When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

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Chapter 284 Isn’t It Absurd?

“I was at the scene the night it happened.”

Finished

Edgar’s voice was calm, flat–his lips barely moved as he spoke, but each word dropped like a stone into a

still lake.

“I was sitting on a bench along the main street. I saw everything that happened… with my own eyes.”

The courtroom rustled, and the livestream chat ignited instantly.

“Saw it? Really? Sounds fake.”

“If he really saw something, why didn’t he come forward earlier?”

“Exactly. This case’s been dragging for weeks. If he had info, he would’ve said something sooner.”

“Total bullsh*t. There’s something off about this.”

“Nah, not buying it. Smells like a setup.”

“Drama for the cameras, that’s all.”

Edgar didn’t flinch. His voice remained even, his composure flawless.

“No one knows the full truth better than I do,” he said, eyes sharp and unwavering. “I was there from the start. I saw what really happened.”

Thomas, watching from his office, leaned closer to the screen, jaw clenched so tight it ached.

through his veins

doing it so calmly. So

continued. “At first, I was just sitting there, zoning out. Then two people

each word more deliberate than the

now

the courtroom, then landed on the panel of

of the Lawson

through the courtroom like

“Thomas?”

license plate wasn’t

me he was the one

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guy. He’s clearly on

to pin it on a scapegoat and

the plaintiff’s

split second, her

she regained composure. Pressed

her gaze kept flicking toward

meanwhile, didn’t even

said bluntly, tone still emotionless. “It wasn’t a

his driver showed up and dragged him

Edgar paused.

he said, “Asher was never there. Not once. He didn’t so much as brush past Sarah on the

while someone else, someone innocent,

so slightly, like the sharpening edge of a

scapegoat–Asher–is standing trial