My brothers weren't finished.
After Ethan put out the industry blacklist, he began shorting the Laine family's stock. Then came the exposés, rolled out across every platform, covering every member of the Laine family in exhaustive detail. The Laine Group collapsed into bankruptcy not long after. Richard and Gloria couldn't scrape together enough to settle even their smallest debts.
The court handed down its verdicts without delay. Richard was sentenced to eight years for unlawful imprisonment and aggravated assault. Gloria received three years, suspended for five, for her role in the abuse. Jenna got the worst of it: her offenses stacked up one on top of another—school bullying, aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment, and more—and the court sentenced her to ten years. Ten years from t
