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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 19:41:57 GMT -5
Victorique looked at Jagger. She wasn't sure what to do. "What do we do, Mr. Pontmercy?" she asked. "If I let him testify again, Mr. Daley might think up something to get Jared into trouble..." she revealed her fear. She figured that if this case had been FAIR and this lawyer wasn't a LYING bitch then she'd say go ahead and testify again, but this lawyer was a BITCH who LIED.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 19:44:16 GMT -5
"It's your choice. Just keep in mind that the truth can break all lies. If Jared is truly innocent, no one can stop you from proving that." Jagger answered.
Blythe gave Victorique a pleading look. "Please, just once more!" he begged.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 19:45:53 GMT -5
Victorique died. That was terribly unhelpful. "The defense has no problem. He can testify again." she said, and braced herself.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 19:52:16 GMT -5
Blythe smiled at Victorique. He stared around the courtroom, his eyes resting on his twin boys in the crowd. That seemed to give him enough courage to continue on with his testimony.
"I did it. It was me. When I lost my job and we couldn't get money from Kira's brother, we were all pretty upset. But when we found out he had died, I started to plan to get some money. Kira didn't know about it until after I had thrown the plan into action, I swear! We invited Jared over to talk to him about the money. When he declined, I shoved him into the car and caused him to hit his head and black out. I made up the whole story about the necklace when the police came because I knew that the necklace was once his mothers. I figured that would be a good enough reason for him to steal it. But I guess you all easily saw through that, huh? But please, don't send my wife to jail. I did this, not her! She was only trying to protect me!"
The courtroom was silent once again, until the Judge asked, "Would the defense like to cross examine the witness?"
Jagger flinched at the question, causing pain to explode through his body.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 19:54:35 GMT -5
"Uh... Mr. Pontmercy... I need some help..." Victorique said and Willow does believe Phoenix says that to Mia in the first game whenever he failed at cross examination.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 20:00:05 GMT -5
"Yeah, I figured." Jagger sighed, "Well...I'm sorry to say this, but I can't help you hear. The best I can do is give you some advice. We both know that Kira Masako came up with the plan, yes? Her husband was just too scared to say anything to her. So you have two choices here. You could A) Cross examine and point out all of the obvious flaws in that testimony, and end up sending them both to jail. Or B) Refuse to cross examine, and only send Blythe-Lee Masako to jail. Either way the family is breaking. I guess it's your choice if you want to break the family completely and tell the truth, or let a small lie slip through and only take away one parent from those two boys."
Jagger paused, then added, "I'm just glad that I'm not the one making this choice. It's a tough one, and I don't know what I'd chose."
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 20:02:39 GMT -5
"I... guess I'll let them keep their mother. Mr. Masako won't have to go to jail for too long, right...?" Victorique said. She felt awful about this but she spoke up and said, "I believe the testimony. I do not feel the need to cross examine." she said, and clenched her fist. Hopefully Blythe wouldn't die in jail.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 20:11:53 GMT -5
Blythe gave Victorique a small smile to show that he was grateful for her choice. He didn't want to go to jail, but he didn't want his children to have to be placed somewhere else and maybe even be separated while they were both in jail.
The judge announced Jared as not guilty, and Blythe was found guilty and led out of the courtroom.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 20:16:45 GMT -5
*time skip?*
Victorique was in the defendants lobby with the sad music playing in the background. She felt bad that she had just gotten Blythe arrested, even though it needed to be done. Jared was innocent, and he had no reason to be thrown into jail. But still, there were two little boys and soon to be a baby girl who would be living without their father for a while!
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 20:19:47 GMT -5
"Are you going to be OK?" Thorn asked, walking out into the defendants lobby. Jagger was already laying down on a bench, claiming he couldn't move any longer. Actually, he was fast asleep at the moment.
Thorn could tell that Victorique was totally out of it though.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 20:23:20 GMT -5
"Yeah." Victorique said staring at her hands which were folded into her lap. She had quite a record of feeling bad for things, huh!? Momentarily, she looked over at Jagger. She felt bad for him. But if he was well enough today that the nurses would let him come to the trial, that'd mean he'd be okay, right? She hoped so. She looked back down at her hands.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 20:27:29 GMT -5
"Look, you did what you had to do, O.K.? You did that guy a favor!" Thorn comforted, "He pretty much begged you to leave his wife out of it, and you did that! Don't feel bad about it!"
Thorn could not understand this girl at all. She was always upset about everything! Maybe that's why he hated hanging around girls so much.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 20:28:50 GMT -5
"Yeah, I guess." Victorique said then looked up again. Where was Jared anyways? She didn't care too much, but still. She'd just totally saved his ass from getting arrested. "We should probably get your brother home, huh?" she said, trying to change the subject.
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Post by amaterasu on Jul 10, 2010 20:31:03 GMT -5
"Uh yeah, He'd better get back to the hospital. Everyone's probably upset enough...see I kind of, stole him out of there without anyone knowing. But it's alright! I left a note that I was gonna borow him for a little bit!" Thorn exclaimed.
But then he walked over and picked up his sleeping brother, whom he could carry on his own, and headed to Victorique's car. He put the man in the backseat, then headed over to his motorcycle. He figured that the ride would be easier for his brother in a car rather than on his motorcycle again.
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Post by J I N G O on Jul 10, 2010 20:34:15 GMT -5
Victorique nearly exploded. He wasn't supposed to be out of the hospital? Great! Victorique got into her car and sighed, turning it on. She was driving at a slower speed than she probably should've been driving at but she was thinking so much that she didn't feel like Jagger into another accident. That would kind of really suck and he'd probably die.
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