For a brief moment, more like a split second, all was quiet and then the court erupted into applause so big that even the judge smiled.
Richard was sentenced to life imprisonment with no parole! It was then that he realized that his dad's connections could not get him out of this one. For all of Richard's life, he had relied on his family's connections to clean up every one of his messes. However, it only took the Judge's gravel-hitting the hardwood for Richard to come to the realization that his time was up.
Charles should have been happy that the culprit had been apprehended, but he was not for obvious reasons. Two people had been sentenced in Charles' life for his case, and in both cases, he was sad and angry. More so than the first time, the second one was garnished with anguish!
