Three days later, Mark was transferred to a maximum–security prison and lost all his
privileges.
At the same time, his mother Brenda and Victoria were also re–incarcerated for violating their parole terms.
The public opinion online gradually shifted, and Clara’s brave confrontation earned
sympathy.
Meanwhile, Sterling Group’s legal team launched a tsunami of lawsuits against the malicious self–media accounts spreading the videos, bankrupting them one by one.
Just when Mark thought the worst that could happen was returning to prison, my true methods began to unfold.
Titan Enterprises, through legitimate means, quietly acquired several high–interest loan debts that Mark, Brenda, and Victoria had jointly guaranteed.
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I personally visited Mark in the maximum–security prison. When he saw me, panic
flashed in his eyes:
“What are you doing here? Threatening me?”
I set down a stack of documents:
“A gift for you, brother–in–law”
Mark opened the documents, his face instantly turning ashen.
It was the transfer of high–interest loan debts totaling hundreds of millions, co–guaranteed by him, his mother, and Victoria. Now, the creditor was me,
On the last page of the document, a collection notice stood out.
“Alex Sterling, you! This is impossible! Those debts were already offset by company
assets!” Mark was in utter panic.
I scoffed: “Unfortunately, those so–called company assets have been proven to be illegally embezzled by you, and the court has revoked those.”
As I left the prison, the guard told me Mark had gone mad, smashing the visiting room
table and chairs.
At the same time, Brenda and Victoria also received debt collection notices. Debt
collection companies legally bombarded them daily.
A week later, Mark, in prison, secretly contacted his mother and Victoria through a cellmate, only to find they had been pushed to the brink by creditors.
On the phone, Victoria shrieked uncontrollably:
“You ruined me, Mark! I’ve been kicked out of my rented apartment, and now I don’t even
have money for food!”
Brenda also cried on the phone:
“Son, the creditors confiscated my only pension! I can’t even afford my medicine! Help
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your mother?
Mark responded coldly: “I can barely help myself, you two figure it out!”
A desperate Brenda then proposed a malicious suggestion:
“Victoria, you’re young and beautiful. Go out and find some business, money comes.
fast…
Victoria was furious at first, but soon, under the pressure of survival, she began taking
clients at night clubs.
News of Victoria and Brenda both working at nightclubs reached the prison. Mark was overcome with shame and despair but powerless to do anything.
His cellmates mocked him:
“Your mother and girlfriend have become public property, hahahaha!”
Not long after, Brenda also contracted a sexually transmitted disease, her condition even
more severe than Victoria’s.
Neither had money for treatment and could only watch their conditions worsen.
Eventually, they had no choice but to go to a public hospital’s infectious disease department for treatment.
Clara and I were holding a quarterly meeting at Sterling Group headquarters. The company’s performance was excellent, growing against the odds.
Ms. Davies handed me a note:
“Brenda died of multiple organ failure. Victoria’s condition is critical, not expected to live
more than a week.”
Upon hearing of his mother’s death, Mark broke down in prison, begging the warden for permission to see his mother one last time, but was heartlessly refused.
This was a chilling replay of Clara’s desperate plea to see me, which was also denied.
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A week later, Victoria also died of complications. Before her death, she used her
remaining strength to record a video, confessing all her crimes and pushing all the blame
onto Mark:
“He forced me to do this… he said as long as I listened, I’d get everything from the Sterling family…”
Victoria’s video went viral online, stirring even greater public anger towards Mark.
After his release from prison, he became a public pariah, someone everyone hated on
sight, and all his family’s debts fell solely on him.
Debt collection continued, and in despair, Mark thought of one last resort selling a
kidney.
He contacted an underground organ trafficking organization through a cellmate, planning to exchange one of his kidneys for debt reduction.
Upon hearing the news, I scoffed:
“Let him sell it. But tell those people that the money received can only offset the interest, the principal will not be reduced by a single cent.”
After his kidney surgery, Mark was extremely weak but found that his debt had barely decreased.
He finally broke down. In a mall restroom, he used a stolen fruit knife to cut his own
artery.
When news of Mark’s death arrived, Clara was silent for a long time, then softly said: “It’s
over.”
I held her hand: “Yes, Clara, it’s all over.”
The media reported the tragic end of Mark’s family, but no one pitied them; instead, they viewed it as a typical case of evil meeting its just retribution.
Reporters wanted to interview Clara and me for our thoughts, but we politely declined.
A month later, Clara and I stood before our parents‘ graves. Clara whispered:
“Mom and Dad, brother got justice for me. You don’t have to worry anymore.”
We silently laid flowers, bidding farewell to the past shadows.
Walking out of the cemetery, the sun shone brightly.
Clara took a deep breath:
“Brother, I want to travel the world, then come back and continue managing Sterling Group, making it the company our parents would be most proud of.”
I smiled and nodded:
“Go, Clara. Wherever you go, whatever decisions you make, I support you.”
In the distance, spring flowers bloomed. Everything was a brand new beginning.
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