Rachel questioned, "As a journalist, you hold paramount the principle of reporting the truth of an event. Before you even had evidence to back anything up, you talked smack about Ms. Thompson and made her out to be the enemy. Were you sent by Ms. Thompson's rival companies to stir up trouble?"

The young lady may look fragile, but she faced the journalist with harsh words and determination. Everybody was shocked.

The male journalist stepped back and hid in the crowd.

"Ms. Mead..." lan stared blankly at her resolute face, his heart racing.

He should be the calmest, but somehow he could not pull himself together.

Rachel took a deep breath and said, "I came forward to file a case and identify Charles because of Ms. Thompson. She patiently waited for me, guided me, and gave us the strength to take one step forward. Ms. Thompson is our savior. If I don't stand up for my savior when someone slanders her, what does that make me? Where is my conscience?"

By then, Rachel was choking with sobs.

The scene started off chaotic, and now it was as if a pause button had been hit.

No one saw it coming.

through a traumatic experience and was bombarded by the media after giving her statement. Rachel was most vulnerable at the moment. However, she faced the accuser of her lifesaver with

girl's integrity

Bella's honor. The crowd had to wonder if Bella was indeed the pretentious woman that others

got into the car, escorted by

tearfully threw

held her, offering

was unnecessary to care about what

understood her. He understood her, and

the victims came forward, and the killer

police formally arrested Charles on charges of rape and attempted

a matter of cooperating with the investigation as a person of interest anymore. Charles was a criminal

changes in his life nearly pushed Charles into a breakdown He yelled and cried in the detention center like a mad dog, ramming the bars, rolling on the floor,

also charged with assaulting a

a few girls. I

Charles' bloodshot eyes beset

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