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CHAPTER 625
“Order!” The Judge hammered his gavel until the room fell into a deathly silence.He leaned over the bench, eyes fixed on the three brothers.“I have sat on this bench for thirty years. I have seen killers, thieves, and monsters. But rarely do I see men who look at the lives they’ve destroyed… lives of their own blood and lives of the poor and demand ‘fairness.’”Flipping through the final pages of the indictment, he continued,“The evidence provided by the whistleblower, who, for the record, has delivered more forensic proof than I’ve seen in a decade, is overwhelming. The accidental deaths resulted from grade-four steel being used where grade-one was required. You traded lives for profit margins. And the treatment of the minor in your care…”The Judge’s eyes softened briefly as they flicked to Tedmond, then hardened again.“It is a miracle he survived you at all.”“We didn’t know!” Harold pleaded, voice now a pathetic whine. “The contractors lied to us!”“The signatures on the cost-
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Tedmond didn’t reply.He walked toward his car, Thomas already holding the door open.As the sedan pulled away, leaving the prison and the name Griffin in the rearview mirror, Tedmond caught his reflection in the tinted glass. The revenge was complete. For the first time in years, the air he breathed felt entirely his own.*****Despite the winter chill outside, the central courtroom sweltered. The air conditioning had failed under the strain of the packed gallery, and the heat from camera lights turned the room into an oven. The thick scent of old wood, sweat, and the electric tension of a falling dynasty clung to the air.The heavy doors at the back swung open. Silence fell. Tedmond entered.To his right, Thomas remained watchful and composed. To his left, Persis moved with effortless grace, her presence commanding enough to make frantic reporters lower their microphones.They took seats in the front row, directly behind the prosecution. Tedmond folded his hands, face a mask
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Seeing the look on Tedmond’s face, confusion flared across Harold’s.“What do you mean?”Tedmond chuckled.“She is indeed my partner, Harold. But the money? The empire? That isn’t hers. It’s mine.”Harold scoffed, a flicker of old arrogance returning.“Yours? Don’t be ridiculous. Since when do you have anything? Even if you’d started a small business five years ago, it wouldn’t have grown into an entity capable of swallowing the Griffin Group. You were a nobody.”“It was my mother’s business,” Tedmond said quietly.Harold froze. The name of the woman he had discarded decades ago seemed to hang in the stale air like a ghost. Then, he began to laugh, a sharp, mocking sound.“Your mother? That beggar? That thief? Tedmond, she didn’t have a cent to her name when I kicked her out!”“She wasn’t a beggar, Harold. And she certainly wasn’t a thief,” Tedmond’s gaze turned lethal, voice dropping to a dangerous whisper.“She was the daughter of an incredibly wealthy, powerful family who chose t
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Thomas paused, studying the decrypted message on his screen.“Actually… no. After the courier left, she sat in the dirt and cried for a long time. But when she stood, she looked… peaceful. She smiled, sir. Took her harvest and went back inside to cook.”Tedmond’s posture shifted. Brow furrowing in a rare moment of genuine surprise, he turned. Rage had been expected. A woman shattered by the loss of her vanity seemed inevitable. Peace, however, had not.A quiet, contemplative look crossed his face. Perhaps the surgery had been more successful than intended.“Keep a quiet eye on her,” he said softly. “Don’t interfere. Let her live.”Silence settled over the penthouse, Evelyn’s quiet resignation lingering in the air. It was a variable he hadn’t fully accounted for, a woman who worshipped gold, finding solace in soil.Glancing down at his own clean, manicured hands, Tedmond felt a fleeting sense of closure.“Thomas,” his voice sharpened once more. “Clear my schedule for the afternoo
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Tedmond’s expression didn’t soften; if anything, his features settled into a mask of absolute indifference.He picked up his tablet and swiped through a list of blocked numbers, a digital graveyard of the people who had once dictated his every breath.“They already tried to call Tina,” Tedmond said, his voice a low, melodic baritone. “She is currently being transported to a place where her voice will never be heard again.”His expression didn’t change.“They’ll try their high-priced lawyers next, and they’ll find the lines disconnected and the retainers emptied. If they try to call me…”He looked at the black screen of the device.“…let them listen to the dial tone. It’s the most honest conversation I’ve had with them in years. A Griffin only begs when they’ve run out of people to bully. I have no interest in hearing the sound of a predator losing its teeth.”Thomas bowed slightly, acknowledging the finality in his master’s tone.“Understood, young master. I will ensure that no commun
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The Next MorningSunlight filtered through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the penthouse, sharp and unforgiving.Tedmond sat at the breakfast bar, looking far more composed than the night before.He ate a piece of dry toast slowly, his eyes fixed on a tablet displaying the morning’s financial wreckage.The sound of polished shoes echoing on marble announced Thomas’s arrival.Thomas approached, a stack of folders tucked neatly under his arm."Sir," he said, stopping beside Tedmond. "The morning reports are in. The bankruptcy is the only thing people are talking about."Tedmond took another bite of toast, his expression unreadable."And the family?""It’s quite a mess, young master," Thomas replied, opening a file. "We’ve tracked the women to a… very low-end motel in the slums. And there’s an update regarding Tina."Tedmond set the half-eaten toast down on a porcelain plate.The soft crunch echoed in the sun-drenched kitchen.He didn’t look up."What happened to Tina?"Thomas cleared hi
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