The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 139

Chapter 139

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The lawyer ensured that the room was private, without cameras or microphones, to question his clients about the jewelry, as he hadn't been informed about them. "Wake up," he began calling out once he confirmed they were completely alone.

Seeing how they didn't wake up, he took the bottle of water given to him, opened it, and contents on the couple.

"Ah, what..." Vanessa complained, feeling her clothes get wet.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you soaking us?" Frederick shouted angrily.

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"Finally, you're awake," the lawyer said. "Well, hurry up. We don't have time for small talk since you're about to be transferred to prison, so-"

"What?!" the couple exclaimed in shock.

"I don't want to go to jail," Vanessa said anxiously.

"Idiot, didn't I tell you to use everything to avoid this?" Frederick said.

"I did, but that kid is faster at replaceing the supposedly nonexistent clues to your crimes," the lawyer said, bored. "By the way, is it true?"

"What are you talking about?" Frederick asked.

"That those yellow diamonds were made from Alexandra Anderson's corpse?"

The couple was stunned, instinctively reaching for where the jewels had been, realizing they were no longer there.

"Wait... where are my earrings?!"

"My ring, where is it?!"

"Stop shouting. The detective has them, and from your reaction, I assume it's true," the lawyer said, settling into his chair. "In that case, I'm going to increase my fees since things have quickly become complicated." "Impossible... how did they discover this?" Vanessa spoke anxiously.

"No idea, but with this, you can no longer avoid prison.

"Why?" Frederick asked.

"Making a diamond from a corpse is regulated by law, and you had no right or authority to do that to that woman's body."

"That's why you're here," Frederick declared. "You'll say that before she died, she gave us her consent."

"I could.. but it doesn't work that way."

"What do you mean?" Vanessa interrogated. "If it's for money..."

"It's not about that. According to the law, the only person who has the right to decide that fate is Deborah

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because she is a direct relative."

The couple looked at each other, realizing they hadn't considered this detail before, as they had friends who destroyed the evidence for them... but now.

"I don't care what you do, but you need to get us out of here and-" Frederick started to say.

"And my children?" Vanessa interrupted.

"I couldn't help them because when they were registered as detainees, all their crimes came to light, so there was no way to save them"

"What? What are you talking about? My children didn't Frederick began, confused.

"The kid followed your footsteps, but he was so stupid that he didn't think through his strategy and got involved with important people who have all the money in the world to destroy him. So, obviously, he would never win his case."

"What?! No.... it can't be, my poor baby," Vanessa screamed.

"And Cassandra?"

"She just finished her trial, and unfortunately, she'll stay in prison until she pays for everything she stole.

"How can you be so stupid? You had to save my children."

"Me?" the lawyer said, pointing at himself. "I didn't ask your daughter to rob every store she went to and steal from her friends."

"How...?"

"It was discovered that she was stealing and cloning credit cards from her acquaintances."

"But why did she do that? We gave our children everything." Vanessa said anxiously.

"Don't know." the lawyer commented sarcastically, looking at his watch. "I mean, as their parents, You're great role models."

"Alright, stop judging me and think of some damn way to get us out of here," Frederick said angrily. "We'll deal with how to help those useless people later."

"The only way is if a miracle happens and Deborah gives us written forgiveness so this all ends."

"That stupid girl won't do that. It's her fault we're here," Vanessa said.

"In that case, the miracle will come true if we negotiate with her," Frederick suggested.

"What do you mean? What do you have that she might want?" the lawyer asked.

"We'll tell her that if she frees us, we'll hand over her beloved grandfather," Frederick said, pulling out a keychain with a yellow diamond in the center, smiling triumphantly. Chapter 140