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Karl, who also seemed stunned by the plot twist, looked at Jill with a puzzled look.
Jill swallowed. She was about to say something when Justin, who was sitting behind Karl, suddenly said, “Mr. Moore, I’m sure you must know the truth of the matter by now. Wouldn’t it be rather unreasonable if you continue to help Hillary Jones fight for the child’s custody?”
Karl choked.
He had only helped Jill and stood up for her on account of their past relationship. After all, if Hillary was Mia’s mother, the Smiths’ actions would indeed be going too far.
But now…
If he continued to help Hillary fight for the child, then wouldn’t he just be making trouble for no reason?
He coughed and replied, “Of course. The Assassin Organization is not unreasonable.”
Justin nodded. Then, he immediately looked at Mr. Jones, who was seated nearby Jill. The astonishment in his eyes didn’t seem to be fake, and he looked like he wasn’t aware of his daughter’s actions at all. He slowly said, “Mr. Jones, are the Joneses still supportive of Hillary’s fight for the child’s custody?”
Given how even Karl wasn’t going to help anymore, there was no way Mr. Jones would have the guts to step forward, either. He shook his head and stammered, “M-Mr. Hunt, I really didn’t know about what Hillary did! She did it all by herself! It has nothing to do with the Joneses!” Jill looked at Mr. Jones furiously. “How can you say that? She’s your daughter! Is that how you should be treating Hillary?!”
An annoyed Mr. Jones retorted, “Even if she’s my daughter, I still didn’t expect her to actually do something like that! She stole someone else’s child! How can she do that?!” The furious Jill panicked. “Even so, you can’t just ignore her! Surely you can’t just watch as she goes to jail?!”
Justin didn’t say anything else. Instead, he looked at the stand.
From the looks of it, it seemed that neither Karl nor Mr. Jones were intending to help anymore. In that case, Jill and Hillary would no longer be able to make any more trouble.
On the judge’s bench.
The judge and the jury were already looking at one another. The judge then looked at Hillary. “There is substantial evidence in my hands, and there are both witnesses and physical evidence against you. What else do you have to say?!”
Hillary knew that what’s done is done at this point and that there was nothing she could do anymore to save herself.
She looked straight at Tanya. In the end, she yelled shamelessly, “I… I didn’t steal the child! I did go abroad, and I did go to Switzerland, but I found the child somewhere! It… It was… It was Tanya who abandoned her child! Yes, that’s it! Your Honor, you can’t convict me. I saved that child’s life! In fact, you should be holding Tanya responsible for abandoning her newborn baby!”
Everyone was stunned. They hadn’t expected that Hillary would still say such things at this point.
Even her attorney had shut up and was unwilling to defend her anymore.
The judge looked at Tanya and Joel.
Tanya’s eyes were red and she did not speak.
Joel’s jaw was clenched tightly and he had lost the usual smile on his face.
Their attorney stood where he was and sneered, “Ms. Jones, I didn’t expect you to be so stubborn. It seems like you’re someone who holds out hope until faced with the grim reality!
“Your Honor, I have a few pieces of evidence here that will prove that she had indeed stolen the baby! That day, she went to the hospital where Ms. Turner had given birth and bribed two nurses in the hospital. That was how she had successfully stolen the baby from the hospital!
“Also! Your Honor, these are financial accounts detailing how much money and effort my client, Ms. Tanya Turner, spent in order to search for her child over the years.
“Your Honor, as you can see, Ms. Jones shows no sign of taking the initiative to plead guilty even now! I implore you to punish her severely in accordance with the law!!”
The more Hillary refused to plead guilty in the case where evidence was conclusive, the less likely she would receive mercy in court.
Her stubbornness was, on the contrary, a positive for Tanya.
The judge frowned, and the way he looked at Hillary changed.
Hillary’s legs went limp and she fell onto the chair. She hadn’t expected them to still be able to find evidence of her bribing the nurses when two years had already gone by. On top of that, they even managed to get the two nurses to testify as witnesses!
It was all over.
Everything was over!
Tanya’s attorney was still speaking. He said, “Your Honor, my client is a dancer with a sizable income, but every year, she pays most of her money to private detectives to engage them in search for her child…
“The millions of dollars she spends on the search each year are nearly the entirety of her income. If she had really abandoned the child, why would she spend that much money searching for her child?!
“Ms. Jones is still slandering my client even at this point. Not only that, but she even bribed reporters to create public pressure on my client in an attempt to reverse the lawsuit’s outcome!
“I implore the judge to take serious action against her!”
As the attorney’s loud and powerful words rang out, the courtroom fell silent.
After discussion, the judge finally announced, “Given the severity of Ms. Hillary Jones’ crime in stealing the child, and the fact that she shows no intention of pleading guilty, let alone any sign of remorse, we will submit the case to the judiciary and have the Attorney-General’s Office bring charges against her, so that they may give her the maximum sentence possible!”
Upon hearing that, Hillary slumped onto the chair.
The maximum sentence was thirty years of imprisonment!!
Thirty years!
By the time she came out of prison thirty years later, she would be old!
No, she didn’t want to go to jail!!
The court had its own procedures. The court hearing today was for Joel and Hillary’s fight for the custody of their daughter. Therefore, the case was closed without even the need for a full trial.
Hillary was arrested on the spot. She would be under the judiciary’s supervision while she waited for her next court hearing.
The comments in the live-stream had undergone a complete reversal. Everyone was censuring Hillary.
“My god, that’s so disgusting! She is so wicked!”
“Let me give everyone a summary of what happened. Not only was Jones the third wheel in their relationship, but she even stole their baby and claimed that she had given birth to her. And now, she is actually fighting them for custody of the girl? She’s so wicked! That woman is beyond salvation!”
“The fact that Turner has been searching for her daughter for so many years has suddenly moved me so much. I apologize for the derogatory remarks I made against Turner when I wasn’t aware of the truth.”
“I also apologize!”.
“A woman like Hillary Jones should be sentenced to death!”
“Yes, not only did she steal a child, but she even thinks that she’s right in doing so. She shows no signs of repentance at all. If she isn’t sentenced to the death penalty, then she should at least be sentenced to life imprisonment! People like her should spend the rest of their life in jail!”
“I agree with the life imprisonment sentence!”
“Thirty years is too little. I agree with the life imprisonment sentence!”
“Agree with the previous comment!”
“+1!”
“+(my cell phone number)!” “+(my ID number)!”
The public opinion reversed in an instant, and the people took Tanya’s side.
When the handcuffed Hillary was being led away, Jill rushed over and hugged her. “Let go of my daughter! Let go of her!”
The sobbing Hillary yelled, “Mom, save me! Save me! I don’t wanna go to jail!! Sob, Dad, save me!”
However, even after the two of them cried their eyes out, none of the police officers were moved. They dragged Hillary out.
Jill was stunned to the spot. The next moment, she grabbed Hillary’s attorney and shouted furiously, “Why didn’t you say anything just now? We paid money to hire you! Why didn’t you defend my daughter?!” The attorney said with a sense of resignation, “Mrs. Jones, it was stated clearly in our contract that the client is not to conceal any information related to the case. Are you actually demanding an explanation from me when your daughter hid such an important matter from me?!”
He was also rather angry. “Besides, if I had known that the child was stolen from someone else, I would never have taken up the case! I have children, too. People like her should go to jail!”
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