Winning Her Heart back (Emelie and William)

Chapter 898

The music in the room never stopped. The orchestra played a gentle rendition of "Aria in G", its pure and tranquil melody flowing like a river under the moonlight, echoing the unfolding

story.

Yennifer took a deep breath and continued, "Did he make a mistake? Yes. Did he deserve to be punished? Yes. Did it have to be brought to court? Yes.

"But was the death penalty reasonable? I believe in the fairness of the law, but I also believe that if there hadn't been those stirring up public anger to pressure the judiciary, his sentence might have had some room for reconsideration."

What Yennifer didn't mention was that, during that chaotic and unregulated time, almost everyone was making mistakes.

It wasn't just Xander. He was both guilty and innocent. Before the incident, no one had said that what he was doing was unacceptable.

However, the rules suddenly changed, and the legal principle of non-retroactivity was only established and enforced later. At that time, even the law enforcers were still figuring out how to proceed.

Had it not been for the relentless pursuit by the Middleton, Davis, Swanson, and Collins families, Xander might not have been pushed to that extreme.

However, this case could have gone either way, and those families manipulated public opinion and pushed it all the way to the extreme. Hence, he was tried, and he was sentenced.

She said, "Why did those people want Xander dead? Because they wanted his business, his market. They were afraid that if he lived, he would retaliate and expose their crimes,

dragging them down with him. And I'm not just making baseless claims. I have the evidence.

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Yennifer locked her gaze on the camera without blinking, as if staring directly into the eyes of those behind it.

out a thick leather envelope. Through the

see this? Is this not the Pierce

moved to her sister Ashlyn's side, holding her

smiled quietly as she began to tear up. It was at this moment that she finally fulfilled the order

still addressing the Four Families. "It's not just this account

over to the lawyers, and I will report this to the authorities and take it to court.

entrusted to your sons robbed my daughter of her adoptive father. She was displaced for many years and nearly lost

Even though some of you are already dead

among the

the hall, several people hastily left the banquet. They were the ones who couldn't afford

could have imagined that the Filo family would bring up such a matter during such a significant wedding banquet? It caught them completely off guard, and they needed to leave quickly

had already been made. Emelie had spent

incapacitated, leaving them with little ability to defend themselves or retaliate. Even the

them down one by one and then settle the final score together. This approach avoided the risk that those in power might try to protect the four families for fear of the

posing no threat, allowing

closed her eyes, ignoring the discussions around her. She thought of Xander, the

back then hadn't been as grand or luxurious as the one Emelie was

seeds and planted them on a barren piece of land, tending to them day after day. He watered, fertilized,

when he had planted those flowers, and he told her

he wanted

knowing that he wanted to give her

and power that material things

had for her.

whispering, wondering if the daughter she mentioned