The Prosecutor's Wife: A Mother's Fury

The Prosecutor's Wife: A Mother's Fury

Cong Jin

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My son Leo was in the hospital, his small body covered in bruises after a school bully left him for dead. But I soon discovered the horrifying truth. My husband, Calvin, a powerful prosecutor, wasn't just ignoring our son's pain-he was actively protecting the bully's mother, his old flame, Bethany. He used his power to systematically destroy me. He got me fired from my job and had my lawyer drop our case. He planted a fake video online that painted my injured son as a violent aggressor, turning our community into a hateful mob that screamed at us on the street. In a courtroom packed with jeering strangers, with Calvin himself presiding over my public humiliation, he thought he had me broken. He had sacrificed his own family to protect his mistress and their secrets. But as he prepared to deliver the final verdict, I rose to my feet, my voice cutting through the silence. "Your Honor," I said, looking him dead in the eye. "I want to replace the defendant in this case."

Chapter 1

My son Leo was in the hospital, his small body covered in bruises after a school bully left him for dead.

But I soon discovered the horrifying truth. My husband, Calvin, a powerful prosecutor, wasn't just ignoring our son's pain-he was actively protecting the bully's mother, his old flame, Bethany.

He used his power to systematically destroy me. He got me fired from my job and had my lawyer drop our case. He planted a fake video online that painted my injured son as a violent aggressor, turning our community into a hateful mob that screamed at us on the street.

In a courtroom packed with jeering strangers, with Calvin himself presiding over my public humiliation, he thought he had me broken. He had sacrificed his own family to protect his mistress and their secrets.

But as he prepared to deliver the final verdict, I rose to my feet, my voice cutting through the silence.

"Your Honor," I said, looking him dead in the eye.

"I want to replace the defendant in this case."

Chapter 1

The crystal chandelier above us sparkled, throwing diamonds of light across the polished marble floor. It was all so perfect, so impossibly grand. But inside me, everything was shattering.

"It's just a schoolyard scuffle, Claire. Kids will be kids," Calvin said, his voice flat, devoid of real concern.

He knew me too well, or at least the version of me he'd molded. "You'll just let it go, won't you? For the sake of peace."

He wasn't wrong. I had always chosen peace. I had chosen us, over everything else. My own dreams, packed away in dusty boxes.

He probably thought my silence meant agreement. His eyes, cold and sharp, missed the tremor in my hands.

"Always been good at getting what he wants, hasn't he?" a hushed voice drifted from a nearby table. "Even back in high school. Remember the Morales girl?"

Another voice, a woman's, responded, "Oh, Bethany. He covered for her then too, didn't he? After that little 'accident' with the principal's car. Said it was him, taking all the blame."

The names hit me like a physical blow. Morales. Bethany Morales. Our son's bully's mother. And Calvin, taking the blame for her? It didn't make sense. None of it.

The man who preached integrity, who built his career on justice, had a secret history of deception. It tasted like ash in my mouth.

My stomach churned. A cold sweat broke out on my forehead, dizzying me. I had to grip the edge of the table to steady myself.

All this time, I had been fighting for Leo, and Calvin had been fighting against me, for her. The pieces clicked into place, grotesque and sharp.

Calvin, oblivious to my internal earthquake, was still talking about his next big case, a self-important drone in his voice. He hadn't even glanced at me.

How could he sit there, so calm, so polished, when our son was suffering? When I was suffering because of his twisted loyalties? It was unforgivable.

I stood up, pushing my chair back with a scrape loud enough to finally catch his attention. "What are you doing, Calvin?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper, but laced with venom.

He sighed. "About that? The school is handling it. There are protocols. It's all moving along, Claire, just... slowly."

It wasn't moving. He was stalling. He was protecting her. The realization chilled me to the bone, colder than any truth I'd faced before.

"No," I said, my voice gaining strength. "It's not moving. You make it move, Calvin. Or I will."

His perfectly composed face flickered. A muscle twitched in his jaw. He hadn't expected that. He'd expected my usual retreat.

"Don't be ridiculous, Claire," he snapped, regaining his composure. "You're being emotional. Think about our image. Think about Leo. Do you want to drag his name through the mud even more?"

He used Leo's name, our son, to manipulate me. The sheer gall of it stole my breath. Was this the man I married?

He pushed off the table, his chair scraping. Without another word, he walked to his study and slammed the heavy oak door shut, the sound echoing through the expansive, empty house.

My phone vibrated then, a welcome distraction. It was Sarah, a friend who worked in family law. "Hey," I said, trying to steady my voice. "I need your help with Leo's case."

Sarah's voice was tight. "Claire... I wish I could. But... I can't. Not on this one."

My blood ran cold. It wasn't 'can't', it was 'won't'. And I knew exactly why.

"Calvin, isn't it?" I stated, not asked. "He got to you."

Sarah was silent, confirming everything. I didn't need her answer. "Fine," I said, a new resolve hardening my voice. "Then I'll find someone who isn't afraid of him. And I'll sue them both."

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