CHAPTER SEVENTY SIX – BATTLE AT THE COURTS

The prosecutors' predictions proved all too accurate in the weeks that followed as the case against Storm Enterprises gained inexorable momentum. With Alice's damning testimony and the mountain of evidence she had procured, the government's case appeared utterly airtight at first glance. Grand juries were convened, subpoenas issued for a litany of high-ranking executives and board members to testify. The media firestorm raged hotter than ever before, every salacious rumor or accusation breathlessly reported as fact. Through it all, Lance and Kayla stood united, their expressions grim but resolved as they checked in each morning to face the cameras and shout their defiant proclamations of innocence. Every expert legal opinion, every scathing op-ed, only fueled their shared determination to see justice served. "You have to admire their resilience, if nothing else," Kayla's lead attorney murmured one evening as she reviewed the stack of motions piled before her. "Most people would have