Bank officials confirmed the transfers in the ledger matched Lorelei’s code exactly — millions stolen to cover Emmett’s political donations and failing ventures.

Manuel showed how payments had manufactured the fake embezzlement case against his father, supported by a former journalist and a retired official who admitted destroying the records that would have cleared him.

Emmett started to panic, jabbing a finger at his own lawyer. “Wesley prepared all of those documents. He handled the paperwork on his own!”

Wesley went pale. He’d kept duplicate files for twenty years to protect himself from his boss, and facing total ruin, he handed the prosecution encrypted emails, forged documents, and hidden recordings.

One audio clip played into the silent courtroom, in Emmett’s unmistakable voice.

“Rosalie marries, the trust unlocks, and then an unfortunate accident — the husband takes the blame, given his family’s ruined name.”