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Chapter 282 New Evidence

Jean entered the courtroom quietly, each step soft and soundless, her presence nearly unnoticed.

But she wasn’t alone.

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Following just behind her was a slender teenager dressed entirely in black, his face partially obscured by a dark baseball cap.

As if sensing something, Jolene turned at just the right moment–her gaze catching Jean’s briefly in the air.

And then, her attention shifted.

She spotted the boy behind Jean, stared at him for a couple of seconds–then slowly, knowingly, curved her lips into a smile laced with meaning.

Then she turned to the judge and declared calmly, “Your Honor, I have new evidence.”

The courtroom stilled.

The livestream chat exploded.

“New evidence?”

“Jolene’s just grasping at straws. If she had anything, she’d have shown it already.”

“This is a courtroom, not a circus! Stop wasting time.”

“I’m just here for the clown show at this point.”

just wanna

way this turns around. If Asher’s innocent, I’ll

eyes at the livestream

his unease sharpened into something

courtroom after the recess.

flicked to the screen just as

Jean.

there, relaxed and radiant. There was a confident curve to her mouth, a knowing light in her eyes

not the face

dread pounded in Thomas’s chest. His

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smiled and

the boy standing behind

“Wait, who’s that?”

did he

he have something to do with

started

livestream chat

the hell is this

‘evidence‘? Bro,

you’ve got something, spit it out

a random dude off

“Get on with it!”

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new evidence mid–trial–whether a witness or an object–was allowed. The protocol wasn’t particularly

common… but they weren’t

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