novelraw Chapter 410 - 411 The Farmer and The Snake
Chapter 410 - 411 The Farmer and The Snake
"Sabrina Johnson, your adoptive mother and father were so good to you. Have you done right by them? Are you even human? It’s one thing not to be grateful for their hard work in raising you, but you even framed your adoptive father. Aren’t you afraid of ending up in hell?"
Mrs. Carter was a woman with a strong sense of justice. She was furious about what Sabrina Johnson had done. Moreover, Pauline Briggs was gentle and easily bullied; Sabrina Johnson would surely torment her to death.
Thinking about what Pauline Briggs had gone through, Mrs. Carter cursed out loud, "You shameless thing! Just you wait, you will face your karma!"
"Dexter Johnson toyed with me for so many years; I consider that my repayment to the Johnson family for raising me," Sabrina Johnson answered coldly.
"Bah! You disgusting, shameless woman! Even if you stripped naked and lay on the bed, Dexter wouldn’t give you a second glance... Look at yourself, so ugly! If you became a prostitute, you could only be a low-class streetwalker..."
The judge kept banging the gavel, telling Mrs. Carter not to speak out of turn in court, but Mrs. Carter simply wouldn’t listen.
"Witness, if you continue to disrupt the court’s order, I will hold you in contempt of court and have you removed from the courtroom."
Mrs. Carter fell silent.
Sue White said, "Your Honor, my witness is a good friend of the plaintiff and is understandably emotional seeing her friend so unjustly accused. I believe that not only my witness but anyone with a sense of justice would be outraged by such a thing. Therefore, please forgive my witness, Your Honor."
The judge said, "Witness, please control your emotions!"
"Yes!"
Sue White continued to ask, "Witness, do you have any evidence to prove that Dexter Johnson was indeed with you on that night?"
"Oh, the incident that night when my husband brought his mistress home caused a huge stir. It was even in the newspapers. Go check if you don’t believe me. That night, I was hiding at the Johnson family’s house, and a reporter from an entertainment paper was there secretly taking photos of me!"
The last witness was that entertainment reporter—Reporter Kyle.
Among the candid photos submitted by Reporter Kyle, one showed Mrs. Carter, Pauline Briggs, and Dexter Johnson together.
This photo was nearly published at the time with scandalous captions implying an affair between the three. Dexter Johnson found out beforehand and had the story suppressed.
Thus, in the case against Sabrina Johnson, although she stubbornly refused to admit guilt, faced with ironclad evidence, the judge still convicted her!
"All rise. After deliberation, this court finds Sabrina Johnson guilty in the case of defamation and reputational infringement! Sabrina Johnson is hereby ordered to publish a clarification of the truth in the newspapers, apologize to the Johnson family, eliminate the adverse impact of her actions, and pay the plaintiff a total of 150,000 in compensation for emotional distress!"
The 150,000 meant little to the Johnson family; they were thrilled that Dexter Johnson was finally exonerated!
The dark cloud hanging over the Johnson family’s hearts was lifted.
"Dexter, Dexter... I’m so sorry..." Pauline Briggs burst into tears, her voice choked with sobs.
Even the matriarch, who always remained composed, ’her expression unchanging even if Mount Tai collapsed before her,’ wept openly.
"My son..." Tears of anguish streamed from the old lady’s clouded eyes as she lamented the injustice her son had suffered.
Sienna Johnson’s eyes were also red. She glared at Sabrina Johnson as the bailiff led her away, and Sabrina Johnson glared back. They locked eyes like mortal enemies, bound by a feud that could only end with one of their deaths.
"Sienna Johnson, as long as I live, I will never let you go!" Sabrina Johnson roared at Sienna Johnson just before being taken away by the bailiff.
Sienna Johnson mouthed at Sabrina Johnson: Then you can go ahead and die!
Seeing Sabrina Johnson looking so enraged she seemed ready to rush over and stab her, Sienna Johnson couldn’t help but laugh.
Sabrina Johnson will spend the rest of her life in prison, reflecting on her sins! As long as I, Sienna Johnson, am alive, she will never take a single step out of prison!
"Don’t be sad, it’s all over now," Adrian Desmond comforted her.
"I’m fine, I’m doing great!" Sienna Johnson smiled.
Next up is the criminal trial. Just you wait, Sabrina Johnson!
Upon leaving the courthouse, the Johnson family faced a throng of reporters. This time, they didn’t shy away. They needed the media to publicize how Sabrina Johnson had slandered Dexter Johnson, ensuring that everyone previously misled would learn the truth.
They would not let Sabrina Johnson’s treacherous plot succeed! They would not allow Dexter Johnson’s reputation to be stained!
"President Johnson, what are your thoughts on the verdict?"
Sienna Johnson, as the representative of the Johnson family, announced to the assembled media, "The court has just delivered its verdict: my father was innocent! Sabrina Johnson slandered my upright father! I implore all of you to use the power of your media outlets to clear my father’s name!"
"My father was an upright man. He was a good husband to his wife, a good father to his daughter, and a good son... He was also a philanthropist..." Sienna Johnson didn’t forget to play the sympathy card. "Because I was switched at birth by Sabrina Johnson’s mother and lived in an orphanage for many years, my father donated large sums of money to orphanages every year, supporting children who had lost their parents..."
"Before his passing, my father also established the Angel Investment Fund to help orphans who were ill but couldn’t afford treatment, providing them with free medical care. The Angel Investment Fund has been operating for sixteen years and has saved many orphans..."
A reporter in the crowd shouted, "I am one of those who received help from the Angel Investment Fund! I was abandoned by my birth parents due to a congenital heart defect, and it was the Angel Investment Fund that paid for my treatment."
"To be precise, it was Mr. Johnson who paid for my treatment! We are all heartbroken that such a good man was slandered like this!"
"President Johnson, rest assured, we will definitely report the truth to the public and not let Sabrina Johnson’s venomous scheme succeed!"
Sienna Johnson looked at that reporter, bowed deeply, and said with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, thank you..."
As the camera flashes illuminated her, Sienna Johnson lowered her head slightly. Her eyes were red, and a few tears escaped before she resolutely stemmed their flow, steeling herself against further crying.
"President Johnson, why did Sabrina Johnson do this?" a reporter asked.
Sienna Johnson replied, "Have you heard the story of ’The Farmer and the Snake’? A farmer saved a snake, but when the snake revived, it bit the farmer to death! We, the Johnson family, were that farmer, and Sabrina Johnson is that snake!"
"I don’t like to assume the worst of people, but Sabrina Johnson is precisely that venomous snake."
"The Johnson family raised her. I should have had loving parents and a comfortable life, but because of her, I grew up in an orphanage. Even after I returned, the Johnson family never mistreated her."
"Despite all this, she still tried to kill me!"
Then Sienna Johnson dropped another bombshell: "I will also be pressing another charge against Sabrina Johnson—attempted murder! Five years ago, Sabrina Johnson and Frederick Stewart lured me to Amwan and attempted to kill me!"