She learns there were security cameras near the jewelry room, yet the crucial camera was “off” exactly when the jewel vanished. That detail is dismissed as “not relevant.”
Meanwhile, Eleanor goes on the offensive. She hires a star attorney, Dr. Victor Hale, and turns the case into a spectacle. Headlines scream “Housemaid Steals from Aldridges.”
News outlets repeat the story as fact. Eleanor feeds subtle lies to reporters, hinting that Lucia has money problems and a shady past. Daniel, uncomfortable with the cruelty but too weak to oppose his mother, chooses silence.
Noah senses that something is terribly wrong. Eleanor tells him Lucia did something bad, but he doesn’t believe it. He hides their drawing in his drawer and holds onto the memories of her songs, her hugs, her stories.
As the trial begins, the courtroom feels like a theater. Eleanor fills it with reporters and important guests. Lucia arrives alone, wearing her old maid’s uniform—the only decent clothes she owns.
Dr. Hale calls her ungrateful and calculating, accusing her of using her access to steal. Witnesses aligned with the family support that story, some stretching the truth. The public, poisoned by media coverage, assumes she’s guilty.
Daniel sits beside his mother, tense and silent, unable to meet Lucia’s eyes. In the back, Noah watches with his nanny, heartbroken as the woman he loves is torn apart. No one asks what he knows.
When Lucia finally speaks, she calmly tells her story.
She declares her innocence, recalls her years of service, and explains how she loved Noah as her own child. She knows people have judged her already, but she tells the truth anyway. Most of the courtroom reacts with boredom or doubt.
Outside, she’s mocked online as greedy and manipulative. She becomes a national villain—yet she holds tight to her principles and her late mother’s advice, refusing to hate herself.
Then everything shifts. One afternoon, a young lawyer named Sophie Carter appears at Lucia’s door. She has followed the case and feels something is wrong. Though inexperienced, she believes Lucia and offers to represent her.
Desperate, Lucia agrees. Sophie replaces the uninterested court-appointed lawyer and dives into the case, comparing files with Lucia’s memories.
She finds inconsistent timelines, incomplete police notes, and the ignored issue of the dead camera. A source tells her Eleanor was seen wearing the “stolen” jewel at a charity event. A photo briefly appears online, then vanishes—likely erased by Eleanor’s connections. Sophie is convinced Lucia has been framed.
Inside the estate, Noah remembers waking at night for water and seeing his grandmother near the jewelry room, holding something shiny and whispering, “Lucia will be an easy target.”
When he mentioned it, Eleanor called it a dream and warned him never to repeat it. As the trial grows more intense, Noah tries to talk to his father, but Daniel is distracted.
Sensing danger, Eleanor spoils the boy with gifts and threatens him with boarding school if he keeps asking questions.
On the third day of trial, tension explodes. As the prosecution attacks Lucia again, Noah breaks free from his nanny, runs to Lucia, clings to her, and shouts that he knows who really took the jewel.
The judge wants him removed, but Daniel, shaken, insists his son be heard. The judge agrees.
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