Chapter 287 The Ultimate Betrayal
A flicker of hesitation flashed in Edgar’s eyes.
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He turned to glance at Jolene. She simply gave him a small nod, her gaze laced with encouragement.
The boy lowered his eyes. Conflict stirred in his chest, but after a moment of silence, he made up his mind. Slowly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone.
Unlocking the screen, Edgar ope
his photo album and quickly located several images.
The display froze on a set of photos. Then, without saying a word, he handed the phone to Jolene.
Every pair of eyes in the room locked onto the phone with burning curiosity.
What exactly was on that device?
Could this boy really be holding the smoking gun that would end it all?
A buzz of murmurs spread through the
d, and meanwhile-
The second Thomas saw Edgar take out his phone, his eyes narrowed involuntarily.
“Thomas,” Selena whispered nervously, casting a wary glance at him. “Who is that kid? Why is he testifying against you? What if… he actually has proof?”
Her face paled as the thought hit her.
Her fingers clenched together, trembling. “Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Thomas remained silent.
His
eyes
seemed to lose their focus as he stared blankly at the screen, as if lost in some distant thought.
Selena caught the shift in his expression and wisely stopped pushing. She rubbed her temples, frustration brewing, the knot of unease tightening in her chest.
Back in the courtroom.
Jolene submitted Edgar’s phone to the judge.
The screen remained on the photo album. What Edgar and Jolene wanted the court to see–was right there.
The judge studied the pictures closely. Her brow gradually furrowed as she examined each image.
A tense silence gripped the room.
It felt like the very air was thick with suspense.
People were holding their breath. Whatever was in those photos, they were dying to see it. Everyone wanted the truth–needed the truth. And now it was finally within reach.
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He had wrestled with this.
Whether or not to reveal the photos.
Because once he did… there would be no turning back. He would be stabbing Thomas in the back, completely and irrevocably.
And the guilt was real.
Thomas hadn’t hurt him. On the contrary, he’d given him money–more than he’d ever had.
And yet…
He hadn’t meant for things to go this way, not at first. But-
Jean’s face flashed through his mind.
He knew she was sitting not far behind him, watching his
Jean…
every move.
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She was the reason he was here at all today.
A flicker of complexity crossed Edgar’s eyes, but it vanished just as quickly as it came.
After reviewing the photos, the judge made the images public for the court to see.
The moment the pictures appeared, an uproar exploded through the room.
There was no mistaking the two people in them–Thomas and Sarah.
Captured under the dim streetlights of Tri Street, the photos showed the two of them closely entangled…
This was the most damning piece of evidence to surface since the beginning of the case.
After all, not even Asher–who was accused of the crime–had been caught on camera or in a photo doing anything to Sarah.
The charges against Asher had always hinged on surveillance footage showing him at Tri Street… and Sarah’s own testimony.
But now, in hindsight, there hadn’t been any witnesses who actually saw Asher and Sarah together. No video. No pictures. Nothing concrete.
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