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Chapter 4

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The public hearing resumed, and the lawyer indicated for Coco to continue. She took out a stack of printed text records. "These are the DMs Sandra sent me during our four years in university. I'll read them one by one."

Coco cleared her throat and read them aloud, a sob escaping. "The first text is from the first semester of our second year, when Sandra texted me, 'If you have no money, you should quit school. I have your portfolio. What can you do about it?'"

She looked up at me. "Her second text was from our third year in university. She texted, 'It serves you right, being diagnosed with depression. Stop playing the victim in front of me.'

"The third text was from our fourth year in university. She texted, 'I've already gotten an offer from one of the Top 500 companies by using your portfolio. Go ahead and sue me.'"

Coco's statement set the comments section on fire.

[That's horrible!]

[People like that should be blacklisted from the industry!]

The lawyer handed me the printed copies. "Miss Luther, how do you plan to explain these DMs?"

"None of these are my real accounts."

"Then how do you explain the screenshots?"

"They were faked."

Rita sniggered. "Miss Luther, you make it sound like it's easy to fake evidence. Do you have proof that they're fake?"

"I can trace the account ID."

"Go ahead. Why don't you trace it right now?"

I turned on my laptop, but the viewers of the livestream no longer wanted to listen to me. The lawyer knocked on the table. "Miss Coco Wilson, do you have any other evidence?"

"Yes, I do. I'd like to request permission to get two of my university classmates to stand as witnesses over a call."

A huge screen lit up, and two video-call windows appeared side by side. On the left was a woman in glasses, and on the right was a man with short hair.

"Hi. I'm Coco Wilson's roommate at university. I've witnessed Sandra Luther smashing Coco's things in the dorm room before."

"I'm their class rep. Everyone in our class knows how Sandra Luther avoided Coco Wilson at university for a long time and tried to get others to join her."

The comments section went crazy.

[Even their classmates are standing as witnesses.]

[Let's see how Sandra Luther will try to get out of this!]

I stared at both faces on the screen. I did not know them at all.

The lawyer turned to me. "Miss Sandra Luther, do you know these two people?"

"No, I don't."

"They claim to be your university classmates."

I had no idea what to say, and the comments section went wild.

[She's insisting on being stubborn!]

[Let's see how long she can keep this up.]

Coco wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes. "I'm not asking you for financial compensation, Sandra. All I want is for this industry to take action against people like you who practice improper conduct."

Her voice rose an octave. "Please give up your job offer and issue me a public apology."

The comments section called for my apology.

[Apologize! Apologize! Apologize!]

That was when the media representatives spoke up. "It's clear to us what happened here. We suggest that Walden Industries come up with your final judgment as soon as possible."

"Yes. The internet is waiting for a result."

"Sandra Luther should be blacklisted in the industry."

The lawyer looked at me solemnly. "Miss Sandra Luther, do you have anything else you'd like to say?"

Everyone was quiet as I stood up. "I admit that the portfolio I submitted for the application came from an overseas project."

The comments section went crazy.

[She admitted her crime!]

[Finally!]

[I knew she stole that portfolio!]

Coco could not help smiling, and the media representatives started packing up their things and submitting their stories. The lawyer closed the file and was about to announce the results when I took a deep breath and looked into the camera.

"But I left the country with my father right after I graduated from high school, and I've never set foot on any local campus before. All the accusations of bullying and stealing her portfolio were just Coco's carefully planned scheme."

The room fell silent, and the comments section stopped scrolling for a second.

Coco's smile froze.

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