Chapter 581
The courtroom erupted into chaos. The nation was in shock.
Frederic’s face drained of color as if the blood had been siphoned from his veins. He leapt from his chair as if it had burst into flames, standing abruptly without a care for decorum, staring in disbelief at Elspeth.
Cynthia? Hadn’t she taken her own life because of severe depression? How had it turned into murder?
How could the murderer be Elspeth, the woman who had shared his bed for twenty years?
“I do it!” Elspeth sobbed, shaking her head as she locked eyes with him.
Thaddeus’s icy gaze slid inch by inch onto Frederic’s pale, plaster–like face. He couldn’t help but let out a bone–chilling laugh from the deepest, most bitter part of his chest.
Even now, he didn’t see the slightest hint of sorrow for his mother on this callous man’s face. What Frederic felt was not disbelief out of love for Elspeth.
that he had been so blind, having spent twenty years
the back of the head with a
seen anything like this. It was supposed to be
was a killer, then he would
is irrelevant to the case
that Elspeth couldn’t possibly be the killer because she’s a cultured, high–character society lady But my witness here can attest that the defense’s argument is nothing but a cunning ploy to exonerate their client. Thus, this witness is indeed relevant to the
a slight nod, “Then let the defense proceed with
seeing stars from rage.
who sat with a stern dignity in the audience, remembering the dread his presence inspired.
to attend to Elspeth’s daily needs, while she was nothing more than Mr. Abernathy’s mistress. Only because she carried the heir to the Abernathy empire was she temporarily welcomed into the Abernathy fold, but Mr. Hamilton never truly accepted
are you calling a mistress? Who? I’m not a
turned as dark as a thundercloud. He
cherished the gentle and virtuous Cynthia by his side, instead entangling himself with
was taken from another as her own. Impenetrable shamelessness. No
was but a ruse. If she truly were content, my mother would not have met
chest, though his eyes remained as cold as a lake frozen over, “As for Frederic, she can have him. Such a deceitful,
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