"I really didn't expect this," she sobbed, dabbing at her eyes with a tissue. "I supported him for three years. Treated him with all my heart." Her voice cracked beautifully. "In the end, he not only betrayed me but stole my mother's jade pendant and embezzled $500,000 from the company. He even stole our core business secrets..."
Flawless. Voice choking at just the right moments. Tears flowing on command.
"Adam Mason, I'm not asking you to return the money." She looked directly into the camera lens, mascara smudged just so. "But those materials represent the hard work of over a hundred employees. How can you be so ruthless? And that pendant... it was the only thing my late mother left me..."
The camera panned.
Kevin Gilbert's face appeared in the frame, his arm draped protectively around Elisa's shoulders, his expression dripping with righteous indignation.
"Everyone, judge for yourselves. Are men who live off women nothing but trash? Usually, he can't even mop the floor properly, and now he dares to commit crimes!" His lip curled. "People like this belong in prison!"
The comments section was a war zone.
*"Damn, that's disgusting. Living off a woman and stealing her money?"*