Chapter 383

The judge took the document envelope with a frown, opened it carefully, then handed it to a clerk to verify its authenticity. Seeing this, Matthew Godfrey grew bolder. He raised his voice and shouted, “Besides this paternity test, everyone here knows Eleanor Carmody had a thing with that Damon Stratton before marrying my uncle! She was messing around with her old flame even after the wedding, and that’s how Calliope Godfrey was born — she’s their love child!” “Order!” A bailiff immediately stepped forward and barked at him to be quiet. Matthew flinched, but still looked smug as he sat back down. His words stirred up the whole courtroom in an instant. The younger spectators might have been confused, but the older ones clearly remembered the rumors about Eleanor and Damon from back in the day. Those two used to be the golden couple in college — always attending fancy events together for club activities, and it wasn’t hard to see the sparks flying between them. But then a scandal broke ou