Chapter 82 Ruby’s Arrest
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“The judge hasn’t even handed down a sentence yet. Stella only admitted to it after she was arrested–what gave her the right to put her hands on anyone?”
Suddenly, a segment of the crowd latched onto the fact that Stella had hit Derek and wouldn’t let it go.
Stella’s lips curled into a cold smile. Looked like someone was begging to get knocked around.
Before she could respond, others started hurling insults at Jasmine..
“Trafficker’s daughter–get out of here!”
“Murderer’s kid. Instead of begging the victims‘ families for forgiveness, all you know how to do is spread lies and trash people.”
“All you ever do is repeat the same rumors over and over. Anyone with an internet connection knows exactly who you are, Jasmine.”
“So what if she slapped your father? If it were me, I’d have finished the job. Death’s too good for him.”
many women and children did he destroy? A man like that should have been put down years ago.
him off with death row was mercy.”
me stood there, battered by the insults, unable to get a word in.
Stella, don’t you dare walk away.”
Seeing Stella about to leave, panic flashed across Jasmine’s face. She tried to push through the crowd but got squeezed tight, barely able to move.
“Stella, you can’t just do something like that and pretend it didn’t happen.”
Before she could get far, the crowd closed in around Jasmine.
“There she is. The rumor queen herself.”
“Everything that comes out of that girl’s mouth is a lie. Who even follows her? What kind of people are they?”
“Calls herself a lifestyle influencer? More like a lying influencer. A homewrecker influencer. A murderer’s daughter influencer.”
Jasmine took the verbal beating and couldn’t fight back.
She looked around–a sea of people, countless eyes fixed on her like crosshairs.
One wrong move and she’d be the target.
“Mom, Mom.”
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her mother, her voice small and helpless, tears pooling in her eyes.
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Ruby pulled her close.
Her whole body trembled, but she still stroked Jasmine’s back gently. “It’s okay. Mom’s here.”
“Mom…”
Jasmine broke down sobbing.
Stella had hit her father–so why was everyone still on Stella’s side?
Stella was just some girl from a convent, a nobody. So why would someone like Elias, a man with real power, be interested in her?
Why?
Just tell why.
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“Don’t take her. Please. She’s all I have. She’s all I have left.
“I’m begging you. Please give her back.”
She stumbled, Fell.
Pushed herself up and kept running, but she couldn’t catch up. Couldn’t reach her.
Through the car window, Stella watched it all. Her gaze stayed calm.
“Let’s go.”
Elias started the car and pulled away from the courthouse.
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