Chapter 8 - Caleb Sweats Under Harsh Spotlight
Caleb wiped a trembling hand across his damp forehead, his expensive silk tie suddenly feeling like a tight noose around his neck. All his dreams of seizing control of Bennett Meridian Systems and liquidating its assets were evaporating into thin air.
“This is a setup! Those papers could easily be forged!” Caleb blurted out in desperation, half-rising from his chair before his attorney pulled him down. “Silence, Mr. Bennett, or I will have you physically removed from this courtroom by the federal marshals,” Judge Thomas warned coldly.
The public gallery began murmuring, pointing fingers at Caleb and whispering about the blatant perjury and malicious conspiracy unfolding before them. The arrogant corporate heir who had swaggered into the courthouse now looked like a cornered animal caught in a trap.
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“Your mother swore under oath that your sister never set foot in the military,” Judge Thomas noted, looking directly at Caleb’s terrified face. “Do you care to revise your family’s testimony regarding Captain Bennett’s career, or shall we proceed with federal perjury charges?”
Caleb looked frantically toward his mother, but Victoria was staring blankly at the floor, completely paralyzed by the sudden collapse of her lies. The unbreakable united front they had built to destroy Mara had completely imploded under the weight of undeniable truth.
