Chapter 9 - PREPARATION FOR THE TRIAL
As summer transitioned into early autumn, the judicial machinery of the Spanish legal system prepared for the criminal trial of Beatriz and Marcus Vance.
My legal team, led by top-tier litigators, had constructed an airtight case. The digital forensics extracted from Beatriz’s broken tablet, combined with financial wire records linking Marcus’s corporate accounts to her gambling debts and the forced property transfer scheme, left zero room for reasonable doubt.
On a crisp October morning, I met with the chief prosecutor at a private conference room near the central courthouse in Málaga.
"Señor Vance, your cooperation and the digital evidence you provided have made this one of the most comprehensive prosecution files our office has handled this decade," the prosecutor stated, closing the leather dossier. "Given the severity of the child endangerment charges, financial fraud, and corporate conspiracy, both defendants are facing multi-year prison sentences without the possibility of early parole."
"I want to make sure they serve every single day of it," I replied coldly. "They targeted a child to execute a financial crime. They deserve no leniency."
"Understood," the prosecutor nodded. "The preliminary hearings begin next week. You and Isabella will not be required to testify in person unless the defense pushes for a cross-examination, thanks to the preliminary deposition we recorded last month."
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"Good. Protect my daughter's peace above all else."
Leaving the courthouse, the crisp autumn wind felt refreshing. The chapter involving betrayal and cruelty was finally reaching its final, definitive conclusion.
