Lahat ng Kabanata ng Professor Grayson's Favorite sin: Kabanata 241 - Kabanata 250

The penthouse was quiet that morning. Too quiet. The kind of quiet that settled over a place after a storm had passed. Everyone was still processing what had happened at the airport. The donor was in custody. The baby was safe. But the aftermath was just beginning.Lennon sat at the kitchen island with his coffee. He hadn't slept well. His eyes were heavy. His mind was racing.Damien came in from the study. He had a tablet in his hand. His face was tight."We found something."Lennon looked up. "What?""Hargrave's safe house. The one he was using while he was in the city. We searched it this morning.""And?"Damien set the tablet on the counter. The screen showed a photograph. A USB drive. Black. Unmarked."There was a second drive. Hidden in the wall."Lennon stared at the screen. "A second drive?""Same type. Same encryption. It took the forensic team an hour to break through."Lennon stood up. "What's on it?"Damien was quiet for a moment. "Recordings. Audio recordings. Conversatio

The penthouse felt different after Evelyn's news. The walls seemed closer. The air was heavier. Everyone moved more carefully, as if the space itself had become fragile.Lennon stood in the kitchen. He was making tea. He didn't drink tea. He just needed something to do with his hands.Damien came in from the study. His face was drawn. He hadn't slept well."How is she?"Lennon set the kettle down. "She's resting. Scarlett is with her.""The surgery is next week.""Yes."Damien moved to the counter. "We need to be there for her.""I know." Lennon turned to face him. "But we also need to protect her. She's stepping away from everything. That means we need to handle the rest."Damien nodded. "I've already started. I've contacted everyone who was working with her. I've taken over the coordination of the security teams."Lennon moved closer. "And the legal front?""The attorney is handling it. She's filing motions. She's building our defense."Lennon looked at him. "What about Roman?"Dami

The courtroom was packed. Every seat was filled, reporters lined the back wall with their cameras and notepads. The gallery was overflowing with spectators who had come to watch the fall of Damien Grayson.Lennon sat at the defense table. Damien was beside him. The attorney was on his other side. The three of them formed a small island of calm in a sea of chaos.The judge entered and everyone rose."All rise. The court is now in session. The Honorable Judge Carolyn Briggs presiding."Judge Briggs sat down. She looked at the courtroom, her face was unreadable."The court will now hear the case of The People versus Damien Grayson. The prosecution may proceed."The prosecutor stood. He was a tall man with sharp features and a voice that carried across the room"Thank you, Your Honor. The defendant, Damien Grayson, stands accused of multiple counts of murder, conspiracy, and accessory to criminal activity. The evidence will show that the defendant is a man who has spent years evading just

The video played on a loop in Lennon's mind. He couldn't shake the image. Damien standing over the man. The weapon raised, the body falling. The blood spreading across the concrete floor.He sat in the penthouse living room. The sun was setting outside the window. The city was going about its business, everything seemed normal. Nothing was normal.Damien came in from the study. He had been on the phone with the attorney for the past two hours."The defense team is scrambling." He set his phone on the table. "They didn't expect the video, they don't have a strategy for dealing with it."Lennon looked at him. "What are they going to do?""I don't know yet. They're reviewing the footage. They're looking for anything that could discredit it.""Can they discredit it?"Damien was quiet for a moment. "The video is authentic. It shows exactly what happened, there's no way around that."Lennon stood up. "We need to do something.""What?""I don't know. But we can't just sit here and wait for

The evacuation was chaos. People pushed and shoved through the narrow corridors of the courthouse. The emergency lights flickered overhead, the sound of shouting echoed off the walls.Lennon held onto Damien's hand with all his strength. He wasn't going to let go. He couldn't, if they got separated, he didn't know if he would find him again.Someone slammed into him from behind. The impact knocked him forward, his grip slipped."Damien!"He caught a glimpse of Damien's face. Then the crowd swallowed him whole.Lennon was pushed forward. He was carried along by the current of bodies. He tried to fight against it, but there were too many people. Too much pressure."Damien!"He couldn't hear a response. The noise was too loud, the panic was too thick.He emerged on the street. The air was cold. The sky was dark, police cars and fire trucks lined the road. Their lights flashed red and blue.He spun around. He searched the crowd. "Damien!"No response.He pushed through the people. He sear