Chapter Notes
#SavageKatsukiYuuri
No more words are needed.
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When Suzan McCloud enters the room and sees the Asian boy sitting at the table, she thinks he is one of those trainee students who is there to observe. But when Kevin Jones, her lawyer, talks to him as if he knows him and the boy reports that he is representing a third party at the trial, something in his eyes makes her shiver. This boy is not some fool . And when he comments about forgetting his son and dating until the next day, she is afraid. Very afraid.
Afraid her future plans will come undone.
Besides, she can see four things in that room. The judge treats the boy with respect. Doctor Feltsman, who always keeps a face without expressive, is smiling at him. Kevin clearly hates him, and his ex-husband shows interest in him.
"You're very arrogant to a simple lawyer, boy." She says, seeing him raise an eyebrow and smile.
"My name is Yuuri Katsuki, Miss McCloud and I am a lawyer working for the state of New York and my focus is on cases involving children and teenagers, like yours." He says, completely relaxed in the chair where he is sitting in the chair on the opposite side of the Judge, and between the couple and their lawyers. "Oh, and I'm also responsible for the last three defeats of your boyfriend there."
"What ..." she says, startled, just as Kevin explodes beside her.
"Stop talking absurd things, Katsuki!"
"Order." Judge Sanders orders. "We are going to start the trial that I predict will be the last in the divorce case between Mr. Victor Nikiforov and Suzan McCloud." This trial, which had been requested by Mr. Yakov Feltsman, can only be carried out at that time because the case was declared as urgent by Mr. Yuuri Katsuki, who is here representing Yuri Nikiforov, son of the couple here present. "
"What do you mean 'representing Yuri'? How can a minor child be represented by a lawyer?" Suzan asked, finding the situation increasingly ridiculous.
"The one who pays my fees is the state of New York." Yuuri says, making everyone look there. "It gives me complete freedom to represent someone who is too young to be involved in many kinds of cases, and who are often completely abandoned or ignored by those who should be their protectors: their parents. "
Suzan finds herself speechless. For the first time, she finds herself wordless to answer what that young man just said. Because it's true, is not it?
"Mr. Feltsman?" the Judge looks at the Russian lawyer, who opens a laptop and begins to move him.
"The reason for the request for a retrial is simply because my client does not accept that his ex-wife is still in custody of their son and in possession of the savings account created specifically for the boy. He was denied to access it after the boy's custody was designated. " Yakov Feltsman begins to say, taking from a folder a paper and extending it to the Judge. "The bank, when questioned, only revealed that it could not allow access to the new password nor to the bank account statement."
"Hmm. In fact, Mr. Nikiforov should have had access to the account, since he is responsible for it." The Judge comments, lifting his glasses to his face and reading the paper handed over by Yakov. "Mr. Jones, does your client have anything to say?"
Yuuri coldly observes the woman and the lawyer talking to each other, and decides to open the backpack and remove his briefcase with all that has been handed to him by the Irregulares. He also removes his cell phone and starts to read a manga while waiting for his turn.
"Mr. Katsuki?" The Judge asks, and he raises his face, smiling wide.
"Not yet. I'd like to hear both sides first, before I start." He says, already lowering his face and seeing the cell phone again.
"Very well." The Judge says, turning to Victor and his lawyer. "I will study soon on the bank account, along with the bank, to allow your account access."
"Why?" Suzan asks, clapping her hands on the table. "Why should he have access to the content of the account?"
"Because he's the one responsible for it." Judge Sanders replies, looking at her coolly.
"You're talking like I changed the password on purpose." She says, making the lawyer look in surprise.
"Did you happen to do that?" The Judge asks, raising his eyebrow.
"Of course not! I love my son!" She screams, and the room is quiet, until someone starts to laugh.
Yuuri Katsuki.
"Why are you laughing, Katsuki?" Jones asks, clearly annoyed.
"Because it's so funny what she said." Yuuri responds, calming down.
"What do you mean by that?" Suzan asked, glaring at him.
Well, it's showtime.
"First I'd like you to hear something, but first ..." Yuuri says, picking up his cell phone. "I met and became friends with Yuri Nikiforov during your last trial and we exchanged phone numbers. Later that afternoon, I received a call from him that worried me. At the call, he told me that they could not get in touch with no parents and asked for my help. Curiously, he studies in one of my old schools and I know the teacher who was with. I will reproduce the conversation I had with the two of them when I got there.
And in fact, the conversation he had with Minako Okukawa and the boy is reproduced, making the woman frown and Victor's eyes widen.
"In fact, I could not get in touch with both of them at that moment." He says, stopping the recording and opening the black folder in front of him. "In the case of Mr. Nikiforov, the reason was that he was in a lecture with other nutritionists talking about physical and mental health. Only after 10 o'clock that I got to talk to him and he came to pick up the boy the next day, how it was combined. But I still couldn't get in touch with Miss McCloud. Maybe this is the reason why I couldn't."
