Chapter 397 – The Plan of Saving Nora Novel Free

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The plaintiff’s attorney looked at the defendant’s attorney, as well as Joel and Tanya who were seated in the dock. He said, “Even if my client had been the third wheel in your relationship back then, she did not break the law! Moreover, she even gave birth to a daughter for Mr. Smith. As a mother, she has the right and duty to raise her child!”

The defendant’s attorney looked straight at the judge. “Your Honor, I mentioned the past because this case can no longer be looked at normally. Humans are creatures of emotion. When everyone is censuring my client, I have the right to defend them. I ask the court for permission to explain things clearly to everyone.”

The judge looked at Hillary, and then at Tanya and Joel. At last, he nodded. “Permission granted.”

The defendant’s attorney looked straight at Hillary. “You were the third wheel in Mr. Smith and Ms. Turner’s relationship back then. Do you admit to this?”

Hillary curled her lips disdainfully. “They were just dating back then. It’s not like they were married, so you can’t say that I was the third wheel at all! Mr. Smith and I were also really in love back then!”

“Is that so?” The defendant’s attorney couldn’t help but smile. “But as far as I know, even though you claim that you have given birth to a daughter for Mr. Smith, the two of you did not become engaged or hold a wedding. Moreover, Mr. Smith also signed an agreement with you back then. The agreement says that once Ms. Mia Smith is five years old, Mr. Smith will terminate his marriage agreement with you, and the two of you will regain your respective freedom. Accordingly, the Smiths will take care of the Joneses’ business during those five years. Once the agreement is terminated, Ms. Mia Smith’s custody is to go to Mr. Smith. Therefore, can I interpret this as a transaction, except that Ms. Jones intends to go back on her word?!”

Hillary was rendered speechless.

The people in support of Hillary in the comments were also stunned. For a while, they didn’t quite know what to say.

“In that case, it seems that the Smiths aren’t in the wrong?”

“But isn’t it too much to prevent the mother from seeing her daughter?”

The plaintiff’s attorney stood up. “The relationship between a mother and her daughter cannot be described as a transaction. Ms. Jones is not a surrogate mother! That agreement was illegal from the start! Besides, as Ms. Smith’s mother, Ms. Jones has visitation rights!”

He glanced at Hillary.

Hillary immediately got the hint.

Before they came here, the two of them had already discussed how they should deal with the agreement. Hillary immediately started to weep. “Yes, that’s why I want to ask the court for help in mediation. It was my first time being a mother back then. The Smiths are too powerful, so I had no other choice. But during the last five years where my daughter and I were dependent on each other, we have already developed strong feelings for each other. How can one control their own emotions? Your Honor, what kind of agreement can stop a mother from seeing her own children?”

She then started to cry bitterly. “Please, Mr. Smith, give me a way out! I’ve already fallen into depression because I can’t see my daughter!”

The plaintiff’s lawyer immediately produced a diagnostic report for depression. “This is my client’s diagnostic report. She misses her daughter too much. I hope the court can be considerate toward her difficulties.”

At the sight, everyone in the comments suddenly started to sympathize with Hillary again.

“The Smiths are simply too cold-blooded! The richer people are, the more domineering they become! They don’t care for people’s feelings at all! How can they let the child grow up in a family like that?!”.

“Exactly! It is not right to stop a mother from meeting her daughter! How can they do that?!”

“The Smiths are too much!” “The child’s mother is already depressed. She’s so pitiful. She just wants to see her child, what’s so wrong about that?”

“Who knows, maybe the Smiths had threatened her into signing the agreement back then!”

“My god, look at where the defendants are! Turner and Smith are completely expressionless even when they saw Jones crying so badly! They are so heartless! Capitalists are the worst!”

“Yes, they are too inhumane! The child may not understand anything right now, but she will hate them once she grows up and realizes the truth!”

Everyone’s words and the stances they took were conveyed to the judge.

The judge glanced at the defendants. They had completely lost the public’s support.

However, at the defendant’s dock, Tanya was still glaring at Hillary furiously while Joel was expressionless. Even their attorney looked completely calm as if he was not moved by Hillary’s cries at all.

He lowered his gaze and asked, “The defendants, what else do you have to say?”

