The Revenge of the Mute Wife by Melanie Paulson

Chapter 150

"Well, are you done reading? Cameron asked, exasperated.

[Yes, but I don't understand... the first page is the pardon, but what are the other pages for?]

"That's why I told you to stop reading things you don't understand and sign already."

[Not so fast; don't you remember what I told you?]

"What are you talking about?"

[I'm not signing anything until you give me what you promised.]

"First, sign..."

[Then, no.]

"Hey, you," Caroline spoke, drawing everyone's attention. "Kid, shouldn't you say something about this? This lawyer is doing something illegal right now." "Uh..." Judge Hunter looked a bit nervous.

"As far as I know, a pardon shouldn't be conditional upon receiving something in return, because that's what a pardon is for," Caroline stressed, crossing her arms. "Oh... well, that..."

"Shut up, woman, don't talk about things you don't know," Cameron said, annoyed. "And look, to stop you from crying, here it is," he declared, looking at Deborah while pulling out a gold keychain with a large yellow diamond in the center from his clothes. Deborah, upon seeing the object, extended her hands to take it, feeling tears welling up, as she never thought she'd see her grandfather like this. But just as she was about to take it, Cameron pulled the object away from her. "Well, you've seen it now! Sign!"

Deborah frowned at that command.

"Are you really going to let this blackmail happen?" Caroline asked Judge Hunter.

"Well... I think..." Hunter was nervous but was more focused on checking the time on his watch.

[If you don't give it to me, I'm not signing.]

Do you think I'm stupid or what? First, sign ALL the papers, and then I'll give you your dear grandfather."

[No] Deborah wrote, frowning but still sticking to her decision.

"You're going to sign," he said, advancing towards her and raising his hand to try to slap her into compliance

"What the hell is going on here?!" boomed an older red-haired man who burst through the door. "What's with all this shouting?"

"August..." The supposed Judge Hunter whispered, scared.

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"Who the hell are you?" Cameron asked, frowning.

"That's what I want to know. Who are you people, and what are you doing in my office, and Jeremy?" As August analyzed the situation, his gaze focused on his younger brother sitting in his chair. "What are you doing in my office?" "1 guess you're the real Judge Hunter," Caroline said, amused.

"Real?"" August looked at Caroline, confused.

"Um... August, this....what's happening is..." Jeremy was too scared to speak properly.

August frowned, noticing that the other man in the room had papers in his hands and there was a seal on his desk. "Jeremy, what are you doing?" August asked angrily, approaching to take the papers to read them.

"Hey! Give them back," Cameron complained, but August was stronger and didn't let him take the documents.

"That's what I want to say. Why are you forcing this lady to sign these papers without a lawyer to assist her? Don't you know that's illegal and can be considered extortion?"

[illegal...] Deborah wrote, worried. [What does that mean?!

"It means there must be a lawyer or competent person presént to explain the contents of these papers. It must also be read aloud so both the signer and the judge know the content of the documents," August said angrily, looking at the lawyer and then at his brother. "And there must be an official authority present to validate the signature."

"Huh...so the kid isn't a judge," Caroline remarked.

"What...? Jeremy, what is this about you being a judge?"

"Brother, I'm sorry... I... it's his fault," Jeremy said, pointing at Cameron. "He told me you authorized it and said I only needed to put your seal on the papers after the lady signed because you were okay with it."

Cameron looked worried because the kid had confessed everything.

"In that case, Mary, call the police!" A deep voice was heard from behind August.

August turned around and saw his father entering the office, visibly upset and gripping his cane tightly.

"Father, be careful," August said, moving to help him,

"Dad..." Jeremy also went over to assist him.

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