Chapter 35 - The Final Fall
The courtroom erupted into massive, deafening cheers from the local farmers.
Valeria sat completely frozen at the defense table. Her father’s massive corporate syndicate had just been utterly dismantled by a simple gardener and an antique watch.
She looked across the aisle at Ramón.
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He did not gloat. He did not mock her. He simply fastened the Omega watch back onto his wrist, completely indifferent to her suffering.
Valeria stood up, completely humiliated, and practically sprinted out of the courtroom, fleeing the valley for the very last time, leaving behind nothing but the ashes of her own arrogance.
