Chapter 269 - 269: Court Case FINAL
The court case began, and it looked fair, but the verdict had been long decided, so there was nothing to worry about.
All of this was for familiarity, and the truth of the matter was, Justin had no idea what was coming because he thought this case would swing in his favour.
But the look of disgust that crept up on his face when he saw Kyle was genuinely sickening, and all Kyle did when their eyes met was to wave at him with a broad smile across his face.
The first recess happened shortly after, and Cassandra was all smiles, but Justin could sense something was wrong.
This wasn’t what they had agreed on, but it was too late to enforce any sort of influence on the matter, which is why he had to revert to a plan B.
Nothing was stopping this, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
Kyle waved at Cassandra, and she gushed to herself, anyone could tell they were involved, but why was Kyle doing something like this so publicly?
This was an act of self-destruction because it would stick to him, but this was all an act for Priscilla.
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He needed to give her a strong motive for her case, as she must be wondering why he was willing to go this far.
He had to show her it was because they were involved and hoped this would throw her off his trail, because she must have already pieced together the inconsistencies in his stories.
Kyle already knew the case was won, but wanted to support Cassandra through the process.
But his phone rang and it was from an unknown number, which made Kyle’s face contort.
Kyle excused himself quickly because he knew this was a call he needed to pick up.
Kyle picked up the phone outside the court, but the person at the other end of the phone didn’t say a word despite Kyle asking who it was.
It was silent, but that was to be expected considering the shady world he had just entered.
But right about when he was to hang up, a voice said one word.
“Run,”
Kyle could tell it had been tampered with because they sounded more robotic than human.
But he wasn’t going to run. Kyle was done playing their games and knew he was going to do things on his terms.
Kyle went back inside, but he was cautious for the rest of the case.
The case proceeded shortly after, and in no time, it was time for the final verdict.
The judge must have noticed something because the verdict he gave next shocked everyone in that courtroom.
“I have done everything in my power and decided to award Mr Justin full custody,” The man said.
Kyle smiled because this is what he expected to happen, but Cassandra was distraught.
“H-How?” Cassandra was dazed as she looked at Kyle, but he didn’t share her worry.
If anything, she caught a glimpse of Kyle’s true face behind the mask.
There was nothing more a puppeteer liked than watching everything fall like dominoes.
Kyle caught Cassandra staring at him and mounted.
“Everything is going to be alright,”
And at that moment, Priscilla entered the courtroom alongside Oliver, who looked somewhat ashamed of the situation.
“You are under arrest and have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used against you in the court of law,” Priscilla said, and the courtroom fell silent.
No one understood what was going on, but they didn’t move a muscle.
This was the most entertaining thing that would happen to them all day or even for that month.
The judge laughed at this attempt; this was ridiculous.
“This is a joke, right?” The judge questioned with a chuckle because he was the one who passed judgment so why was this even happening to begin with?
“Wait a minute…You, I know you,” The judge said, squinting his eyes as he looked right at Priscilla.
Priscilla looked indifferent, but the thing about this was that it was just them.
There was a good chance it would be swept under the rug. Kyle knew this was a possibility and made sure to close it off.
This was why he decided to make a public appearance, because it didn’t just make this their problem, but brought it under the scope of the world.
This made it harder to sweep under the rug because the internet was quick to share their opinion.
It wasn’t the judge at the center of this but rather Kyle; and this managed to attract a small crowd outside the courtroom waiting for him.
However, what they saw was a man in cuffs being taken away by Priscilla.
This wasn’t just any judge, either so they took out their phone and just like that, the next viral story was on the internet.
Everything was meticulously set up by Kyle, who had gotten more cunning as time went by.
There was nothing the man could do at this point but smile because he had already thought about a thousand different ways to spin this, but out came Oliver with Justin handcuffed.
Someone had sent an anonymous tip showing the judge taking a bribe to help sway the decision in Justin’s favour.
This was proof of his involvement, and this was all that was needed to do this.
Justin didn’t fight or argue and simply complied because he knew what could potentially happen if he did.
This was what a guilty conscience looked like, and Cassandra jumped to her feet and wrapped her arms around Kyle.
However, this was Kyle’s second mistake because Cassandra was certain that Kyle had a hand to do with what just happened.
However, she didn’t care at this moment.
Kyle had set Priscilla this man, a respectful man, this case could either make or break her career.
She would owe him, and Kyle intended to cash in because he knew who he was going to feed her next.