Chapter 281 No Remorse
The livestream chat was just as fired up as the courtroom.
“Preach, Sarah!”
“I’m actually crying, what is happening to me?”
“I’m with you all the way, Sarah!”
“Asher better pay up for emotional damages–this is pissing me off!”
“If the court screws this up, we’re not letting it go.”
“This case is basically done. No way it turns around now.”
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Inside the courtroom.
The presiding judge finally turned her gaze toward Asher, who had remained silent all this time. Her voice was calm and even.
“Defendant, do you have anything you’d like to say?”
The court gave everyone their chance to speak.
Asher’s face was still, cal
as a deep lake, not a ripple in sight–just a quiet, cold kind of weight.
The boy only slightly raised hi
eyes, his indifferent gaze sweeping the room.
“I didn’t do anything wrong.”
His thin lips moved, and the words came out in a flat, straightforward tone.
The courtroom fell completely silent.
He lazily lifted his eyelids and added, cold and casual, “You slap a crime on me that I never committed, then turn around and demand emotional damages… someone that shameless has the nerve to come in here and play the victim?”
He didn’t name names.
But everyone knew who he meant–Sarah.
There was a sharp inhale from somewhere in the gallery.
And then the livestream chat blew up all over again.
“What the hell is this guy saying? Still won’t admit it?”
“Zero remorse. Judge, please throw the book at him!”
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“Dude, you’re insane. You actually just clapped back at the plaintiff. In court.”
“Still not giving up, huh?”
“Shut up and rot! You’ve lost it.”
“Okay but… he doesn’t look like he’s lying. Don’t come at me.”
“Don’t fall for his looks. You think Sarah would lie? Get real. That guy’s the liar, plain and simple.”
“Do NOT let Asher walk!”
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Mindy pulled out a tissue and quietly wiped her tears.
Her emotions were spinning out of control. Her heart was in shambles. She couldn’t think–couldn’t stop crying.
She didn’t know what would happen anymore…
Right now, it felt like her son had no way out.
Sofia saw everything.
She clenched her fingers tightly. Her heart twisted painfully, but no words of comfort came to her lips.
So she stayed silent.
The judges listened to Asher’s firm claim of innocence and furrowed their brows.
To them, this wasn’t righteous defiance.
It was a lack of remorse.
The judge and the presiding magistrate exchanged a look, then both sighed and shook their heads.
Meanwhile-
In front of the screen, Selena was watching the courtroom feed with rapt attention.
By this point, anyone with eyes could see that Asher had no chance of winning.
Selena finally let herself relax, her tone brightening with relief. “Looks like this is almost over, Thomas.”
Thomas nodded lightly, a faint smile tugging at the corners of his lips.
Everything was going exactly as he’d planned.
But-
Thomas suddenly noticed something.
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Or… Thomas’s brows drew together.
A sharp wave of unease rose in his chest.
Inside the courtroom.
The rear door, tightly shut the entire time, suddenly treaked open.
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