"Everyone heard the recording played in the courtroom just now!" Javier was so pissed off that his breathing had become uneven.

He growled, "Others might not have recognized your voice.

But of course I could! "Right from the start...

you were fully aware of Sophia's actions.

You knew she hired a hitman! Not only did you conceal it from me, but you actively assisted her in keeping it a secret.

You must be out of your mind!" Betty denied, "No.

That's not it." "Don't you know that you were harboring a criminal? You are an accomplice! Did you want to follow in Sophia's footsteps and end up imprisoned?" Betty was scared shitless.

She was flustered.

She knelt by Javier's feet.

Tear stains marked her face as she gazed up at him.

She pleaded, "Dad! I was wrong.

I now know that what I did was wrong! "All those things.

She made me do them! She's my mother.

do, I didn't dare

was dumb! "Please, I

cannot let me end up

to see me end up in prison? "Also, can our family afford to have another family member go to jail? The Schmidt family already took a hit because of

tirelessly to manage the

ruins just like the Schmidt Group?" Javier's dark pupils constricted as he yelled,

as he walked past

as others

a single person stopped to

made her

"Damn it.

the

screamed and cursed in

this is the courthouse, not a circus! Go outside to scream instead!" Two police officers approached her

carried hateful expressions on

face flushed red

gathered up her strength to

She stumbled awkwardly.

was taken aback the moment

the hallway, bathed in a

observed her

crossed her

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