Chapter 14 - Vanessa Begs For Mercy Outside The Courtroom
Two weeks later, the media circus outside the Dallas District Courthouse was deafening as flashbulbs blinded every arriving visitor.
Vanessa pushed through the wall of reporters, her designer sunglasses hiding her tear-stained face as she spotted James walking up the marble steps.
“James! Please wait!” Vanessa cried out, catching up to him near the security checkpoint and grabbing his coat sleeve.
James stopped, looking down at the disgraced socialite with cold, detached indifference in his eyes.
“What do you want, Vanessa?” James asked, his voice echoing over the shutter clicks of a dozen aggressive press cameras.
“You have to tell Emily to drop the civil lawsuits against my family! My father cut me off completely, and my accounts are locked!”
“Your family built their wealth on the exact same corrupt foundations Ryan used to steal my sister’s trust,” James answered bluntly.
“You chose to look the other way when he abused a child and imprisoned an innocent woman for your own social ambition.”
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“Now you get to experience what life is like without a safety net.”
Vanessa collapsed against the marble pillar, weeping bitterly as James walked through the metal detectors into the courtroom.
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