Chapter 3 - The TrialNews of the arrest spread quickly.
Grant's construction company immediately suspended him.
Within days, more women contacted investigators.
A former girlfriend described similar abuse.
An employee reported witnessing Grant assault a subcontractor.
Financial investigators also began reviewing company records.
What they found surprised everyone.
Claire had quietly maintained copies of every accounting file she had created.
While examining the business, auditors uncovered tax fraud, payroll theft, and fraudulent invoices totaling millions of dollars.
Grant's violence had opened the door to a much larger investigation.
Months later, the courtroom was full.
Grant insisted Claire had fabricated everything.
"The video doesn't show what happened before."
The prosecutor smiled.
"It doesn't need to."
She played the footage.
The courtroom watched in complete silence.
No edits.
No interruptions.
Just the truth.
Grant's own voice echoed through the speakers.
"Maybe now you'll learn not to ruin my dinner."
Several jurors visibly recoiled.
Elaine stared at the floor.
Dennis never looked up.
The prosecutor then introduced financial records proving Claire had actually funded the down payment on the family home through her grandmother's trust.
Grant had repeatedly claimed everything belonged solely to him.
The documents proved otherwise.
After six hours of deliberation, the jury returned.
"Guilty."
Grant closed his eyes.
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Elaine was later convicted of attempting to interfere with the investigation by destroying evidence after the arrest.
Dennis pleaded guilty to obstruction after admitting he had deleted previous security footage from the house on multiple occasions to conceal earlier assaults.
