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“Are these photos real?” The courtroom crupted. The audience’s understanding of the case shattered in an instant. “If they are, this is the most damning evidence so far…”
“Wait–so that means… Asher’s actually innocent?”
“Not even TV dramas go this far. I can’t believe it… It really flipped!”
“The guy in those pictures–it has to be Thomas, right? Looks just like him…”
The livestream chat exploded. The comment feed scrolled faster than anyone could read. The heat of the moment was off the charts.
“Holy crap, the photos are out. This case is over.”
“They’re probably photoshopped.”
“Yeah? Maybe you’re photoshopped. Everything can’t just be ‘p’d, you know.”
“Asher never had photos like these against him. But Thomas? Here they are.”
“So Thomas really is the criminal?”
“Then why did Sarah lie?”
“Maybe she just got it wrong…”
“She didn’t look wrong. She was dead serious when she accused Asher.”
“This whole thing stinks.”
“Don’t tell me we’ve been blaming the wrong guy this whole time.”
“Is it too late to apologize?”
“I knew it. Asher doesn’t have the kind of face that would do something like that…”
“Chill, everyone. You’re gonna convict someone based on a few photos?”
“What are you, Thomas’s PR team? These pics aren’t convincing enough?”
“Asher didn’t even have this kind of proof and still got forced into being guilty. Pathetic.”
“These photos,” Edgar finally spoke, his tone flat, “were taken by me that night. Just casually.”
That night, after witnessing Thomas harassing Sarah, he’d quietly taken a few pictures.
At the time. he hadn’t really thought much of it.
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He hadn’t told anyone about it.
Not Thomas.
Not Jean.
Only he knew.
But before coming to court today, Jean had pulled him aside for a private conversation.
It was as if she already knew–or maybe she was just testing him. Either way, she’d told him:
Tell everything. Hold nothing back.
And if he had something solid–something that could seal the deal–it’d be even better.
Edgar thought she was something else.
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She had this uncanny insight, like she could see straight through people, digging out whatever they were hiding deep down.
It irritated him. He’d pushed back without thinking. “So you’re saying I’m still holding something back?”
Jean had just smiled lightly, completely unfazed. “That’s up to you.”
Then her expression had shifted–her eyes turned sharp and cold. “Edgar, for your mother’s sake-”
“You’d better give it everything you’ve got.”
That woman. Always like that—
Polite and smiling on the outside, but ruthless when she needed to be.
And the worst part was… Edgar had no way to fight her.
She had him completely cornered.
That moment, he gave up resisting. After a long, bitter struggle with himself, he’d told her about the photos.
His thoughts drifted back to the present. Edgar’s gaze unconsciously swept across the judge’s face as he continued, “I know a lot of people are wondering–if I saw what happened that night, and even took these photos, why didn’t I come forward sooner to accuse the real criminal…”
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