Chapter 12 - The Arrogant Plea
Two weeks later.
Evelyn Crane’s high-priced defense attorney stood in the grand reception hallway of the Moretti estate, holding a leather briefcase and looking visibly nervous.
Mr. Moretti walked down the main staircase, flanked by his security team.
"Mr. Moretti," the attorney began hastily, straightening his tie. "My client, Miss Crane, is deeply remorseful. She is willing to forfeit all her personal assets if you agree to drop the secondary criminal charges."
Mr. Moretti stopped at the base of the stairs, looking down at the lawyer with cold, unyielding eyes.
"Your client let a disabled four-year-old child trip over a broken door frame for months while stealing her medical funds," Mr. Moretti said, his voice dropping into a chilling whisper. "Tell me, counselor... do I look like a man who accepts apologies for hurting children?"
The lawyer swallowed hard, stepping back. "Sir... she is facing up to twenty years in state prison..."
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"Then make sure she serves all twenty," Mr. Moretti replied coldly, gesturing for his security team to lead the lawyer out the front doors.
👉 What special celebration took place in the newly renovated mansion kitchen one month later?
