The Art Of Revenge (Thalia Nash and Brandon) novel Chapter 76

Josh’s Pov

I was aware our judicial system was wack and I had once used it against Thalia but not to the extent that I was witnessing.

How could a man that no one had laid eyes on for more than two years have such power? A fully seated Judge, a Judge that we spoke to the previous night and he assured us of a victory suddenly decided not to show up for his court hearing. To make matters worse the case was not handed to a new Judge but postponed.

I looked around and the room was deserted, we were the only ones left together with the deputy. A DEA walked in and my father walked to him.

“What the f*ck is wrong, how can a Judge just choose not to show up!” he yelled.

“Judge Martins is under investigation, if I were you I would stay as far aware as I could,” the DEA replied. We all looked at each other in shock. He pulled my father aside and asked him to follow him to his office.

I could only assume that whatever he was about to say to him was classified. Our lawyer excused himself to answer a phone call outside and I nodded. I looked over at Jessica and found her seated, she did not look good and was too quiet.

I asked her if she was okay. She was sweating and it appeared like her dress was not helping her situation. I wondered why she would come dressed like she was going for a c*cktail party.

“I’m fine, just leave me alone,” she replied.

“Jessica, you do not look fine,” I insisted.

“Your face is disgusting to me,” she replied as she stared into my eyes. I understood we were all p*ssed with what was going on with the judge but there was a way in which she stared back at me. I could tell it had nothing to do with the case but personal. Ever since Thalia attacked her she had been very spiteful and reserved.

I decided to ignore her and looked at my watch. My father was still speaking with the DEA and nowhere in sight. I could see people beginning to straw into the room and I could only assume that the room was going to be used for another court hearing.

“Jessica it’s time to go,” I stated.

She wiped her brow and looked around, “Go where? Where is victor?”

“Another case is about to start, I think we have to vacate the room and wait for my father outside,” I suggested.

Our lawyer walked in looking through his papers like he had lost something. “I think your father took my briefcase or put his things in mine,” he said.

I turned to the table and noted my father’s briefcase was still on the floor. I picked it up and I could see from the outside that it was my father’s. His briefcase was very different from his and one couldn’t make that mistake.

“This is my father’s briefcase,” I stated

“But this one contains Gentex files I believe before it was Gentex, it is my briefcase but the files in it are not mine,” he stated and handed it to me. I quickly grabbed it and perused through it. At first, I thought he was joking but to my shock, it was Gentex’s papers, before I renamed it.

I checked the papers one by one and they appeared to be duplicates of Inc Biotech. “How did you get these? Did my father hand them to you?” I asked.

“No, I just found them in the case and I assumed he switched or accidentally put the files in mine,” he replied.

The door opened and my father walked in p*ssed and fuming. ” What happened? What did he say?” I quickly asked.

“That useless woman! Son, we need to talk,” he replied. But the lawyer who was impatiently waiting for me quickly cut in. “the briefcase,” he mentioned.

“Oooh dad, did you put the biotech’s files in the lawyer’s briefcase, or did you mistakenly come with the files here?

“No, why would I do that?” My father replied as the lawyer handed him the files. He took a long look at them and I could see his face increase in color. “Where did you say you found these?” he asked.

“In my case, I can’t seem to find the files I prepared for this case,” the lawyer replied.

“Where is my case?” Dad shouted? I quickly handed him his case and he opened it like a mad man, checking and throwing all the papers. The people in the courtroom began staring at us and wondering what was going on.

I was confused too. I knelt down and picked up one of the papers and it was the same as the lawyer’s papers.

“Please do not tell me that someone stole the case files and replaced them with these old company papers!” The lawyer yelled on top of his voice… I stopped and stared at him, while my father slowly took a seat in full confusion. I grabbed his case and looked through it, there was nothing concerning the case, everything was swapped out. But when? We only looked away for seconds.

“Wait a minute, do you mean all the evidence?” I asked but no one replied.

“You have soft copies, yes you have soft copies,” I reminded them.

“Josh shut up, they probably took that as well, they are not that s*upid,” Jessica yelled at me.

The lawyer quickly took out his laptop just to counter check. “no no no,” he cried out. “My entire computer is wiped, they hacked and wiped everything, all my cases, everything is gone,” he cried out.

It appeared like all his years of work were completely wiped but I had noted he had his laptop even when we were arguing with the deputy. There was no way anyone would have tempered with it.

“Try searching in your crowd or emails, don’t you save your things there,” Jessica suggested.

“I’m saying they wiped every s*it!” The lawyer yelled, eliciting a murmur from the people in the room. The guard walked up to us and asked us to leave the room.

“We are leaving,” Jessica replied.

I had no words as I was still processing what was happening. If the lawyer’s soft copies had been deleted then it meant that everyone’s was deleted.

“But why hack us and delete on the day of the case?”

“To humiliate us,” my father replied. “She wants to show us how powerful she is,” he added.

“No no we can still make the evidence, the hospital still has your record doesn’t it?” I asked.

“Son, they probably wiped everything, there is no evidence,” Dad yelled. I held my head in confusion. It felt like it was about to burst open. At that moment I only wanted to see Thalia, I wanted to burst her head open, she had crossed the line.

“This is all your fault, I shouldn’t have agreed with this s*upid case, people warned me,” the lawyer cried out but we all ignore the idiot, it was not like he was doing it for free. He was so p*ssed, he got up and left without saying a single word.

“I think we should leave,” Jessica stated and tried to get up but she tumbled back down, she tried to get up again but went down in split seconds. I quickly rushed to her and tried to grab her. “Jessica, Jessica!”

I called out her name but there was no response. The crowd began gathering around in shock, I placed my thumbs over her nose, and to my relief, she was breathing. I looked around and noted that everyone was busy watching instead of calling for help. Some idiots were even taking pictures.

“Is she breathing?” dad asked