Chapter 297 - Are we on repeat? (6)

18 April, Municipal Courthouse, City K

Matthew looking at Lexi said quietly "Do not look a gift horse in the mouth. We both know that they will not be able to help themselves."

A yelling response came "F*ck you, you b*stard. You manipulated the system again to ruin things for our grandson, and you will pay."

Hearing her former mother-in-law Lexi stood up and said loudly "Enough. You want to play like that, feel free. You know it was liberating from the hell that you b*stard of a son put me through in the few short months of our marriage to tell the truth both in writing and to the court today. Hell, the press constantly asks me to talk about his death, but I know the truth about everything at the scene was kept quite simply to protect Dominic from finding out about how Richard died. But I suspect that it would not take much…"

Walking wight over Madam Yao got in Lexi's face and said "You have not got the guts b*tch. You know I am fully aware of the truth and you do not want that to get out, because that is threatening Dominic's mental wellbeing." After a brief pause, she said "Actually go ahead. That will have the court place Dominic in our care quickly and I can tell you, Dominic will be protected from your completely perverted family for life…"

"You would not dare," responded Lexi, with the anger rising in her voice.

"That you deserve for trashing my poor innocent son. He does not deserve his reputation being destroyed like you are…"

"The truth will always win out, and I have that on my side, not the pretty little picture you are trying to paint."

Matthew stood beside Lexi, and as he took her hand he said "Come on, why spend time talking to people that cannot be reasoned with…"

"Nor can except that there are consequences to their actions and constant crossing boundaries."

Lexi turned and heard from behind her "Just you wait and see what I will do."

Lexi turned and responded, "Just try, I really do not care."

With that Lexi walked out and Matthew trailed behind her. On exiting the court room, Lexi walked over to her civilian lawyers and quietly said "Gentleman, what happens if the truth about how Richard died comes out in the press?"

"Madam Rong, you better not be thinking about disclosing the court proceedings because that will backfire. Our view is do not respond to provocation by your former in-laws in the media. They have nothing to lose and you have everything to lose."

"I am not that stupid. The police were kind to me when Richard died given my age and that I was a new parent when he died to not publicly confirm the exact circ.u.mstances of his death, but if someone digs a little, they will find out the circ.u.mstances…"

The team head said "You have been lucky so far. Do not press your luck with this judge. He has had enough of your former in-laws antics and the next time one of you crosses the line, there will be consequences. You have maintained the high ground so far."

Nodding Lexi said "I just wanted to know. I am not stupid."

"Fine but take it as a warning. We will be in contact next week, as we need to finalise everything for the final hearing. While we have no guarantees, we suspect child welfare will conduct their investigation as quickly as possible because they hate having cases with military members on their books for too long, meaning that we need to be ready at a moment's notice."

Lexi nodded, and the civilian lawyers left Matthew said, "You have something planned?"

"Matthew, I am not stupid. Chester simply threatened press at the time if they disclosed the truth about Richard's death, they would lose easy access to Jax Corp press conferences and events. All I need to do is tell him to rescind the threat and the press will eventually investigate what happened. The information they need is on the public record."

Matthew noticed the smirk on Lexi's face, and shook his head "I can be cunning and manipulative, but…"

Reaching over Lexi gave him a kiss on the cheek and said "I had a good teacher." Taking a closer look at Matthew, Lexi could see that the hearing was draining him, and added "You better head back to the hospital, otherwise they will not let me in with Dominic tonight. Giving Chester that permission I need your help to tell Dominic the truth about Richard's death. I need your support to do that."

"You have it." With that Matthew escorted by his guards, headed away from Lexi. Bronwyn, having heard the discussions moved over to Lexi and said "I have to head back, but I am going to give my own warning. There is a fine line and be careful you do not cross it because it will drag the General and you into military court. When he sits as a military judge, his judge has an extremely tough reputation."

"Bronwyn, all I am doing is telling my brother I do not care about the threats that he issued to the press to keep all the details about Richard's death quiet from the public. As I told Matthew, what happens from there when Chester tells them Jax Corp will not act against them is nothing I can control, and the facts about Richard's death are a matter of public record. I know my former in-laws too well. It will not provoke my former father-in-law as he does not care about anything unless it impacts his life too much, but my former mother-in-law as you witnessed is easy to provoke."

Bronwyn paused and said, "Just be careful, I do not want you hurting the boss." With that she turned and left Lexi standing there.

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