Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 609 A Way to Fall Asleep

Ashley hummed in response. She could feel the stiffness in her back from sitting too long. She leaned against Elias for comfort but said little, as she still

had work to finish.

Elias quickly scanned the case. In summary, the incident was a classic case of self–inflicted consequences.

There was a middle school and a technical school separated by Just a street in the west of Capebatt City. Most of the students at the technical school were, to put it mildly, troublemakers with one foot in the underworld.

One such student, Theo Ellis, was notorious for getting his gang together to extort money from the middle school students across the street.

For the past year, they had been targeting Marco Marley, a shy secondary school student, regularly demanding money from him. Too scared to resist, Marco complied.

day, Marco was walking with a female classmate and was blocked again. The gang found his female classmate attractive and tried to harass her. Marco, driven by

middle of this one–on–four mayhern, and little did he low, Theo died just like

fourteen and, therefore,

it obvious? Theo brought this on himself, and Marco was merely acting in self–defense. What’s his fault?” Elias asked, making a

bunch of social scum. They were still young but were

arguing self–defense. However, the opposing lawyer claims that both parties were minors and were just fooling around. But the situation didn’t justify the use of deadly force. So, it’s excessive self–defense and not a case of

his chin on her shoulder. “What about the girl? Isn’t

didn’t see anything,

Elias sighed. “Pour M

He’s really

fifteen–year–old girl. Considering what happened, she’s probably terrified. Don’t be too

then I’ll be hard on the perpetrator. Theo’s father really had the nerve to cause trouble in your firm. I’ll find someone to beat

and Elias noticed and helped her. She added, “Don’t make it harder for me. This case ended up on my desk because it was

can’t afford a lawyer. Moreover, it’s a legal aid case. It was initially handled by one of my attomeys, but since they had other commitments, it was passed on to

time, and it was already eleven at night.

shook her head. “The trial is in two days. I need to review