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Jeremy’s heart was pained. The gaze in his eyes remained dark and wintry, just like a deep body of water that was frozen over with ice.
“She can have all of Javier as much as she likes. He’s a hypocrite. He doesn’t deserve my mother’s love.”
From the side, Alyssa looked deeply at Jeremy. She noticed the determination on his face, but she couldn’t quite put into words how she truly felt.
She compared her circumstances and her parents with Jeremy’s. There was no question that she was in a way better situation than him.
That being said, she was still unable to tell how sincere Winston was with her mother, even till now. If his love for her was really as deep as the sea, shouldn’t she have been the only one he loved?
Steven hammered his gavel once again. He reminded coldly, “Please calm down, defendant. Do not cause such a ruckus!”
Tessa trembled with fear. She continued, “Madam Anne and Mr. Javier’s relationship was a bit rocky at that time. However, Mr. Javier still had feelings for Madam Anne. He wasn’t thinking of letting her go. Even though Sophia became pregnant with his child, Mr. Javier never considered marrying her. So.
“So, she threatened me. She made me swap Madam Anne’s depression medication for regular vitamins. Her goal was to cause Madam Anne’s mental condition to worsen. Through this, she wanted to make Mr. Javier detest Madam Anne.”
“You’re lying! I’ve never instructed you to do such a thing! You’re making false accusations!” Sophia was livid. At the same time, she felt incredibly guilty.
“If. If I have said anything untrue, a car will knock me down when I exit this place!” Tessa swore through gritted teeth. “At first, you only had me swap her medication for vitamins. You didn’t expect that her relationship with Mr. Javier would make a turn for the better around that time.
“Madam Anne also started to be more proactive in receiving treatment. Everything was going in a positive direction. You became anxious when you realized your chance to rise in status was gradually disappearing. So, you cruelly tried to get rid of Madam Anne!”
“I didn’t. I didn’t! Shut the hell up!”
“In order to get rid of Madam Anne completely… You were no longer satisfied with replacing her depression medication. Instead, you instructed me to poison her!”
At this point, Tessa was so agitated that she stood up and pointed at Sophia.
“At that time, I was scared. I was so fearful, so I backed out. You couldn’t wait any longer, and you ended up killing Madam Anne on your own!
“A long time ago, I worked at a pharmacy in a clinic. You didn’t know this, but I saw the poison that you prepared for Madam Anne. It was fentanyl!”
Jeremy had heard Tessa’s testimony many times in private. Even so, the pain in his heart was just as piercing as when he heard it for the first time.
“Fentanyl is a type of analgesic. Its usage is banned in the country. Even a slight overdose could cause death.”
Tears of hatred welled up in Alyssa’s eyes, which had already turned red. She had a mother, too. She could completely empathize with Jeremy’s pain.
Everyone present in court was staggered. The attendees in the public gallery began to chatter among themselves.
Simultaneously, the live broadcast was being streamed on the court’s official website. The livestream page was also filled with a stream of comments.
From the commencement of the hearing until now, the court’s official website witnessed an unprecedented surge in viewership, reshares, and comments.
“Sophia was also involved in a homicide? Is she the wife of a plutocrat, or is she the devil?”
“So, Jeremy isn’t an illegitimate child! Sophia married into the Walsh family after Mr. Javier’s first wife passed away. She was the mistress who used her pregnancy as an excuse to become Mrs. Walsh!
“This means that the illegitimate child is actually Sophia’s child! That shameless bitch! How dare she poison Jeremy’s mother just for the sake of marrying into the family? She’s a heartless witch!”
“Sophia has two daughters. Sophia gave birth to Ms. Lauren after she became officially married to Javier. Since this is the case, Betty is the illegitimate daughter! What a shameful background she has! How could she still act so arrogantly? I would be too ashamed to meet anyone if I were her!”
At this moment, Betty was pacing in the courthouse’s toilet. She was anxious. She smoked while she scrolled through the comments online.
Her own mother had implicated her. She was being attacked by the harsh comments that were flooding in. On the other hand, Lauren was completely unscathed despite being her blood sister.
Her eyes were bulging from her anger. She started screaming frantically in the empty washroom. She had perfectly inherited Sophia’s trait¡ªbeing a crazy bitch!
It was as if Sophia and Betty were telepathic. In the courtroom, Sophia was also screaming at Tessa, “Tessa! That’s nonsense! I have never poisoned Anne! Neither have I instructed you to swap out her medication!
“She died from depression. She was the one who jumped because she couldn’t bear to live! I had nothing to do with it!
“How much money did you accept from the other party? What benefits did they offer you? You haven’t appeared in Solana City in the past 20 years. They plotted to capture you and then had you come up here and twist the knife at this crucial moment. This is slander!”
