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Chapters. 20. War in Court.

Lili's troops are currently in the courtroom, as well as their opponents who are sitting in seats that have been provided.

Masya seemed busy compiling the file here and there, while the man who became his opponent even sat down casually while paying attention to what Masya did.

Not long after, the Judge and his members appeared to enter the courtroom. The originally noisy atmosphere became quieter because of their arrival.

Directly, the moderator opened the trial process and introduced the judge and his staff who served at the hearing.

"Alright, I immediately invite the plaintiff to occupy the seat that has been provided!"

Reza immediately stood up and walked forward the seat in front of the judge, he sat down while accompanied by his lawyer who was not far from his current place.

Then the moderator read out the contents of the lawsuit filed by Reza on Lili, everyone listened solemnly. Not a single sound was heard, only the sound from the one reading it echoed in the room.

After hearing the entire contents of Reza's lawsuit containing a request for custody of Zia Anastasya, lawyers from the defendant's side are welcome to ask their questions or objections to the plaintiff.

"Thank you to the highness of the judge and his staff, I would like to raise an objection, as well as a question to the plaintiff's brother!"

Masya immediately opened the sheets of paper he had prepared beforehand.

"Your highness judge, our client objected to the lawsuit filed by Reza's brother. Where he says that my client has no time to take care of his son, nor can he take good care of his son!"

Masya took a deep breath before continuing her words, while Lili who was beside Arthur started to feel uneasy.

"Calm down, everything's gonna be okay!"

Arthur clasped both hands of Lili who was already soaked in sweat, the woman then looked at him wistfully.

"Over this time, my client has been caring for and raising her child alone. His daughter was 2 years old, and during those 2 years, my client was struggling alone!"

The judge nodded their heads, they had already read the data Masya had suggested for them.

"According to the regulations in this country, a child who is under the age of 12 years, must be submitted to his biological mother. I don't think there's much more to debate here, your honor, it's clear all child custody falls into the hands of my clients!"

"We want to respond, your majesty!"

Masya looked at the ex-lover, and the man was standing next to Reza.

"Please, brother Rival!"

Rival came forward and stood beside Masya, for a while they glanced at each other before Masya averted his gaze.

"We agree to the rules that have been set by this country, as already explained by the Masya brothers. However, if a mother can not carry out obligations, then custody will fall into the hands of the biological father. I'd like to show you a video, your highness the judge!"

The judge shook his head, and Rival connected his phone to the screen in front of everyone.

From the video, Zia is seen being bullied by her playmates in daycare. There is also a video of Zia crying because she was beaten by children in the neighborhood. And there are still other videos that show Zia crying in her neighborhood.

"I object to your majesty!"

Lili raised her hand and stood before the judge, all this time she had never seen her son like the one in the video.

"You see, your majesty! the environment provided for my client's child is very bad, it will all affect the child's growth and mental. Also from the economic side, my clients are much better able to give their best!"

"Please start permission!"

Masya stared intently at Rival, it was clear that they had prepared the video before.

The judge again allowed Masya to speak, while he asked Lili to sit back.

"The child custody will fall into the hands of the biological father if the mother does not fulfill her obligations. From the video, did the mother make her child cry? did Mom hurt him? is a mother chasing him?"

Masya's jaw hardened, his neck veins protruded to the surface to fight.

"and what did the mother do when the video happened? she was scavenging for sustenance to raise her child, she was thinking about her son's future alone. Starting from pregnancy, until the age of 2 years. There was no help from her ex-husband. He fought alone in a battle of sweat, hoping that his son would always be happy!"

Masya tried to attract everyone's sympathy, seeing the judges agreeing to what he said.

"but, your highness! His mother had no time to give attention and affection to his son, his mother was busy working and rarely accompanied the child!"

"The noble objection! My client worked from morning to evening, and after that he spent all his time on the child! Especially to be expected, although tired of hitting he still reviewed the smile in front of his son!"

"you're still defending the wrong people, Rival!"

"All right, stop everything!"

The judge tapped on the hammer as Masya and Rival started to heat up, and then allowed them to ask questions.

Masya looked at Reza sharply, there were some questions she would lay on the man.

"why are you suing your child for custody after 2 years? where have you been all this time?" masha asked Reza.

"i was lied to all along, I had no idea that my ex-wife was pregnant at the time of the divorce. That's why I didn't know I had a child, and I just recently found out,"

"really? don't you remember that you just married Siri to my client?"

"even though I married Siri, she's still my son!"

"that's right, but at the beginning of the marriage, you lied and deceived him. You said you didn't have a wife,"

"No! I told you I have a wife, that's why we married Siri,"

"No, your Majesty! he's lying!"

Lili could not stay silent when being slandered like that, she then begged to be invited to talk.

The judge granted Lili's request, and she went ahead and faced the judge.

"He lied, your honor! He said that he was not married, and we married Siri because we used to work in the same division so we could not bond. If I knew that he-"

"I object, Your Majesty! I'm not lying, but he's lying. I told her I was married, but she wanted to be with me!"

"Shut your mouth, Reza!"

The judge was forced to knock back on his hammer when things started to be not conducive, he asked Lili to be more calm.

Arthur got up and hugged Lili's body. "So calm down, leave everything to Masya!"

Arthur took the sobbing Lili back to the seat, he kept hugging the woman tightly and tried to calm her down.

"Well, we'd like to ask witnesses for information about the marriage!" said Judge.

Reza presents his wife as a witness, the woman says that Lili already knows Reza has a wife but still asks to marry siri.

While Lili's side could not bear witness to her statement, a man sitting in the corner of the room raised his hand.

"I am a witness on the part of the defendant,"

Everyone turned to look at the man, including Lili who felt very surprised to see her Brother in that place.

"Are you Lili's brother?"

"I'm his brother!"

Not only was Lili shocked, but the Reza family was too. Finally Kiki became a witness who strengthened Lili's testimony at the trial.

"Thank you for the cooperation today, I as the presiding judge decided to give custody of Zia Anastasya to ...."

Everyone waited anxiously, even Lili continued to cry in Arthur's arms because she was powerless to hear the judge's decision.

"We gave Zia Anastasya custody to her real mother!"

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