Chapter 124. To Fix Everything

Andre’s POV

October 16

Today wasn’t just another hearing. It was judgment day — for Elizabeth, for me, for everything that had been rotting beneath the Garcia name for years.

When I walked into the courtroom, I felt control. Cold, absolute control.

The kind that comes from losing everything and realizing the only thing left is your will. I’d been dragged, humiliated, stripped of my position and reputation, but not of my pride. Pride was the one thing Elizabeth could never tamper with, no matter how much she tried.

Stanley gave me a firm nod from the back. He didn’t have to say a word. We’d come too far to look back now.

Across the room, Elizabeth sat stiffly in her seat. She wore a navy blue suit. The same color she always wore when she wanted to look powerful. But this time, I saw it: her fingers twitching on her lap, her left eye blinking too often. She already knew her fate was sealed.

Good.

The judge entered, the u