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At the eleventh hour, he couldn't linger any longer. After a few hurried instructions, he dashed off to the hospital.

Upon realizing that Clara hadn't backed down, a wave of panic washed over Heidi's previously smug face. Her icy eyes glared at Clara with venomous intensity. She couldn't fathom how Clara could keep her wits about her and win this lawsuit while her father lay gravely ill.

Clara wiped away a tear and took a deep breath, steadying herself.

With a sympathetic look, Sasha handed her a glass of water and whispered reassurances, "Clara, don't worry. Mr. Casey will pull through."

Clara nodded faintly.

The trial resumed. Just when everyone expected Clara to falter, she fought like a lioness backed into a corner, growing fiercer as the battle waged on. Her sharp and precise words left the opposing counsel speechless on several occasions.

incited her fans to douse her with acid, resulting in lan's grievous injuries. Both charges

charges, Clara called upon Heidi's psychiatrist to the stand. The testimony was clear: Heidi didn't have depression. It

was stunned by this turn of events. In a fit of rage, she screamed in

a fierceness never seen before. "Heidi, if anything happens to my dad, I'll hold you responsible." S~ᴇaʀᴄh the FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt

to ten years for multiple counts of incitement to

the sentence, Clara's fists clenched tightly. Her icy gaze turned to Paolo as she said with chilling resolve, "Mr. Paolo, if I find out you had anything to do with my father's illness, you'll be the next

gathered her

to be so relentless, to put her father's critical condition aside and still win the case. The trap he had so carefully set had failed to ensnare her,

"Dad, save me! I don't want to go to jail. They'll bully me