Chapter 609: Lost
"But we can’t let that happen." Autumn blinked back her tears and stood up, ready to run away with Arabelle but Gabe caught her and hugged her slightly," We won’t let that happen, Autumn. It is a request from the judge, not an order. We can still go through the motions and not budge from our stance.
Firmly holding her hand, he guided her towards the judge’s chambers where they would be going for th enext part of the discussion.
As they walked, Autumn asked slowly,"Gabe, we need to warn the woman, also."
"What woman?"
"The woman he is engaged to! Didn’t you hear that? The women he is engaged with... she has two little girls! That means they are in danger."
"Autumn, calm down! We won’t let anything happen."
Autumn took a deep breath, trying to steady herself. "I can’t believe this is happening. I feel like we’re losing."
"We’re not losing," Gabe said firmly. "Gregory’s just putting on a show. And we are going to handle it."
"But how! He’s totally changed the game..."
"Then we will change it too, Autumn." As they entered and sat down, Gabe sighed. While he was consoling Autumn, for the first time, he too felt an inkling of doubt. Specially when he read the message he had received. While Judge Holden was known for being strict and honest, she was also said to have a soft corner for ’remorseful fathers’ who wanted to be involved in their children’s lives. It had something to do with her own past.
But the question was how did Gregory discover this so soon and that too in the middle of the session? Or did he discover it mid-session? Could it be that he knew before hand about the change of judges?
A few minutes later, the rat and his lawyer walked in. And for the first time in a long while, Gabe had trouble keeping himself calm, as he looked at his smug face. All he wanted to do was go and punch the man’s face. And it didn’t help that the moment he looked at Autumn, the man gave her a lustful look, making a beeline in her direction.