And then he gets up from the chair and walks around the table, putting in front of the lawyers and the Judge pictures of a couple in several bars, and tax bills of these establishments. The woman and her lawyer pale as they see each other in the photos, feasting on the previous trial.
"And indeed, according to my investigations, the password for accessing the bank account in Yuri Nikiforov's name was changed two and a half hours after the close of the first trial. I was able to access the bank account statement and I verified that the account is almost empty , with the exception of a few cents. " Yuuri says, turning around again and handing over two new documents to the three of them.
The first is bank statement of savings, since the creation of it. Where everyone can see that minutes after the deposits made by Victor, the money was transferred to another account. The second is the extract from another account in the same bank, which received for 3 months by transfer a fixed amount of money, and whose expenses beat with the amounts of the previous bills.
"You said you love your son, do not you?" Yuuri asks, picking up other documents and extending them. "Funny, because at the last medical examination conducted by the boy's school, the doctor found that he presented a worrying picture of malnutrition, physical and psychological violence."
"Medical examination?" Suzan asks, starting to shake at the table.
"Yes, medical examination, which I asked director Lilia Baranoskaya to do as soon as possible, because of what I witnessed when I was taking care of Yuri the night you left him to celebrate with your boyfriend ... Number 8?" Yuuri continues, showing more dated pictures of her engaging with other men.
Victor widens his eyes to see that there are photos of before their divorce. So she was cheating on him? How did he find out?
"Now, if you'll excuse me, I want to show all of you something interesting." Yuuri says, going to the door and leaving.
Soon he returns, holding Yuri's hand. The boy looks around, astonished to see his father and is terrified to see his mother. Yuuri pulls out a package of Kit-Kat chocolate, opens it and holds it out to the boy.
"Are you hungry, Yuri?" He handing the chocolate to the boy, who looks from him to his mother.
"Mama, am I allowed to eat?" He asks, making Victor, the lawyers, Judge Sanders, and the clerk scared.
"So that's what you meant by psychological violence." The Judge says, taking a deep breath.
"Suzan, are you mistreating my son?" Victor asks, looking at the woman with hatred.
The Judge hammers the table, ordering order in the room. The clerk continues typing quickly on his laptop, seriously checking out all that Yuuri Katsuki has made available to them. And then...
"Hey, Yuri, who do you want to live with from now on?" The Judge asks, looking at the boy in Yuuri's lap.
"I want ..." The boy stops talking and looks from his mother to his father and then to the Japanese man. "I want to live with Yuuri."
"Understood." The Judge says, smiling broadly. "I declare that Yuri Nikiforov joins the Yu-topia Children's and Youth Help Program, where only Mr. Victor Nikiforov is authorized to visit." Mr. Katsuki, may I leave the rest of the details with you? "
"Perfectly, Your Honor." Yuuri smiles, hugging the boy in his lap excitedly.
"Okay, Yuri Nikiforov's guard is in Yuuri Katsuki's hands for an unlimited time, and then he has to study the possibility of passing custody to his father, and I'm also telling the police to have Suzan McCloud have his finances and savings account properly investigated and initiating an investigation to ascertain what was exposed here by Yuri's medical examination. " The Judge declares, terrifying the woman. "In addition, while all the investigations are being carried out, Suzan McCloud is prohibited from approaching Yuri Nikiforov. "Mr. Katsuki? "
"You can leave it with me." Yuuri smiled, sliding his fingers into the boy's hair.
"What is this 'Yu-topia Children and Youth Help Program?'" Victor asks, worried.
"It's just a project that I created where I started my own home to shelter and help children and adolescents with a variety of problems, giving them an involvement that could help them find answers to the problems they are experiencing. , where I and ' my children ' can do whatever we want together. As a parent should do with his son. " Yuuri explains, smiling. "You're allowed to visit us, just go back to the same place where you came to pick up your son that day, and I invite you to come and enjoy the stay and talk to other children. Oh, and you, too, are invited, Yakov-san, Willian-san andd Keith-san. This evening is a good time for the first visit, since dinner will be Katsudon and Lilia-san, Minako-sensei and Celestino-sensei will also join us."
Victor looks at the Japanese man in surprise, seeing him talking to Yakov, the judge and the clerk as if they were great friends. He then looks forward, where Kevin Jones gets up and walks away from Suzan, staring at Yuuri Katsuki with hatred before leaving the room. He turns back to Suzan and lets out a sigh, rising and approaching Yakov.
"If it's no problem, can I bring some of his things later?" He asks, looking at the Japanese man carrying the boy in his arms.
"Of course, it's always good for a child to have objects that are familiar to him around." Yuuri smiles at him and Victor notices two things.
One: He's surprised at the fact that he's seen someone smile like that for him before.
Two: He finds himself attracted by that strange boy.
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Preview of next chapter:
"Welcome to Yu-topia Akatsuki." A strangely familiar woman tells Victor. "It's been a long time, Nikiforov."
"What?!"