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Death‑Row Ex: The Case I Won't Take
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Sitting here in the courtroom, I watch as my father is put on trial for a crime he didn't commit. He gets a heart attack and dies right before my very eyes. There's nothing I can do to stop it. As my heart burns with anger and resentment, a series of comments suddenly appears, floating in the air in front of me. [Poor Mason! He still has no idea it was his own beloved girlfriend, Christa Lowry, who served as lead counsel and used falsified evidence to incriminate his father.] [Christa teamed up with that scion, Todd Harlow. She sacrificed Mason's dad's life to net her first pot of gold!] Through these comments, I learn the truth. I wipe my tears away, tear up the acceptance letter I just received from the top art school in the country, and throw myself into the legal profession. After 15 years, I've finally been crowned the Grim Reaper of the criminal defense world, having never lost a single case. One day, my assistant comes to my office with a pile of top-secret case files. Christa is facing the death penalty for engaging in international money laundering, and I'm the only one who can save her. In the surveillance footage from the detention center, the once arrogant woman is now kneeling on the floor, begging in despair to be saved. At that very moment, those comments start appearing in my vision again. [Spoiler alert! The most satisfying moment of revenge is about to come!] [That awful woman is so deluded. She thinks that just by offering enough money, Mason will be willing to save her for old times' sake! What a joke.] [Quick! Refuse her, Grim Reaper! Send her to hell!] Reading the comments, I smirk faintly before tossing my pen into the trash. "Tell her I won't take on the case."
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Death‑Row Ex: The Case I Won't Take Chapter 10
I frowned. Just then, the comments running before my eyes started flashing red, like a warning.[Attention! Attention! Major spoiler alert! Todd, that bastard, isn't flying out of the country! He knows he's under travel restrictions, so he chartered a smuggling yacht and is currently heading to the East Harbor! He also has the physical ledger containing the key records of the money laundering network on him! Don't let him escape! If he gets away, he'll never be caught again!]I shot to my feet, grabbed the car keys from my desk, and immediately called Captain White of the city's economic crimes division."Captain White! Todd Harlow is trying to flee the country! He's not at the airport. Take your men to the East Harbor. He wants to escape by sea!"…One month later, I sat in the first row of the gallery in the Supreme Court, just like I had 15 years ago. Only this time, the defendants standing in the defendant's box were Todd and Christa, both in handcuffs.That day at the East H
Death‑Row Ex: The Case I Won't Take Chapter 9
Once Alex inserted the USB drive into the computer, the giant screen immediately began displaying the draft filled with Christa's annotations, proving that she'd forged the report.Todd's legs had already gone weak. He collapsed onto his chair, his lips trembling as he struggled to form a single coherent sentence.Kirk's face was ashen as well. Hunched over, he tried to quietly slip away through the back exit."Leaving already?" I called out coldly. "But I've saved the best for last, Mr. Wagner."I gave them no chance to catch their breath, releasing the final and most damaging piece of evidence. It was a covertly signed offshore equity holding agreement, along with a series of bank transaction records."You think that's all I had, Todd? 15 years ago, the day after my father died, one of your Harlow family's offshore accounts suddenly received an unexplained sum of ten million dollars. The money was then transferred multiple times before finally ending up in a shell company regist
Death‑Row Ex: The Case I Won't Take Chapter 8
Not a single security guard dared to step forward.I pressed the remote control once more. The image on the giant screen changed, revealing a document stamped with an official seal. It was the expert witness report submitted by a forensic accountant."15 years ago, my father was accused of embezzling three million dollars from public funds. The main evidence used to convict him was this expert opinion submitted in court by the prosecutor at the time, Christa, who later became lead counsel."I split the screen into two. The left showed the version submitted as evidence in court back then, and on the right was an original draft covered in dust, its edges worn and damaged."Please pay close attention to the screen, everyone. What you see on the left is the version submitted to the court. On the right is the original draft that I spent eight years piecing together, page by page, from the old archives of an accounting firm that was on the verge of bankruptcy at the time. Most of the arc
Death‑Row Ex: The Case I Won't Take Chapter 7
At 10:00 am the next day, the conference room in the largest hotel in the city was packed to the brim. Amid the bustling commotion, the camera flashes were a blinding sea of white.Not only had every major local media outlet and legal news channel set up their cameras and microphones in the back row, but even content creators with millions of followers had begun livestreaming the event across the internet.Todd had clearly believed that this event indicated that I was yielding to the pressure—that I was about to concede defeat by issuing a public apology and announcing that I was taking on Christa's case.With Kirk in tow, Todd swaggered to the VIP seat in the front row and sat down.When he saw me walk toward the podium, a cruel, victorious smirk appeared on his face. He eyed me like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.The moment I took my place, the reporters surged forward and thrust their microphones toward me."Mr. Carter, are the online rumors true? Did you demand an exorbita
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