Chapter 22 - Ashley’s Trial StrategyAshley did not plead immediately.
Her defense argued David controlled the financial side.
Then prosecutors produced her spreadsheet.
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Her emails to Brooke.
Her lender communications.
Her creation of the false email address.
Her contractor messages.
The evidence narrowed her options.
Eventually she accepted a plea agreement too.
Before sentencing, she wrote me a letter.
Robert asked whether I wanted it.
I said yes.
Ashley wrote:
I convinced myself you were keeping David from becoming independent while also giving him no reason to leave.
That accusation contained some truth.
I had made their lives comfortable.
Then:
I began thinking of the house as wasted equity.
There it was.
A financial phrase replacing home.
She apologized.
I believed parts.
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