The Criminal Case
Chapter 12 - The Criminal Case
Prosecutors charged Margaret with fraud, unlawful imprisonment, medical coercion, evidence fabrication, forged legal instruments, and conspiracy to misappropriate trust assets.
Paula faced separate charges.
The private physician who approved Emma’s medications surrendered his license after admitting he never examined her alone.
The defense argued Margaret acted to protect an unstable pregnant woman and an endangered family company.
The prosecution used Margaret’s own documents.
The incapacity petition was drafted before the supposed symptoms.
The paternity report was created before any sample was collected.
The nurse’s notes described incidents before they happened.
The merger depended on the diagnosis.
The story had been written first.
Emma was forced to live inside it afterward.
Serena called that the architecture of coercion.
The case did not depend on whether jurors found Margaret cruel.
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It depended on dates, access logs, chemical tests, forged signatures, and financial motive.
For the first time, the family story was being examined by people Margaret could not dismiss as emotional.
