticated criminal enterprise built on bribery and fraud."
Robert’s prison sentence was indeed extended by an additional six years. When the news broke, Sabrina tried to capitalize on it again, calling a local newspaper to claim she was completely blindsided by her father’s secret criminal life, hoping for a pity piece.
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Instead, the newspaper published her mugshot alongside her father's, reminding the public that she was already a convicted felon tied to the same family corruption. The public backlash was so severe that the retail store she worked at terminated her employment to avoid negative publicity.
She was completely toxic. Nobody would hire her, nobody would associate with her. She was a pariah in the city she once thought she owned.
