Chapter 3

After receiving permission, David projected a surveillance video onto the large screen.

The footage showed Lilian and a young woman inside an elevator on the morning when the abandoned infant was discovered at the company.

In the frame, Lilian looked at the woman and said worriedly, “Trinity, why didn’t you give me a heads-up before coming to the office today?”

The woman, who was visibly pregnant, said arrogantly, “Do I really need to check in with a janitor just to visit my own mother’s company?”

Lilian laughed awkwardly and said, “That’s not what I meant. You’re so far along now. If you’d just let me know, I could’ve had Raymond come keep you company, you know?”

The woman did not bother to respond and simply got off the elevator first on her own.

The video ended there.

The barrage of comments instantly knew what was going on, and the harsh comments grew even more intense.

[The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Look at that attitude! Is that how you talk to an elder?!]

[All that fancy dressing, but she behaves like absolute garbage!]

[That’s the smoking gun right here. Look at these two venomous witches still trying to weasel their way out of it!]

Lilian seized the moment and said, “That day, I thought she was just stopping by for a visit. After we got off the elevator, I went about my own business.

“If I’d known she was there to abandon my grandchild, I would’ve followed her every step of the way, no matter what!”

Faced with the flood of harsh comments in the livestream, I clenched my fists.

“On what grounds are you all so certain that the woman in that video is my daughter? That clip hasn’t even been verified as real or fake yet!”

David seemed to have been waiting for that moment.

“Oh, that’s not all we’ve got!

“After our forensic analysts ran a facial comparison, the woman in that footage has an eighty percent facial match with Trinity!”

The comparison images were displayed on the screen.

At first glance, that face did indeed look very much like Trinity.

However, I knew my own daughter too well.

“No way! That person is not my daughter at all!

“On top of that, she could never have gotten pregnant with Raymond’s child!”

David frowned and said, “Looks like you won’t give up until you’re staring down the barrel of the truth.”

He then turned to the judge and stated, “Your Honor, we’d like to submit our second exhibit.”

On the large screen, a PowerPoint presentation slid through, page after page.

The slides showed videos and photos of Raymond accompanying a young woman to prenatal checkups over the past eight or nine months.

On the examination reports, the patient’s name was clearly written: Trinity Zachary.

By the time the PowerPoint reached its end, Lilian was already in tears.

“Look at all of this, everyone! Trinity went to every single prenatal checkup, and my son was right there with her. He attended to her every need even more devotedly than he had ever cared for me!

“What did she do in return? She gave birth and abandoned that baby in a toilet!”

She said to me furiously, “Gabrielle here is just stonewalling and refusing to admit it! This old hag is ruthless, and the daughter she raised is even more vile!”

Raymond wiped his tears and chimed in, “Ms. Hayes, I know you look down on me. You think I’m broke and worthless.

“But that baby was innocent! How could you be so heartless...”

The netizens bombarded the livestream with another round of comments.

[Are these two even human?! Trinity should rot in hell!]

[Even wild animals don’t eat their own babies. This woman is ten times worse than an animal! Just arrest her already!]

[Gabrielle, how could you have the nerve to stand there? You raised a killer! You should be on trial right alongside her!]

The comments were harsh.

I stood at the defense table. My ears buzzed from being overwhelmed, and I felt a heavy, burning tightness in my chest.

Ever since childhood, Trinity had always been kind. She would crouch down to feed every stray cat she saw. That same kind girl was being criticized by millions of netizens online.

“You all keep saying my daughter toyed with Raymond’s feelings and abandoned a baby. So, let me ask you this, have any of you actually met my daughter in person?

“Because if you had ever really seen her, you would never say any of that!”

Lilian stubbornly retorted, “She was carrying my son’s child! Of course, we’ve seen her! How could we not?!”

The comment section unleashed another wave of attacks.

[What, is her daughter actually a man or something? Because that’s the only way ‘seeing her’ would change anyone’s mind. What nonsense!]

[The mother is just as bad as the daughter because she raised her!]

I clenched my fists until my knuckles turned white.

"I told you already! My daughter could never abandon a baby!"

Lilian raised her voice and responded, "Fine! Since you still won’t admit it, I’m bringing out the third piece of evidence!

"Let’s see how long you can keep up this stubborn act!"