Chapter 8 - The Desperate Defense
Julián reacted the only way powerful, abusive men knew how when cornered: he attacked even harder.
"She is lying!"
Julián shouted, slamming his hand against the defense table.
"She did that to herself! I told you she was mentally unstable! She has suffered from nervous breakdowns for years!"
His lawyer tried to pull him back down into his seat, but Julián was completely unhinged.
"Her absolute obsession with controlling Salvatierra BioMed drove her insane! She fabricated this monstrous, disgusting story just to try and steal a fortune that does not belong to her!"
Renata, desperate to maintain her narrative, nodded her head frantically.
"It's true!"
Renata cried out from the gallery.
"I used to hear her screaming inside the house for no reason! I always wondered why she never called anyone for help!"
Doña Elvira chimed in, crying loudly without producing a single tear.
"She was always so strange,"
Doña Elvira wailed to the reporters near her.
"So deeply resentful of our success! So incredibly ungrateful for everything my son provided for her!"
Esteban did not argue with them. He simply adjusted his glasses and looked at the judge.
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"Your Honor, we request permission to display digital evidence recovered directly from the internal servers of Salvatierra BioMed,"
Esteban requested calmly.
