A Lawsuit Next Door

"Mrs. Cole, since your beast of a son had the guts to ruin my daughter, why doesn't he dare show his face in court?!"Don't think you can hide him away and make this disappear. I won't let this go. Lucas Cole deserves the death penalty, and your family must compensate my daughter two million in emotional damages!"In the courtroom, Fiona Harper glared at me viciously, her eyes filled with such hatred, as if she wanted to peel my skin off and tear me apart.Beside her, her daughter, Daisy Harper, cried softly, tears streaming down her face like falling petals. Her eyes were full of grievance and fear.I looked coldly at the Harpers and repeated the same words. "Lucas did not assault Daisy; he could never have assaulted her. If a crime was committed, don't pin it on the wrong person. Do not even think about blaming Lucas."Before today, I never imagined that Fiona and I would end up facing each other like enemies in a courtroom.On the day Lucas and I moved into the neighborhood, F

When Rachel heard me say that, she let out a cold laugh."Defendant, is your son some kind of irresistible catch? Does my client, Daisy, have nothing better to do than rush to ruin her own purity just to frame him?"Daisy immediately echoed her. "I really did see Lucas. When I was heading to tutoring, I happened to see him coming out of his apartment. We took the elevator down together. He told me his name was Lucas Cole and that he was a newly moved-in neighbor."Fiona pointed at me and screamed, "Mrs. Cole, do not think that stirring up trouble here will get your son off the hook! Daisy saw him with her own eyes. She even knows his name. Stop trying to argue your way out of this!"Watching the two of them sing in perfect unison, I found it laughable.Daisy spoke with such absolute certainty because the hallway and the rooftop terrace were blind spots in the surveillance system.It was precisely because those areas were not covered by cameras that the Harpers dared to fabricate

"What is going on?""How could Lucas look like this?""Th-this… this is a dog?!"A wave of shocked gasps rippled through the crowd as they stared blankly at the golden retriever being led inside.Lucas was a golden retriever.He had his tongue hanging out, his tail wagging happily from side to side, curiosity written all over his face as he looked around the courtroom, completely unaware that he was the center of this farce.I lifted him up and placed him on the defendant’s seat, then spoke with deliberate calm, "Everyone, take a good look. This is my son, a golden retriever who just turned two."Fiona and Daisy stared at the dog in my arms, their eyes stretched wide in disbelief.Fiona’s lips trembled. "N-no… that’s impossible. How could your son be a dog?!"I raised an eyebrow at her. "I only have one son listed on my household record. I said my son’s name was Lucas. I never said my son was human."Daisy’s face drained of color. She was on the verge of breaking down. "You s

I reached into the small backpack Lucas always carried and took out his pet registration certificate.On it were his photo, his microchip number, and the name Lucas, printed clearly in black and white. The registration date was two years before we ever moved here.Then I took out my phone and opened my video app.Thousands of videos.Every single one was from my daily life with my son.From when he was just a month old and I carried him home for the first time.His first time learning how to shake hands.The first time he tore the house apart and I chased him all over the place.That was not all.I also submitted proof of household registration, which clearly stated that I was unmarried.With all of this evidence laid out in front of them, the lies of the mother and daughter collapsed on their own.The jury gallery erupted, their anger now completely redirected."This is blatant slander!""Using something like this to falsely accuse someone’s dog… Do you people have any sh