“So-called tech genius and inspirational figure. He’s nothing but a low-life scumbag!”
Matthew felt a hot flush of shame as the whispers grew louder. The carefully crafted public image he had built was crumbling before his eyes.
“Shut up! Don’t you dare talk about my brother like that!” Verna shot to her feet. “He never asked Yvonne to help us! She’s the one who was desperately throwing herself at him. Why should she get a piece of his money now?”
“Verna, sit down! This is not the time or place,” Mrs. Gonzalez hissed, pulling her daughter back into her seat.
But Verna’s outburst had already ignited the crowd.
“To be so ungrateful to someone who was there for you in your darkest hour… this whole family is despicable.”
“They should be ashamed of themselves.”
“I heard the Gonzalez family went bankrupt because the father was a criminal. Like father, like son, I guess. All of them are trash.”
“That’s it, I’m boycotting all Gonzalez Group products.”
…
“Order in the court,” the judge’s stern voice boomed, silencing the gallery.
Matthew’s lawyer requested a brief recess.


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