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The day Dad was discharged from the hospital, Sophia showed up. She knelt outside his hospital room in a wrinkled shirt, her hair disheveled and her eyes sunken. In just half a month, she'd aged ten years. "Dad." Her voice was hoarse as she apologized. "I'm so sorry." Dad stood in the doorway, looking at her without saying a word. "Blake, I'm begging you. Please withdraw your complaint. Please stop pursuing this." She turned to me, tears streaming down her face. "The bar association is moving to revoke my law license, and the prosecutor's office intends to charge me with perjury. If I'm convicted, my entire life will be ruined." Still on her knees, she shuffled toward me and clutched my pants."I know I made a mistake. I shouldn't have helped Ethan, and I shouldn't have ignored what happened to your dad. I wasn't thinking straight. I was completely blinded by my own selfishness… but I really do love you, Blake." She then added, "I just never knew how to treat you right. I
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I rose from the first row of the gallery and walked calmly toward the witness stand. Dressed in a sharply tailored business suit, with my short hair neatly styled, I strode into the courtroom with calm confidence. The moment Sophia saw me, her pupils contracted. The pen slipped from her fingers and clattered onto the table. Ethan's face twisted in horror. I walked over to the witness stand and handed a USB drive to the court clerk. "Your Honor, the surveillance footage submitted by defense attorney Sophia Walker has been deliberately edited to conceal the truth and misrepresent what happened. It is fabricated evidence." My voice remained steady as I continued, "I'm submitting the complete, unedited surveillance footage from the night of the incident, along with an audio recording of defense attorney Sophia Walker coaching the defendant, Ethan Cole, to give false testimony and helping him fabricate evidence.""Blake! You're making baseless accusations!" Sophia shot to her feet,
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Over the next few days, I stayed at the hospital, accompanying Dad for his medical tests during the day while working with Jack at night to organize the evidence and prepare for the divorce proceedings. On the third day after surgery, Dad finally regained consciousness. When he opened his eyes and saw me sitting beside his bed, the first thing he said was, "Blake, don't worry about me. Just don't tell Sophia what happened. I don't want to cause her any trouble." Even now, he was still worried about inconveniencing Sophia, still afraid of upsetting his daughter-in-law or giving her another reason to take her anger out on me."Dad." I took a deep breath before continuing. "Sophia and I are getting a divorce."He froze, staring at me, his lips trembling as though he wanted to say something but couldn't find the words. Then tears began streaming down his face."Is this all because of me? I shouldn't have gone after that scammer. I shouldn't have—""Dad." I took his hand and spoke s
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I flipped through the bank statements, so furious that I couldn't help laughing. Six months ago was when Ethan had returned from overseas and Sophia had started using her busy schedule at the law firm as an excuse to stay out all night.Throughout our three years of marriage, I'd always assumed she simply didn't love me. I'd never imagined she'd go so far as to strip me of even the dignity of walking away from our marriage with my head held high. "She wants me to leave with nothing." I closed the file, a cold glint flashing in my eyes. "Then I'll make sure she's the one who loses everything." …That afternoon, Sophia took Ethan to a private club on the outskirts of the city to wine and dine a few influential contacts. I took a cab straight home. The moment I stepped inside, I headed for the study Sophia had strictly forbidden me from entering. Sophia had always been arrogant and controlling. In her eyes, I was nothing more than a clueless househusband who knew nothing abo
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Sophia was momentarily speechless, but a second later, she turned to the police officer and slipped back into her professional lawyer's demeanor. "Officer, this is a private family matter, and the suspect has already agreed to return the stolen money—" "Since when does returning stolen money erase the crime of inflicting serious bodily injury?" I cut in sharply."Ms. Walker, you know perfectly well that she's now a suspect in a separate case involving serious bodily injury, yet you're still trying to use money to strike a deal and secure her release on bail. Are you abusing your legal knowledge to obstruct justice?"The mediation room fell deathly silent. The officer glanced at the critical condition notice before snatching the prepared letter of forgiveness off the table. His expression hardened as he turned to Linda."The bail is revoked. Take her back into custody!" he announced. "What?" Linda's face twisted in panic as she whipped around to glare at Sophia. "What the h
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Jack and I arrived at the police station in no time. The moment we stepped inside, I spotted Sophia and Ethan sitting together in the mediation room. Ethan clung to Sophia's arm, a smug smile plastered across his face."Sophia, I knew you were the best." He looked nothing like the laid-back "buddy" he'd pretended to be at the law firm. Sitting across from them was a short-haired woman with a rough, streetwise look. Jack leaned toward me and lowered his voice. "That's Linda Mitchell. She's got several shell companies registered under her name and specializes in contract fraud. Your dad's 30 thousand dollars went straight into one of her accounts." Sophia looked up and spotted me, her brows immediately drawing together. "What are you doing here?" she demanded, barely concealing her irritation. "I already told you I'd have the finance department transfer 20 thousand dollars to you tomorrow. Why are you making a scene here?"Ethan released her arm and put on an innocent express
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