The elderly man, frail but lucid, gave a chilling statement:
“I saw Ramona arrive with the crashed car. Your mother was alive. She kept asking for you. Ramona silenced everyone with threats. She forced me and others to keep quiet. She took your mother away and told us this matter never happened.”
His testimony completed the puzzle.
Now Leonardo had everything he needed to reclaim his mother’s life — and his own.
The Legal Battle
Court day arrived with media swarming the courthouse. Leonardo faced Ramona with confidence he hadn’t felt in years.
The prosecutor laid out the case:
Forged documents
Fraudulent transfers
Kidnapping through misrepresentation
Illegal confinement of a mentally competent woman
Witnesses spoke one by one. Rogelio’s words left the courtroom in stunned silence.
Ramona’s lawyer tried desperately to discredit them, but Ricardo dismantled each attempt with precision.
Then came the judge’s ruling:
Ramona was guilty.
All assets were to be returned to Leonardo and Carmen.
A criminal investigation would proceed.
Ramona’s face collapsed. Her empire was gone.
It was justice — decades overdue.
A Final Twist
As Leonardo stepped outside to a swarm of reporters, he received a mysterious call.
A voice said coldly:
“Ramona didn’t lie about everything.
