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Selena had heard the crash. Startled, she nced at the screen and fixated on the boy standing at the center of the courtroom.
She didn’t recognize him. Not his face, not his name.
But what shook her more than the stranger’s appearance… was her brother’s reaction to him.
“Thomas… do you know that guy?” she asked, voice trembling with unease. “Is something wrong?”
Thomas’s knuckles were still clenched
hite.
His mrs were grinding, jaw visibly tense, and his face was drained of color. He looked furious–cornered.
But he didn’t answer.
His entire focus was pinned to the screen, to the boy.
Selena, confused, looked between him and the monitor. She didn’t know Thomas had ever dealt with this teenager. She had no way of knowing what Edgar represented.
After a long, brittle silence, Thomas finally spoke, voice dry as dust.
“It’s nothing.<b>” </b>
He offered no more than that. Then he mped his mouth shut, refusing to say another word.
Selena, knowing better than to press, slowly fell silent.
But the mood in the office had bottomed out.
The earlier smugness was gone. The air was thick with dread, uncertainty, and things unspoken.
Selena turned back to the screen, eyeing the unfamiliar boy with growing worry.
Who <i>was </i>he, for Thomas to react like that?
What power did he hold?
Meanwhile, Thomas slowly exhaled, trying to level out his breathing.
His heart was still burning, but his head was cooling. He <i>had </i>to stay calm.
Yes, Edgar had broken their agreement. He’d gone rogue. He’d chosen Jean’s side.
A spit in the face.
But even so-
Thomas didn’t believe Edgar could ruin everything. A teenager’s statement couldn’t be considered hard evidence, not in the eyes of the court. Right?
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In the courtroom-
Jolene gave Edgar’s shoulder a light pat, her lips curling into a satisfied, almost triumphant smile.
“This,” she announced to the judge, “is our new witness.”
The courtroom buzzed with confusion.
“Who is that?”
“Where the hell did this kide from?”
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“Wait, I thought the only people on scene were Sarah and Asher… okay, maybe Thomas too, because of the license te… but this guy?”
“He wasn’t in the footage. No mention of him till now.”
“They seriously just dragged someone in off the street? This <b>is </b>a joke.”
Suspicion rippled through the crowd, and the chat lit up with doubt and mockery.
Back in the gallery, Jean returned to her seat.
Sofia instantly grabbed her arm, eyes wide with rm and curiosity. “Jean! Who is that guy? Where’d hee from?<b>” </b>
Mindy leaned forward too, visibly rattled.
Jean gave them both a sideways nce and simply smiled, calm and a little mischievous.
“You’ll see,” she said, as if promising fireworks.
And up front-
Edgar, standing under the weight of hundreds of eyes, looked asposed as ever.
Despite his youth, despite the cameras and the crowd, he waspletely unshaken. If anything, he seemed… disinterested.
Eyes steady, posture loose–he looked like someone who couldn’t be bothered to fake nerves.
“Your Honor,” Jolene said smoothly, turning toward the bench, “we would now like to present testimony from our witness<b>.</b><b>” </b>
The judge nodded. There was no reason to refuse.
And just like that-
All eyes, all ears, and all expectations, swiveled toward Edgar.
Was he really there that night?
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With the courtroom hanging on his silence-
Edgar parted his lips, ready to speak.
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