As Sophia said all that, she glared straight at Jeremy menacingly. She looked as if she was going to leap at him to bite his head off!
Tessa’s fear of Jeremy’s harrowing power wasn’t the sole reason she decided to side with him. It was also because she had been controlled and watched by Sophia in secret for 20 whole years. She had enough of it.
She was now almost in a frenzy, relaying her experience.
“I would be struck by lightning if I was lying! Every word I said was true! Back then, you were afraid that I’d expose all of these. So, you forced me to resign and leave Seaview Manor.
“Even though this was so, you still couldn’t rest easy. You even sent me to the remote Rolanda. Throughout 20 years, you’ve always sent people to threaten and surveil me in secret! I lived under your watch every single day. It was no different from being imprisoned!
“I was a native of Solana City. However, I ended up spending my latter days meaninglessly in Rolanda. I had to suffer so terribly. All these were because of you!”
She divulged her emotional journey in its entirety. Everyone found it very convincing.
The corner of Sophia’s lip was twitching. She wanted to respond, but Tessa wasn’t going to give her any chances to do so. Once again, she dropped a bombshell.
“You snuck into Madam Anne’s room to swap out her medication at that time. To your surprise, Madam Anne returned. She caught you red-handed!
“I was hiding at the stairwell. I witnessed everything with my very own eyes! It was also because of this that you started to threaten me. You told me you would make my family disappear from Solana City if I said a single word!”
Javier’s ears were ringing. His vision became blurry. His view of Sophia became distorted. He could barely recognize her now.
He was appalled. Moreover, all these had happened in his own home. Yet, he had only just found out about all these now.
“Then… I could clearly hear a heavy thud coming from Madam Anne’s room. There was an intense fight between the both of you.”
Tessa ended up bawling at this point. She continued, “And then. Then, Madam had fallen. You then ran out of her room in panic. If it wasn’t you who killed Madam Anne, who else could it have been?”
“That’s rubbish! Everything you said was rubbish! She was the one who jumped on her own volition! You claim to be the witness, but I was the one who witnessed it! I saw her jump with my own eyes!”
Sophia glowered. But she hadn’t been irritated to the point where she lost her rationality. She was still clearly aware that, over the years, there had been no concrete evidence.
As long as she continued denying it, the truth of the case would never be revealed.
After listening to the statement, Simon soon became aware of his situation. He had joined hands with the villain. So, he wasn’t going to let this ship sink, no matter what!
Tessa conveyed everything that she knew. She had just let out her anguish and frustration, which she had suppressed for 20 years. After that, she slumped back into the chair. She was drenched in sweat.
At this moment, she felt guilty. She regretted it from the bottom of her heart. She hated herself for being 20 years late in revealing the truth.
If only she hadn’t been so greedy at the time. If only she could’ve been brave enough to withstand Sophia’s threats and testify that she had murdered Anne.
If so, Anne could’ve rested in peace. As for herself, she wouldn’t have had to be away from home and suffer for 20 years.
She was really foolish back then. Sophia was just Javier’s mistress at that time. Why did she have to fear such a lowly woman?
If Javier and Anne reconciled, there was no way that Sophia would’ve become Javier’s wife. She wouldn’t even have remained in the Walsh family.
Sophia might have been carrying Javier’s child, but she would’ve ended up having to leave. Only her child would be allowed to stay.
That being said, it was all too late.
The Taylors were seated in the gallery. They heard the cruel truth and empathized with Jeremy and Anne. It was as if they had just witnessed the entire process of Jeremy’s mother’s death.
Mandy, Colene, Lyla, and Tatiana already had tears streaming down their faces. Cyrus had a glum expression on his face. Even Jonah, who was usually as cool as a cucumber, was also on the verge of tears.
He and his brothers, along with Alyssa, lost their mother at a young age. However, they were more blessed compared to Jeremy. It wasn’t the most painful thing to experience losing their mother to illness.
The greatest pain was when one’s mother died an unjust death and couldn’t rest in peace.
“Judge Lynch, I have a few questions for the witness regarding this case.” Simon stood up. His gaze was dark.
Alyssa and Jeremy guessed that he was surely going to create trouble. In order to secure his own future, he had to do all he could to side with Sophia. This was something that they had already expected. Even so, they still felt their chests tighten.
Steven nodded with a serious look on his face. “Go ahead.”
Simon walked to the front of Tessa. The way he stared at her was enough to send chills down one’s spine. “Ms. Flores, you accused my client of being Anne Bartley’s murderer. May I ask if you have actually witnessed her pushing Anne Bartley down?
“You only have to answer yes or no. There’s no need for further elaboration.”
Sean knitted his brows together tightly. He clenched his fists.
Tessa could only answer with honesty, “No, I didn’t. But I clearly heard that…”