GoodReadChapter 197 Leila paces back and forth outside the courthouse, worry etched in her face, anxiety staunch in her heart.
"Any news?" She hurries toward the man with a phone to his ear walking towards her, the second defence counsel on her mother's case, Bass Grant.
"No one can reach him," Bass replies, putting his hands akimbo. "And you say you haven't seen him in days?" Leila nods and looks away, staring into the distance with a grim look.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtToday is the most important day of the case so far, the day they get to put her mother in the stands and prove her innocence.
Ever since the day Amara shifted, Kelvin had not shown up to the house nor did he call. She thought it odd at first but she assumed he was preparing for the big day and so she did not bother to check in but now no one can reach him.
Bass glances at his watch and grunts. "C'mon, we gotta be seated before the judge comes in, maybe he's running late and don't worry, I've studied the files in depth too, I can handle it." "Hmm," Leila nods, unable to shake the worry away from her heart as she trudges behind Bass into the courtroom.
After the judge arrives and the proceedings start, Bass summons Liana to the witness stand, makes her take the oath of truth and asks her to give her testimony of the day of the incident and how she remembers it.
Liana recounts all she had told the court before, stating how it was Trent who brought out the body of her late husband to her and not the other way round.
"Your honour, honourable court," Bass faces the courtroom, backing Judge Bruce. "Since the beginning of this trial, the testimony of the accused has remained the same, it has not changed, it has not waivered. She was on a journey with her husband, they were joined by a man, that man," Bass points to Trent with a cold accusatory look in his eyes.
"Suddenly, they were attacked by rogues and chaos ensued. In the heat of it all, she was struck down and wounded, immobile, as we all saw in the video and Trent had claimed that he saw her clearly, vividly, under oath, in front of this court, he could have staked his life on it that he saw her go after her husband into the woods when it was all a lie.
"Your honour, honourable court, I think it is pretty clear to us all by now what is going on here, another case of victimising the female gender, seeing them as weak, helpless, defenceless. A single mother, a widow, who could protect her? Who would defend her if a man kills her husband, then waits a decade and a half to accuse her of the crime, blatantly lying to this court in the process? "I'll tell you all who would defend her, the truth. The truth that we have all seen, that we have all heard. Your honour, I close my statement by saying, every charge and allegation laid against the accused is a lie and should be thrown out. Furthermore, a grave injustice has been done to this woman, we are obligated as a law court, as a pack, as a people to ensure she gets justice. I await your fair judgement." Bass bows slightly at Judge Bruce and nods to Liana who follows him to sit.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Fair judgement?" Trent scoffs, "this is nonsense, I'm getting out of here." "Not so fast," Judge Bruce says coldly, locking eyes with Justin. "Barrister Justin?" elf Justin stands up, glancing at Carmela before he looks at his Uncle. "Beta Trent Easton, you're under arrest for perjury, defamation and the murder of Beta Henry Rogers. You are entitled to an attorney, if you cannot afford one, the pack will provide one for you." Trent sneers at Justin, clenching his fist tight and he punches Justin in the face.
"You ungrateful bastard, I made you who you are today." "No you did not," Justin replies with coldness in his eyes, holding his bloodied lip as two warriors run up to Trent. "Take him away." "This is not over, this is not fucking over you hear me?!" Trent yells, glaring at Liana as the warriors seize him and drag him towards the exit.
Leila hurriedly stands up and blocks his path with vengeance in her cold blue eyes. "You'll rot in a cell and then you'll rot in hell, you murderer."
Trent bites down on his lower lip, pain and anger in his eyes. "You bitch, I his I should have killed you when I had the chance."
"You should have, because now, it'll bestanding over your gravern Leila replies coldly and steps out of the way.
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