So, this is pressure on the beastman. Roberto doesn't support criminals, but he's afraid! Matt's father is putting a lot of pressure on him. I hope everything will be okay.

One can only hope!

And thus, the words of his partner come rushing back to him. Everything he hoped to not happen looms as a guillotine above his head.
To confess the truth would be to damn his partner's trust.
To lie would be to damn the very job he's been given.
either way, the blade falls.

Not a great moment to be Rob

Oh Rob *hugs for the horse*

Thanks for the page!

Thank you for reading, big donk!

No problem big Sheppo! <3

He seems very determined to catch these persons. And he doesn't seem to mind how or who is needed to accomplish that. I do feel bad for Roberto, he is put in a bad situation because of this, should he let Buck Dad know, he'd have betrayed Matthew's confidence, and if he doesn't, we all know buck dad will make his life harder. We'll have to wait and see how this pans out.

Indeed, put enough pressure, and eventually they crack

If the dad was a proper lawyer he would say that first of all the criminal law side must be done before anyone gets sued.

So if Roberto knew about who was it, the first thing to do would be to report it to the police, the state prosecutor will then have an investigation and that either leads to a conviction and a trial or to nothing.

Either way this has to be sorted out first until the civil law side should be taken.

This courtroom case could've been a conversation!

Damn.
He kinda has a point.

He's technically correct, which is the best kind of correct!

He's sort of right. It's still the son's choice, if they want to press charges, but the father also has his autonomy. The father is just angling to get his son to potentially do something against his will, at the core of it.

If Matthew was a woman, would you feel the same way?

Overbearing parents be like:

Your son also threw the first punch. That doesn't excuse what happened to him at all but it also isn't as simple as you think it is.

Imagine his face when he learns that XD

I imagine there will be WORDS about that as well XD

Criminal yeah butt here is a thing that lawyers NORMALLY KNOW.
IT'S CALLED CLIENT PRIVILEGE LIKE A DOCTOR NOT TALKING WITHOUT A WARRANT!

Though, Rob's not a lawyer, not yet at least 👀

STILL. BAD START FOR SURE!!!

Fuck, I'm so confused. I don't know who to root for here. 😩

- On the one hand, Theo is invading his son's privacy.
- On the other hand, he's right. That horse thug deserves, at the very least, a legal scare. Sure, Matthew threw the first punch but the horse, together with his friends, ganged up on Matthew and put him in the hospital.
- On the other other hand, it's ultimately Matthew's choice to sue the horse or not, and Theo is overstepping.
- On the other other other hand, Matthew doesn't seem to be exactly the best at making sound decisions, so maybe his dad overstepping is the right play here.

Also, call me biased but... buff daddies in neckties and suspenders acting all commanding and shit. 👀💦

It's not meant to be an easy situation, hence why it's drama~ :B

Thing about lawyers, they have good arguments!

They study hard for that!

In theory perhaps, but this isn't hia decision to make. And beside that it is very manipulative what he is doing to Roberto here.

Roberto can resign from his internship and walk away.

but he doesnt. he needs it. MOre as he doesn't have an other job

Then I guess Roberto values his job more than Matthew's privacy.

not exactly telling that. I just say in the unfair situation Maths dad is putting him.

When has Theodore not been manipulative? XD

hm, true enough XD he is a jerk by nature XD

I mean... He is not wrong.

Exactly!

you're pretty good at creating Divisive Scenarios, douglas

Why, thank you! My years of writing iffy drama have finally paid off! <3

oh, there is no, "have finally" — you've been ᗪIᐯIᗪIᑎᘜ YOᑌᖇ ᖇᗴᗩᗪᗴᖇՏᕼIᑭ, at times, perhaps, for a decade now

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while, it is true, 21-year-old punks don't possess foresight..

..the advice / advisory, that roberto could, still, talk this out with matthew, still applies



if claude had engaged in a fair fight and / or, simply tit-for-tatted matthew in equal measure, then this wouldn't even be a question for me

yet (as you, yourself, are aware, douglas), that's not what transpired a few weeks ago — was it¿

Didn't we want Matthew's friends to be arrested for beating Matthew up and being homophobic?

Something like that, yes