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“The student ID that girl handed over to the police–yeah, the cops confirmed it with me,” Asher said, his expression turning cold. “It really is mine. It’s not fake
Jean raised her brows slightly and murmured, almost to herself, “Not fake?”
Asher nodded.
“So,” Jean’s face grew stern, a theory already forming in her mind, “chances are they took it from your desk drawer at school to fabricate evidence. The ID’s real–but the crime it supposedly proves isn’t.”
Asher didn’t say anything. His face remained stone cold lips tightly pressed together.
“Who do you think went to the school just to take your student ID?” Jean asked, the corners of her mouth twitching in a knowing smirk.
“Most likely Thomas,” Asher answered without hesitation.
Jean nodded with a faint smile. “Thomas was determined to pin this on you, so he had to go all in–he didn’t just alter the surveillance footage. He also stole your student ID…”
By now, the truth of what happened had more or less come into focus.
“Your mom… she’s been running around nonstop for your case.” Jean looked directly into Asher’s eyes and suddenly brought up Mindy.
Asher’s gaze paused. For a brief moment, a faint sadness flickered in his eyes. “I know.”
“She went through hell trying to find a lawyer for you,” Jean said, sighing softly, speaking slowly. “You probably don’t know what it was like back then–a lot of lawyers turned her down.”
Asher listened in silence, but the rims of his eyes were quietly turning red.
Jean squinted slightly, almost instinctively. “I don’t think that was normal. Sure, rejection happens. But that many lawyers all saying no? That’s not normal at all.”
A trace of cold indifference crept into her tone. “So I suspect Thomas reached out to them behind the scenes. He used some kind of pressure or influence to get them to refuse your case.”
Asher’s eyes widened slightly at that.
He’d been stuck in here, cut off from most of what was going on.
He remembered that day–his mom had brought a woman to see him and told him-
This woman was Attorney Jolene, and she would be defending him.
He had heard of Jolene before.
A high–profile lawyer with a massive reputation.
He remembered wondering back then how his mom had even managed to hire someone like her. Attorneys of that caliber didn’t come cheap…
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But his mom had just smiled and told him to talk to Jolene properly and not worry about anything else.
So he didn’t press the issue.
Now that he thought about it, getting a lawyer must’ve been a struggle from the start.
His mom… who knew how much she had suffered…
“I didn’t know any of this…” Asher lowered his gaze, voice slightly choked.
“I’m not telling you this to make you feel worse,” Jean said gently, her tone softening. “I just want you to understand–Thomas has caused us a lot of trouble. He really wants to destroy you. No second chances. No room to fight back.”
Jean let out a bitter laugh. “Good thing we got lucky. Most lawyers said no, but Jolene–she’s beautiful and kind–offered to help us on her own.”
She praised Jolene half–jokingly, then let her smile fade as her expression hardened again.
“So at this point, there’s no turning back.”
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