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Chapter 283 Just Wait and See

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Selena had heard the crash. Startled, she glanced at the screen and fixated on the boy standing at the center of the courtroom.

She didn’t recognize him. Not his face, not his name.

But what shook her more than the stranger’s appearance… was her brother’s reaction to him.

“Thomas… do you know that guy?” she asked, voice trembling with unease. “Is something wrong?”

Thomas’s knuckles were still clenched

hite.

His molars were grinding, jaw visibly tense, and his face was drained of color. He looked furious–cornered.

But he didn’t answer.

His entire focus was pinned to the screen, to the boy.

Selena, confused, looked between him and the monitor. She didn’t know Thomas had ever dealt with this teenager. She had no way of knowing what Edgar represented.

After a long, brittle silence, Thomas finally spoke, voice dry as dust.

“It’s nothing.”

He offered no more than that. Then he clamped his mouth shut, refusing to say another word.

to press, slowly fell

the mood in the office had bottomed

smugness was gone. The air was thick with dread, uncertainty,

eyeing the unfamiliar boy

for Thomas to react

did he

Thomas slowly exhaled, trying to level out his

his head was

had broken their agreement. He’d gone rogue. He’d chosen Jean’s

spit in

But even so-

everything. A teenager’s statement couldn’t be considered hard evidence, not in

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Just Wait and

In the courtroom-

shoulder a light pat, her lips curling into a satisfied,

announced to the judge, “is our new

courtroom buzzed with

“Who is that?”

the hell did this kid

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Sarah and Asher… okay, maybe Thomas

in the footage. No

seriously just dragged someone in off the street? This is a

crowd, and the chat lit up with doubt

gallery, Jean returned to her

alarm and curiosity. “Jean! Who is that

forward too, visibly