A Simple Beginning

The Charges Mount

Emile
They tried using my age to get my time reduced, but I lost my attorney because of non payment. So did my children. We are now at the mercy of a young public defender who told us to take a plea agreement. I want to see our accusers and stand trial with a jury. All those women were gold digging where's they got what they deserved trying to take me and my family for our money. Sadly they got it anyway. All of it including hidden accounts and they dug very deeply. I had no idea how smart they are separately, but together with a brilliant attorney they got everything from me and my children. We are destitute. We will be in jail for over thirty years each. We were tried separately and they tried to get us to roll over on the others, but we stood our ground. They brought in disgruntled staff members to testify against us. I had a heart attack when they announced my sentence. I'm in the prison infirmary right now. They rejected my compassionate release sighting that I was strong enough to beat my wives.

Carrick
I was well paid for handling everything regarding the Ashers family and I will be taking Grace on a second honeymoon. She has stopped drinking alcohol completely and we don't have it in the house any longer. She is six months sober and sees someone who helps her through what triggered her into drinking. A young child who was released in her mother's care ended up in the morgue with her mother. The mother shot and killed the child and killed herself. She missed the signs and couldn't get over it. The charts were mixed up with a child with the same name. She wasn't allowed near her daughter at all. Her husband sued and won against the hospital. He was heartsick and told them no amount of money can bring back his innocent daughter. They had to put a 72 hour hold on him to prevent him committing suicide the day they gave him the settlement check. Grace should have told me and got counseling. But everything was happening at home concerning the weddings.

Joseph Asher
I can't believe the number of witnesses that were brought in to testify against us. Dad told me that he should have killed them all. I told him to stop talking about killing anyone. I really don't want them digging any deeper than the wives. The wives are thick as thieves and were called in separately. Then I see her, we thought she was dead all this time. They push her to the witness stand and I can't believe that she is still alive. Dad's wife who gave birth to me and Kayla testified against all of us. She told everything including the murders that no one believed her about until now. She held onto all the evidence all these years. We are going to be given life sentences with no chance of parole for each murder. She was released after we couldn't keep paying the nuns for her to be kept locked up. Suddenly she was given a good mental health evaluation.

Kayla Asher
I won't let this woman get away with this and she has a smile on her face as she is wheeled out of court after telling about how we murdered people who got in our way to getting what we wanted. She really hates us at this point. I tell the public defender that she has mental illness and he tells me not to bring that up because they have witnesses that say the contrary and she was locked up by us to stop her from telling the truth about murders that we were involved in.

Vera Asher
I hoped to never have to see these people ever again. But here I am telling everything that I know and what they did to me to stop anyone from listening to me. I came from a wealthy family who had been thinking I was dead all these years. I am glad they were all given life sentences. I met my families attorneys and I was taken to my home in Seattle. A place that had been waiting for me all these years. I was raised there and Emile was not aware of it otherwise he might have tried to get it. He also had no idea about everything else. He made his billions in very unsavory ways. My money came from hard working people who had scruples and treated people kindly. He had us all fooled. He plays a role to reel us in and then he has you in his clutches.

Gia
We are all lucky to be alive, some weren't lucky and were killed by these people and they are considered sane. They performed a psychological test on them and they are just evil people. Some things are very traumatic for all of us so we are seeing someone that Ethan recommended. BI am due any day now and I hope I can instill good values in my child. My sons are happy to be home with me. Ethan thought it might help them if they moved back in with me. They go see him every other week now. Constance and I have became closer and I no longer feel animosity towards her for marrying Ethan.

Constance
Gia and I have made amends and I have met the other ladies who were victims of the Ashers. They are very different and have became close because of their experiences with the Ashers. Sometimes those are the best kind of friends. Gia and I have buried the hatchet and started to chat about the children. I met the other children as well. All the children were well behaved and their mothers were very friendly. They are rebuilding their lives. I even met Vera Asher who came by to meet the other victims of Emile's, and her children.