Chapter 282 New Evidence
Jean entered the courtroom quietly, each step soft and soundless, her presence nearly unnoticed.
But she wasn’t alone.
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Following just behind her was a slender teenager dressed entirely in black, his face partially obscured by a dark baseball cap.
As if sensing something, Jolene turned at just the right moment–her gaze catching Jean’s briefly in the air.
And then, her attention shifted.
She spotted the boy behind Jean, stared at him for a couple of seconds–then slowly, knowingly, curved her lips into a smile laced with meaning.
Then she turned to the judge and declared calmly, “Your Honor, I have new evidence.”
The courtroom stilled.
The livestream chat exploded.
“New evidence?”
“Jolene’s just grasping at straws. If she had anything, she’d have shown it already.”
“This is a courtroom, not a circus! Stop wasting time.”
“I’m just here for the clown show at this point.”
“Stop dragging it out! I just wanna see that verdict and go to bed.”
“No way this turns around. If Asher’s innocent, I’ll eat my keyboard.”
Meanwhile- Thomas narrowed his eyes at the livestream feed.
The moment Jolene mentioned “new evidence,” his unease sharpened into something colder, more focused.
Jean hadn’t returned to the courtroom after the recess. And now…
His eyes flicked to the screen just as the camera panned across the back row.
Jean.
She stood there, relaxed and radiant. There was a confident curve to her mouth, a knowing light in her eyes that cut straight through the lens.
That was not the face of someone bluffing.
A pulse of dread pounded in Thomas’s chest. His fists clenched tighter.
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Chapter 282 New Evidence
Jean simply smiled and stepped aside.
Revealing the boy standing behind her.
“Wait, who’s that?”
“When did he come in??”
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