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.

say. And the fury burning through his veins

was doing it

people walked into view. The

voice dropped slightly, each word

of them… was Sarah, who’s now

across the courtroom, then landed on the

of the

the courtroom like waves crashing

“Thomas?”

that license plate wasn’t

me he was

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can’t just believe this guy. He’s clearly

just to pin it on a

in the plaintiff’s box, Sarah’s

split second, her

composure. Pressed her lips

her gaze kept

didn’t even

He started groping Sarah,” Edgar said bluntly, tone still emotionless.

driver showed up and dragged him off.

Edgar paused.

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

has been hiding this entire time… while someone else, someone innocent, is being paraded

slightly, like the sharpening edge of

now the scapegoat–Asher–is standing trial

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