The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson
Chapter 163

Chapter 163

"Objection!" Frederick stood, fists clenched.

"Mr. Turner, be quiet! One more outburst, and I'll have you thrown back in prison. You're not a lawyer, so you have no right to object," the judge reprimanded him sharply.

Frederick felt cornered, and he loathed it. To make matters worse, the idiot they had for a lawyer wasn't helping at all; he was just sitting there, silently listening to everything being said about them.

"Don't worry, Frederick. Even if you wanted to object, your friend has already confessed his crimes and even provided us with some very interesting information that I'd like to share with everyone here," Alistair said, pulling a voice recorder from his coat and pressing play. "Welcome to your new home, Alan-or should I keep calling you Cameron?"

"Bastard! What you're doing to me is inhumane."

nhumane? I think you're confused. We're just giving you a little lesson. The real inhuman ones are you and your little group of friends, who harmed so many innocent people for money."

"Innocent? How do you know they earned that money honestly?"

"That's irrelevant. You had no right to steal from them just because you were too lazy to work for a living like normal people."

"Well, it's their fault for leaving so much money sitting in the bank when there are so many people in need

"Sure... keep telling yourself that. But I wonder..."

"Wonder what?"

1 wonder if the relatives of your victims feel the same way."

"What?"

"Oh, you didn't know? Some of the inmates in the state prison are relatives of your victims."

"That's not..."

"And by the way, the scapegoats you used to take the fall for your crimes? They're in there too."

""You're lying!"

"Of course not. In fact, I heard that Randy is in critical condition after getting into a fight during lunch." "What

"They stabbed him fifty times, poor guy. We still don't know who did it-or if we ever will, since, as you know, our police department is to inefficient. I doubt we'll solve that case before you're admitted to prison. So, I'm afraid you might meet a similar, or even worse, fate.* "Is this threat?

"Not at all. Just a friendly warning. You see, the real Cameron Palmer's son is in that prison, and you

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might remember him. He's the poor teenager who was left to die in jail because he was framed for his father's murder-so you could steal his life and property."

There was a long, uncomfortable silence, and Cameron's breathing grew louder.

"Well, I think that's all. Since you don't have anything interesting to offer, I'll..."

"Wait, please! You can't send me to prison... That guy will kill me!"

"And? That's the least you deserve for all the harm you've caused."

"If you want, I'll tell you everything I know, but please, don't send me to my death!"

"1 doubt you know anything that would interest me; we've already uncovered almost everything..."

Frederick and Vanessa are planning to steal Deborah's baby and sell it!"

"How can you be so sure?"

"They already have a buyer lined up-a foreign couple who's willing to pay a fortune for the bastard. If you help me, I can give you all the details."

"Before I commit to anything, I need to verify that you're not deceiving me."

"The proof that I'm telling the truth is that kidnapping babies is Vanessa's specialty. She started by working in maternity wards, and if you remember, about twelve years ago, there were news reports of babies supposedly being born dead or dying in their incubators... In reality, all those children are alive and were sold to other families. Although, only a few with rare blood types were sold to the black market for organs."

"Okay.. and tell me, how are they planning to steal Deborah's baby? She's currently with Jayden Cooper, and he's very protective of her."

"So what? They've already paid off someone who will approach her in a few months, drug her, and kidnap her easily. They'll take her to a motel, where a doctor will be waiting to deliver the baby. They'll hand the child over to the couple while letting Deborah bleed out in that room, creating a scandal that will give the foreigners time to flee with the child, and them to escape the city."