The divorce decree came down fast. Grandpa chaired an emergency board session overnight. The vote was unanimous. Sebastian was stripped of every title, effective immediately. The authorities opened a full investigation. Embezzlement, misappropriation of corporate funds, assault, conspiracy to commit child a*******n—every charge stuck. Sebastian was sentenced to 11 years in state prison. Ava was convicted of aiding and abetting the embezzlement and obstruction of justice. She got two years, suspended to three years' probation. Her son Eddie never faced criminal charges, but everything paid for with stolen money—the house, the cars, the jewelry—was seized and liquidated by the court. The elite private academy he attended, flooded with angry letters from other parents, ultimately revoke

