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    Meanwhile, Sophia and Jeffrey were attacking each other in court, bringing Javier so much shame that


    he wanted to leave the scene.


    After the intiff and the defendant delivered their opening statements, the trial entered the most


    crucial round of witness examination and questioning.


    It was Simon''s time to spring into action. Chuckling, he stretched and stood up rxedly. "Mr. Snyder,


    you imed that the defendant paid you off to get rid of Ms. Carle, but there''s no evidence to back up


    your im. I have a reason to suspect that you''re lying and framing my client to get away from your


    crime."


    "I did not lie! I told the truth. I never had any exchange with the maid at all. Why would I kill her for no


    reason?" Jeffrey nervously defended himself.


    Sean fixed a stern gaze on Simon''s animated face and silently clenched his fist. The secret recordings


    by Nina were in Sean''s possession. She had lost her life precisely over the recordings.


    Simon must have been aware of the fact as well, but he remained unfazed because he knew that


    Nina''s stealth recordings did not qualify as evidence.


    Simon continued his attacks. "You imed that my client paid a huge sum to you. May I know the


    whereabouts of the payment?"


    Jeffrey could note up with an answer. He had requested cash from Sophia andter kept the


    money in the basement of his home in Tsulu. Therefore, there weren''t any transaction records to prove


    his im.


    At this point, Sophia''s men had probably moved the cash away from his house in Tsulu under her


    command.


    "My client''s transaction records disyed arge transfer after the incident, but it was due to a property


    purchase in Mosgravia." With that, Simon handed the judge a document and exined, "This is the


    record of the property transaction. The amount matches the outflow of funds from my client''s ount."


    Steven epted the document and examined it. Just as Simon imed, the purchase amount


    matched the figure on Sophia''s bank transfer record.


    Sophia frowned as she maintained an innocent expression, but she was secretly snickering at Simon''s


    maneuver.


    "You used my client of instructing you to kill the victim, but it did not make any sense. My client is


    Mrs. Beckett of the Beckett Group. Given her wealth, she had no motive to kill a maid who had served


    the family for five years.


    "Before Nina Carle worked for the Becketts, she had served as an HR department employee in my


    company. She had no connections to the Beckett Group at all."


    Simon confronted Jeffrey with hostility. "On the other hand, Mr. Snyder, you were involved in illegal


    activities in Tsulu before you were hired as a special assistant to my client. Not only that, you were


    involved in murders. The Tsulian police had your criminal records, which we can get our hands on at


    any time."


    "I told you I had never spoken to Nina before the murder. I wouldn''t have killed her if Sophia hadn''t


    instructed me to!" Jeffrey was nearly driven mad by Simon. As a rough hooligan, he was no match for a


    slick attorney.


    "That is your one-sided im without any evidence. Even if you were not acquainted with Nina Carle,


    you might have killed her in the heat of the moment. A man like you will not bat an eye at the loss of


    life," Simon argued, trying his best to paint Jeffrey as a vicious serial murderer.


    The judges'' negative impression of Jeffrey would y to Sophia''s advantage.


    "Your Honor," Sean interrupted, "I have a question regarding the defense attorney''s argument."