Joel and Tanya exchanged a look.

Tanya had a firm look in her eyes, but her eyes were gradually turning red.

Joel turned to the attorney and nodded at him.

Following the nod, the defendant’s attorney suddenly walked out from behind the desk and looked at the judge. “Your Honor, I have a piece of evidence I’d like to submit.”

The judge nodded.

The defendant’s lawyer handed over two documents.

The judge was shocked when he saw the documents, and his expression changed drastically. He glanced at Tanya with a complicated look in his eyes, and then looked at Hillary with a frown. Disgust flashed across his eyes.

In the comments, everyone was speculating. “What evidence is that? It actually made the judge’s expression totally change.” “Oh no, the way he’s looking at Smith and Turner isn’t that cold anymore. Could it be that they didn’t submit evidence but a check just now?” “How can they bribe the judge so openly? They are too much!”

Hillary glanced at the comments out of the corner of her eye. When she saw that all the comments were siding with her, the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

However, it was at this moment that the defendant’s attorney slowly said, “Your Honor, members of the jury. On behalf of my client Ms. Tanya Turner, I shall now file a lawsuit against Ms. Hillary Jones for maliciously stealing Ms. Turner’s child five years ago!! This led to my client being separated from her daughter for as long as five years. May the law impose the most severe sanction on Ms. Jones! I demand that Ms. Jones compensate my client for emotional damages, as well as damages for material losses incurred while searching for her daughter for the last five years!”

His words caused a furor to go through everyone!!

Hillary got up abruptly and looked at them in disbelief.

What did they say just now?

How could this be?!

How did she know?!

She understood Tanya very well. Because she loved Joel too much, she would never tell him that she had lost her child. After all, who wouldn’t be miserable about losing their child?

But if it wasn’t her who had brought it up, Joel would never imagine that Mia might be Tanya’s daughter… So, how did they realize the truth?!

Terribly shocked, she stared in front of her in astonishment.

At the same time, countless question marks also flashed across the comments.

“???”

“????” “???”

The plaintiff’s attorney was dumbfounded while the comments were being filled with question marks. He asked, “What nonsense are you saying?”

The defendant’s… no, the defendant had already turned into the plaintiff at this point. The attorney looked straight at Hillary. As a lawyer, he had always been calm when handling cases, but when he realized the truth, even he couldn’t help but subconsciously become angry when he looked at the woman. He spoke loudly and forcefully. “The evidence in the judge’s and the jury’s hands can prove whether I’m talking nonsense or not! The evidence consists of two reports, one is a DNA test report conducted for Ms. Turner and Ms. Mia Smith, and the other is proof that Ms. Jones had stolen the baby! On the day that Ms. Turner gave birth, Ms. Jones had booked a return ticket from Switzerland! Even though she went there by herself, she had returned with a baby!”

His words made Hillary’s attorney dumbfounded.

Before the trial, attorneys would typically probe into their client’s private affairs in order to prevent the other party from producing surprise evidence that they weren’t prepared for.

Therefore, Hillary had even told her attorney the truth about her being the third wheel in Joel and Tanya’s relationship beforehand. That was why the attorney hadn’t even once accused Tanya of being the third wheel in Hillary’s family, for fear that the other party would take advantage of it to counterattack.

Never would he have ever expected such an unbelievable plot twist!

The plot twist was simply too big. The lawsuit between Hillary and Joel had turned straight into one about Hillary’s crime!!

They had evidence that she had stolen their child!

He didn’t doubt the authenticity of the evidence because the judge and the others would undoubtedly verify it. He was just staring at Hillary in shock, astonishment, and disbelief.

In this instant, he could even feel his career as an attorney ending!

Seeing that her attorney wasn’t saying anything but just staring at her, Hillary panicked. She suddenly stood up. “I didn’t do anything like that! That’s total nonsense!”

Tanya’s eyes narrowed as she looked at her. “The evidence can prove whether or not I am talking nonsense! The DNA test shows that Mia and I have a 99% DNA match!! These numbers could never lie!” Hillary swallowed and looked at the gallery.

Karl and Jill were seated in the gallery.

A somewhat incredulous Jill stood up abruptly when the plot twist came. She subconsciously looked at Karl.

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