Chapter 161

"That's right, it was in the news. She got drunk and crashed the car with her daughter inside."

"I thought she did it out of spite when she found out Frederick had kids with someone else."

"Poor woman."

Vanessa scowled when she heard the gossip. She hated being labeled as the mistress, especially since it wasn't true.

"Order in the court," the judge demanded, silencing the murmurs from the audience.

"First, we investigated what we had at hand," Alistair continued, setting his folder aside. "Luckily, the vehicle and the evidence collected were still intact. When we reanalyzed the car, we found that its operating system had been damaged, and the brakes were completely non-functional."

"Was that damage caused by the crash?" Roberts asked skeptically.

"No," Alistair replied, as photos of the wreck were projected onto the screen. "Based on the way the vehicle crashed, there was no way the brakes and control panel could have been damaged in that manner."

Deborah felt a lump form in h