"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.

to do, I didn't dare to

"Please, I

me end up in prison! I

afford to have another family member go to jail? The Schmidt family already took a hit because

tirelessly to manage

you hoping the Beckett Group ends up in ruins just like the Schmidt Group?" Javier's dark pupils

he walked

footsteps sounded as others

person stopped to help

her feel even

"Damn it.

the ground

and cursed in

a circus! Go outside to

hateful expressions on their

flushed red

gathered up her strength

She stumbled awkwardly.

taken aback the

the opposite end of the hallway, bathed in a stream of sunlight,

observed her

crossed her path,

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