Chapter 915: Facing the World for Her
Severo Laris fought this Leopoldo kidnapping case as plaintiff’s counsel, causing a great stir and public opinion on the Internet and in the news.
The true relationship between Severo Laris and Leopoldo was instantly revealed.
Opinion on the web is polarized between those who say Severo Laris is cold-blooded and insensitive, and those who say Severo Laris is doing his job as a lawyer to bring justice to his family.
In the news, Severo Laris was on Villa Moon Lake Road, mobbed by countless reporters.
The reporters raised their microphones and peppered Severo Laris with long questions.
“Professor Laris, may I ask why you have to file this lawsuit? You are a direct relative of the defendant, shouldn’t you avoid suspicion?”
“Professor Laris, is it true that seven years ago there was a hit on the Internet about you saying that you refused to support your father who had been in jail?”
“Professor Laris, are you ashamed of having a kidnapping father?”
“Professor Laris, I heard that MO Group’s stock has plummeted recently, is it related to this big social news of yours?”
“Professor Laris, what do you intend to tell your shareholders about the huge losses suffered by MO Group as a result of your personal problems?”
…
One sharp question after another.
In front of the camera, Severo Laris’ face is cold and solemn to the core.
He was surrounded by bodyguards to block reporters and cameras, but there were so many people surrounding him that the bodyguards had difficulty escorting Severo Laris to his car for a while.
Instead of avoiding the question, Severo Laris replied, “Anyone would be ashamed to have a kidnapper as a father, unless they have no sense of law or moral integrity. My father did not fulfill his duty as a father for a single day, other than bringing me into the world. He drank, gambled, abused me at home and even stole my school fees. Or is everyone here a saintly mother who can be unconditionally foolish with such an unworthy father?”
Severo Laris’ words were so eloquent, so calm and ruthless, that the journalists asking the questions were stunned.
And Severo Laris’ struggle is far from over.
As for his alleged evasion of suspicion, there is no evasion of suspicion in this case; the people Leopoldo kidnapped on both occasions were very dear to me and I would have dreamed of sending him to jail,” he said. Here you are questioning a man who decided to bring a kidnapper to justice and mercilessly beating a man who has respect for the law. Why don’t you interview the kidnapper and explore his criminal mind? That way, maybe you, as media people, would have contributed more to society.”
Reporter: “…”
Nothing to say.
A strong return of Severo Laris to the extreme.
As the bodyguards escorted Severo Laris to his car, he turned sharply, faced the camera and said in one word, “Also, I warn you that this is a private home and what you are doing here today is trespassing without the consent of the owner, and I can sue all of you.”
Overwhelming to the extreme.
Reporter: “…”
Shock! Immediate cold sweat.
Against an ordinary celebrity, the reporter wins; against a lawyer, the reporter loses narrowly; against Severo Laris, the reporter loses by a lot.
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After Severo Laris got into the car, Salvino drove.
Salvino looked in the rearview mirror at his worried boss and tried to say something lighthearted, but he didn’t know what to say.
In the last few days, there had been call after call from the top brass at New York headquarters, nothing but current affairs.
Salvino did not transfer those calls to Severo Laris.
Severo Laris is annoying enough.
The kidnapper is, if anything, Severo Laris’ real father, and the kidnapper is kidnapping the love of Severo Laris’ life.
This matter is already a headache.
And on the wife’s side … it’s more of an unsolved problem.
At this moment, Salvino is heartbroken for this man.
Nobody stood up for Severo Laris and watched over him.
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Paula Rouco watches the boiling news on her tablet.
Feeling providential.
The father of Severo Laris, the daughter of a wealthy family who was kidnapped fifteen years ago, is actually her.
She, in turn, was once romantically involved with Severo Laris.
As ridiculous and comical as it may seem.
She looked at the power of attorney lying on the counter.
It was handed to her by Severo Laris, who had not yet signed it and who, in fact, was not yet considered to be acting for her.
Paula Rouco picked up her cell phone and dialed the familiar number.
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Paula Rouco asks, “Why did you offer to be my agent?”.
In fact, this time, Paula Rouco could intuit that it was a little trick of Leopoldo to see Severo Laris, and that it was not a big kidnapping if it was extended.
Paula Rouco did not want to pursue the matter further, but merely warned Leopoldo to stop bothering.
By that time, Leopoldo had already received the punishment he deserved for kidnapping the ten-year-old boy.
On the phone, Severo Laris’ low, deep emotion, he said, “Because of his kidnapping, you were afraid of the dark, because of his kidnapping, I had to leave you and do things that hurt you.”
There is also the later incident in which he became depressed and slit his wrists.
Severo Laris has wondered more than once if, if Leopoldo had not kidnapped Paula Rouco, they would not have lost seven years in the circles.
Those seven years should have been the best for her and for him.
Paula Rouco said nothing more, but hung up the phone quietly.
Severo Laris said that he had to leave her because of Leopoldo.
This was something Paula Rouco had half heard.
She had a vague suspicion of something and did not want to think about it deeply, mentally denying that possibility.
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In the studio.
Adam Rouco asked Estrella Berrocal, who was next to him, after reading the news that was all over the place, “Isn’t it time we told Paulita everything that happened then?”
Estrella Berrocal saw the video of Severo Laris’ news and couldn’t help but get emotional.
“Adam, I can feel that Severo Laris takes Paulita seriously and that he is risking the world to fight this case for her. He really didn’t have to, even if he wanted to help Paulita get a lawyer, he could have found another one, not that he’s the only good lawyer in the world, but …”
Adam Rouco pursed his lips and said, “But he had to do it, and it was like announcing to the world that he could lose anything but Paulita, and that in this case he was completely on Paulita’s side. This is not only an expression of his feelings for Paulita, but also, I’m afraid, a disguised way of telling us that he is serious about Paulita.”
Estrella Berrocal: “So, shouldn’t we have let the two of them split up in the first place for Paulita’s complete safety? This caused the two of them to lose each other for many years. Even now … Paulita has depression.”
Adam Rouco sighed, “We parents were not wrong in our decision then. Parents always want the best for their children, and between a child’s love and their safety, parents always go for their personal safety. There is no excuse for that.”
Estrella Berrocal shook Adam Rouco’s hand and said, “Paulita will not blame us, she will understand us.”
Adam Rouco stood up and said, “It’s time to tell her what happened then, and if we keep hiding it, we will really be sinners.”