Chapter 293 - Are we on repeat? (2)

18 April, Municipal Courthouse, City K

Matthew turned, and said "Do you really want to deal with that?"

"Let me go. I have had enough of her trying to control me and her using the court precincts to harass me, because she cannot get to me otherwise."

Matthew looked directly at her and said, "Are you certain?"

"Absolutely. Now let us get this show on the road."

Bronwyn stuck her head out the door and signalled to Lexi's civilian lawyers who entered the room, before looking at her and saying "Madam Rong, as you are aware from our discussions this week, there is the urgent application from madam Yao regarding Dominic. All the material that we could, including a report from Lieutenant Li about what happened at the Charity event, has been filed. Knowing this judge, we are likely to have some brief submissions and he will want to hear from both you and Madam Yao. You just need to be calm about the process, because we can already see that Madam Yao is ready to cause trouble."

"Gentleman do not worry I am ready to deal with this. I know that I must accept the court process and its interim outcomes, but I know deep down the court will ultimately view that the best thing for Dominic is to stay with me. There may simply be bumps on the road and a few detours to get there." Lexi looked at everyone and said "Now let us get going. I do not want my former mother-in-law to think that she is in control."

With that Lexi stood up, and they all exited the room and headed to the court room trailed by Matthew's four soldier security team. As they went to sit down, Lexi heard her former mother-in-law say "Pretentious b*tch. You risk my grandson, and the court will finally see that. He will be with me and you will have nothing to do with him for his protection."

Lexi turned to Matthew and said "Some people have delusions of what will happen. I wonder do we need to get a mental health team here to escort her for treatment."

Matthew held in his laugh. Lexi was her fiery self, back with a good insult. He then heard "I am not the psycho you are. And you have an abusive husband, otherwise why in the world would you go to a women's refuge. I have already called the military and told them they need to jail the b*stard you call a husband for domestic abuse, strip him of all his rank, and the child protection authorities to say that you are a psychotic b*tch that is a risk to my grandson. Just you wait, he will be with me tonight and you will never see him again."

Matthew, observed Lexi wanted to retort physically, but she looked at him, took a calming couple of breaths and said, "As I said, clearly delusional and in total denial of the truth about her own son."

Yelling Madam Yao said "My son was an angel. Why in the world did my husband and I ever agree to the marriage arrangement with your parents for you and him I have no idea. Even a barren woman would be better than you, who has no respect to your in-laws, your deceased husband, and what is best for your child, you, and your perverted brothers away from an innocent child."

Lexi, having had enough, turned, and said, sarcastically, "Mother," before easing her tone "This attitude just proves my point. But the courts and authorities will determine what happens. Just because you want something does not mean that it will happen the way you want."

"I always get what I want, and I will in this case…"

Matthew leaned over and whispered "Lexi, as much as I want to see you tear her apart verbally keeping going will only play into her hands. The court staff will have already told the judge about what she has done so…"

"Just remain calm. I get it, but I so want to mess with her beforehand."

"You know Lexi, sometimes revenge is best served cold."

"I know, but I so want to take her down now and then watch her go down in flames before the court."

Slightly shaking his head Matthew commented "Where is the woman who had, to a point in these proceedings, been somewhat unwilling to be overly aggressive for fear of hurting Dominic?"

"She has had enough of playing nice. Richard's have a role in Dominic's life, but now they are crossing my bottom line in seeking to cut me out of Dominic's life and have me declared an unfit parent."

Before Matthew could respond, the Judge entered the courtroom, and motioned to everyone to sit.

"Before anyone says anything," the judge commenced "I have seen the new application filed by Dominic's grandparents requesting Dominic's immediate removal from Colonel…"

Bronwyn said "Sorry to interrupt you Major, it is in fact General. His promotion has been announced this morning."

The Judge looked at Matthew and noticed the change of rank on his shoulders. "Apologise General Rong. As I was saying Dominic's removal from the care of General and Madam Rong, and orders preventing any contact between them, their families and Dominic. The basis for this application is that General Rong poses a serious risk to Dominic's physical safety and mental wellbeing. The application is based on the incident that occurred at the Nang Foundation Charitable Event last week, which included the then Colonel Rong and others using weapons in public placing the public at risk. Additionally, this morning, we were further contacted by child welfare authorities adding an allegation that Madam Rong is so mentally unwell that she cannot care for Dominic."

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