Morganfield leaned forward slightly.
He was waiting for that moment.
However, a hand pressed down on the table.
Leo stood up.
Bennett froze, staring at Leo in stunned disbelief.
'This wasn't in the script.'
Ethan was stunned too. He subconsciously tugged on the corner of Leo's jacket, his eyes filled with terror.
"Leo, don't be rash. Let the professionals handle this..."
Leo paid him no mind.
He pulled free from Ethan's grasp, straightened the hem of his suit jacket, and walked directly to the lectern in the center of the courtroom.
He stood there, all alone.
Facing the judge, facing the aggressive plaintiff's attorney, facing an entire world that seemed filled with hostility toward him.
The smile on Morganfield's face vanished.
He frowned, a foreboding premonition rising in his heart.
'What is this madman thinking? Does he plan to defend himself? In a Federal Court? Against an antitrust charge of this magnitude? He'll send himself to prison!'
