When The Family Reads The Fake Heiress Mind

When the Family 284

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.

his veins was cold and bitter–because Edgar had

was doing it so calmly.

continued. “At first, I was just sitting there, zoning out. Then two people walked into view. The streetlights weren’t great,

dropped slightly, each word more deliberate than the

was Sarah, who’s now standing in

courtroom, then landed

Thomas, of the Lawson

courtroom like

“Thomas?”

license

me he was the

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guy. He’s clearly on

pin it on a scapegoat and save

plaintiff’s box, Sarah’s face

a split second, her

Pressed

gaze kept flicking toward

meanwhile, didn’t even

drunk. He started groping Sarah,” Edgar said bluntly, tone

driver showed up and dragged him off. That was the

Edgar paused.

said, “Asher was never there. Not once. He didn’t so much as brush

entire time… while someone else, someone innocent, is being paraded

voice lifted ever so slightly, like the

scapegoat–Asher–is standing trial for a crime he