Chapter 13 - Handcuffs in the Private Country Club
While Daniel sat on trial, the repercussions of his exposure tore through the elite institutions of Columbus.
At 1:00 PM on the fourth day of trial, four state police interceptors pulled into the grand circular driveway of the Oakridge Country Club.
State troopers marched across the manicured dining terrace, where former Headmaster Arthur Sterling and two corrupt municipal building inspectors were eating lunch.
In full view of eighty high-society members, the troopers placed Arthur Sterling and both inspectors in steel handcuffs, charging them with Felony Conspiracy to Commit Extortion, Bribery, and Obstruction of Justice.
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The country club board held an emergency meeting that afternoon, unanimously voting to strip Daniel Mercer of his membership, cancel his commercial lease agreements, and erase his name from the donor wall.
The empire of silence had collapsed from the inside out.
