Chapter 24 - ROBERT’S APPEAL
One obstruction count was vacated on appeal because jury instructions were too broad.
Central convictions remained.
Sentence reduced modestly.
Headlines:
ROBERT REED WINS APPEAL.
Rachel said:
“One count corrected.”
I stopped reading headlines.
Robert moved to a lower-security facility later due age and classification.
He wrote me:
You let outsiders dismantle what I built.
I did not answer.
Years later:
I treated the company like proof I was entitled to decide for everyone.
Better.
Then:
May you like
Emily understood ownership better than I did.
That one I kept.
