
"Mommy. please. don't add any more trouble! Let the judge decide what our son's fate will be." Jourdy pulls Monic's arm to get away from Rona. Monic threw Jourdy's hand and pushed her husband's body to the floor.
"Based on useless old man!" hina Monic to her husband. Monic passed Jourdy's body without trying to help the man to stand back up.
"Uncle is okay?" ask Claire gently who is now in front of Jourdy. "Claire help Uncle stand up." The girl grabbed both of his shoulders, then helped him to stand up and sit back on the chair.
"Thank you, son.." said Jourdy softly. He sat far away from his wife and chose to sit down with his nephew. "It's all Uncle's fault for following your aunt's words. He was very brave for Uncle. But... it's solely because Uncle loves your Aunt Monic very much," said Jourdy regretfully.
"Patience is Uncle. Hopefully one day Aunt Monic can realize her mistakes," said Claire rubbed his uncle's shoulders. Jourdy nodded while grunting weakly.
Ten minutes passed and the trial resumed. The presiding judge knocked on his hammer three times. The courtroom, which was originally crowded with whispering voices of visitors, is now back in silence.
"The trial resumes, please remain calm and deactivate the mobile phone during the trial" the clerk warned.
Everyone waited tensely. Waiting for the next witness to be called to testify. Because the last witness is expected to be a key witness to the case that drags two women's names.
"Please present the next witness" the chief judge told the public prosecutor.
Now a man, always wearing a suit and trinkets, got up and walked to the judge's table. Everyone frowned out of curiosity as to what the man was doing in front of the brown table. Likewise with the judges, they also frowned with some evidence provided by the man.
"Please get on the podium" the public prosecutor asked the third witness. "Sir Edward do you know this girl?" ask the public prosecutor.
"Very!" answer Edward briefly.
"Waw... Do you seem to know Miss Grace Ramond?" The Prosecutor walked back and forth in front of Edward, twisting his pointy chin. "Do you have a special relationship with this girl?" ask again.
Edward sighed, he looked towards Grace cursoryly towards the presiding judge. "I know this girl very well. She was a student at the place where I taught."
"Wow very interesting! Then you use it to make a deposit like his testimony to the law enforcement?" ask the public prosecutor.
"Wrong.he is flipping the facts! He always teases me!" show Edward to Grace. "Therefore he was vengeful, for his passion I always resisted. And my son ended up being the victim of this shameless woman obsession!"
"From me enough so," said the public prosecutor. And now the defense attorney who turns to talk and then asks.
"Your Majesty, look, this girl is just a weak girl. She's just a country girl who goes to the city to continue her education" the defense attorney turned his head toward the sobbing Grace. "But unfortunately, this bejatt man had instead taken advantage of his innocence!" furious at the skinny man.
"The objection of His Majesty!" Edward raised his hand as a form of resistance.
"The objection is accepted" replied the presiding judge. Both Grace and Monic were stunned when the presiding judge gave Edward a chance. And this is the first time the prosecutor's objection has been accepted.
"What the fuck?" grace Protest. He wept wailing, trying to take everyone in sympathetic. "Why is a weak woman like me always oppressed? Powerful people like Mr. Edward always win by being able to buy justice with his wealth" Grace sobbed. She wiped away the tears that were breaking drew pity from everyone.
"Curtain, drama queen!" cibir Edward's. "Are you still able to perform after the evidence I provided, is shown?" added Edward who makes the guts Grace squeak.
The deputy presiding judge opened one by one the evidence provided by Edward. He was assisted by the public prosecutor, playing voice recordings and also several video recordings made into one. The footage was on campus, at the Hospital and another one was from a car cctv belonging to one of the zoo's visitors. A 20-minute recording is played, shown and played. Grace was no longer able to dodge or dwell.
"No, it's slander! I'm framed!" chanted Grace because now her position is getting cornered. "The video's been edited, it's all sabotage! This bejatt man must have paid someone dearly to take me down!" kelit Grace who did not get a response from anyone. Even the famous lawyer he hired, did not provide the slightest defense. All those who helped Grace had resigned, including the presiding judge who had already obtained some bribes from her.
"Please calm Miss Grace! You interrupted the trial today. And that can make your punishment increase!" the chief judge.
"I've paid you dearly, Your Majesty! I don't want to be treated like this...!!" it was Grace who shouted that everyone was aghast at her confession. The presiding judge bowed in shame and had to resign when the authorities led him to step down from his pride and was replaced by the vice-president.
"After hearing the testimony and also the evidence for the crime of the accused. So with this, the court sentenced him to life and fined as much as 2 billion dollars. The charges include kidnapping of minors, attempted premeditated murder and bribery of witnesses and judges." The hammer was tapped three times as a sign that today's hearing has been closed.
Grace's body gradually, she was sitting limp on the podium floor. The pride and arrogance that covered the look on his face, instantly disappeared and now lost. The punishment of a lifetime left him completely shaken. His mouth was tightly shut, no more sobbing or screaming.
In the visitor's seat,
"Congratulations, Rona." said Claire hugged her best friend's body. She clenched tightly onto the body of the woman who was trembling with happy cries as she stroked her back. "It's all over, I'm so relieved, Rona. I was scared" said Claire, who was crying.
"As long as there is Edward beside me, there will be no one who can hurt me" said Rona, staring happily at her husband.
"Congratulations, son." said Richard and Maria, who were there to support the group. Only Leona was in the mansion for having to look after her beloved niece.
"Thank Pa... Ma...," Rona's hug turns to the two people she already considers to be her own parents.
Everyone was happy, until a woman with a shriek of anger broke through the Liam family crowd. He pushed the body of whoever was blocking it. Her eyes locked the face of the woman responsible for the fate of her child.
"Geez. Because of you, my son has to spend a long time in prison!" he nodded with his hands high. Edward swiftly gripped the hand firmly, making the owner grimace in pain. His grip was getting stronger, until the sound of bones bluffing sounded. The woman begged for mercy, because of the extreme pain.
"Pi... Why just shut up? Let's help Mommy!" whining Monic to her husband. Jourdy shook his head, then turned his back to leave his wife. "Heh old cowardly man! Not a bit of courage. My wife is hurting, you're running away!" monic's curse on her husband.
Jourdy flicked a step, he said a sentence that made Monic's heart disease recur. "Follow me home and fix your behavior or we'd better get divorced! But... Better we get divorced, because I'm sick of all your behavior!"
Monic was stunned, he felt pain in his left chest. All this time Jourdy never dared to ambush him. However, this time even her husband dared to discuss divorce.
"Pi... Papi's kidding, right?" monic shouted without getting an answer.
"Pi... Papi's? I'm talking to you old man!!" furious Monic with a gasp of breath. He pressed his left chest with one hand, because of the pain that swooped over his heart.
There was a screaming sound from Claire's mouth because Monic's body suddenly staggered. However, the screams from the girl did not make Jourdy twist his body and return to the wife. He continued to move on no matter what, even though Claire was shouting her name.
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