THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 1 – 20
CHAPTERS 11 & 12
“I’m here on the order of someone to get you out of here, so I need your full cooperation,” he said.
“Who?” She asked.
She’s not sure if she has such a person that would risk offending the Zhou and Chen family for her sake.
“You’ll know the person after you get out. Now, explain everything and how it happened.”
Jeslyn put aside her curiosity for the moment and started to narrate everything as it went.
After she was done, the man curled the corner of his lips and passed her a pen and paper.
“List everyone you know was involved in this case.”
Jeslyn looked at her cuffed hands. How can she write like this?
The lawyer saw it too, so he sighed and pulled out a pin from his pocket to which he hacked the cuffs open.
Jeslyn stared mouth-agape at the man who beamed at her before he gestured to the pen and paper with his jaw.
While writing, she was wondering who the man was and how he was so good with such a thing. His skill was so smooth like he had hacked open cuffs numerous times.
After she was done giving him the names of everyone she thought would be useful for the case, the man placed back the cuffs, locked them on her wrist, and left.
“Eh? He won’t tell me anything?”
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“What happened? You weren’t slapped this time? Why?” Pink asked when Jeslyn walked over to sit beside them in the field.
“Were you expecting me to get slapped?”
“Of course. It happens in the movies a lot. They’d even pull your hair or scratch your face.” Yellow laughed as she wondered about the bizarre things humans can do to vent.
Jeslyn sighed. “It wasn’t my family,”
“Then who?”
“A lawyer, I think.” She frowned a little.
He told her… No, he only made her believe he was a lawyer and didn’t even say so himself, and she didn’t even ask to see his documents or ID. What kind of a dumba*s is she again?
“The way you are looking means you don’t know him.” Pink said with certainty.
“That’s right,” Jeslyn nodded.
“And you didn’t ask for his credentials,” Pink added.
She nodded again.
“And you think you are not stupid?.”
“…” Jeslyn looked at her speechlessly.
How can you bluntly call 26 years old, stupid!? But who was she to pick offense? Was she truly not stupid?
“Tsk. Tsk. Tsk.” Pink clicked her tongue and shook her head.
“Hahahaha… little bunny, you never cease to amaze me. You managed to walk yourself into such a foolproof conspiracy that your family came up with.
Just a week and a few days in here, you caught the queen’s eyes and now, you got a ‘lawyer’ you know nothing about. How bad is your luck, bunny?” Yellow laughed.
Jeslyn sighed. “As bad as… wait, I remember his name. He said spider!”
“Spider?” Pink frowned and opened her bottle to drink water.
“Yes, spider… no, he said, Spid–”
“Puff!” Pink spat out the water she just poured into her mouth.
Yellow widened her eyes in utter shock.
“W–what is it?” Jeslyn asked the two girls. She was feeling anxious about the way they were reacting. Hope she isn’t in trouble again?
THE LAST MINUTE GROOM : CHAPTERS 1 – 20
After a while, Pink collected herself and asked with a serious tone. “How do you know Spid?”
Jeslyn glanced at yellow and saw she was also seriously looking at her.
She shook her head. “I– I don’t know him.”
“Are you sure you haven’t met him from anywhere before?” Yellow asked.
“Yes, I’m sure.”
“Not even the person he works for?” Pink queried with a deep frown.
“Huh? No, I don’t think I remember meeting a new person late–ly.” The thought of her husband flashed through her mind but she immediately brushed it off.
“Spid don’t do anything unless he’s commanded by that person, so think well, Jeslyn.”
For the first time in a week and a few days, Pink didn’t address her by her nickname, which means it was a serious matter.
Jeslyn looked from one of the girls to another before she swallowed and started to explain. “I met a man on the day of my wedding and proposed to him out of desperation. We got married and that’s it. He didn’t take the marriage seriously just like I don’t, and besides, I’m not sure he would care about– huh?” She stopped when an idea struck her.
“What?” Yellow asked, hoping or not hoping to hear what they were suspecting.
“He promised to send someone to me when I was still in police custody, but he never came back. The person who put me here must have threatened him,” She stated with a nod.
That’s right, that has always been her belief. Besides, who would even care to help a person like her? The marriage was just a… forget it. No words can describe how meaningless it is.
“You mean the person who promised to help you didn’t show up?” Yellow asked.
“Yes, and I’m sure he has already moved on.”
The girls looked at each other and shook their heads. If it was him, then she wouldn’t have stayed in police custody let alone stay in prison for so long.
“After Spid helps you out of here, make sure to stay far away from him,” Pink warned before she continued drinking her water.
“Ok, but can you tell me why?”
“He’s not a good person. That’s all you need to know.” Yellow said and that was all.
Jeslyn sighed. Too many mysteries surround these people and yet they keep feeding her more things to make her curiosity increase. At this rate, she’s going to die before she leaves the prison.
“Oh, little bunny, what’s your husband’s name? You kept saying ‘the man’ all through and didn’t say his name.” Yellow looked at her, waiting to hear the name.
Jeslyn sighed. “You are probably going to call me stupid again.” She looked at both girls and said in a small voice as she shrank her neck. “I didn’t ask his name and I don’t know anything about him.”
“Hahahahaha”
“Pfft”
Yellow laughed so hard like her life would end if she didn’t have a good laugh while Pink sniffled a laugh, causing the water she was drinking to go down the wrong path.
She coughed for a while before saying: “Little bunny, I’m very confident now that you’ll be the end of me. You never stop stabbing me with your foolishness.”
“That’s right. Bunny, who marries a stranger? What if he’s a villain? Did you stop to think that he might be worse than your gold-digging family? I drop my hat for you, honey, you are a badass. Hahahaha…”
Jeslyn sighed and allowed Yellow to laugh her lungs out.
She thought about Yellow’s words and sighed again. She was really a stupid person.
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The next morning, as early as 6 am, Jeslyn and the others heard the banging sound on the gate.
“Who the f*ck are you!? Why won’t you let me sleep for God 0’s sake!!?” Yellow yelled as she grabbed her pillow to cover her head.
“Inmate Lee…69, you have a court summons by 8 am. The people are here to get you.” The wardeness said while she ignored Yellow.
Hearing that, the three girls sat up on their beds.
Jeslyn didn’t know how to feel about this, nor did the girls.
She got down and smiled at the girls who were looking at her with complicated emotions on their faces.
“This is the first trial, I think. I’ll be back in a while, don’t miss your little bunny too much.” She said as she hugged them one after the other.
The two girls hugged her before Pink said: “Yeah, come back early or else you’ll sleep with a rumbling stomach.”
Jeslyn laughed and responded. “My big sisters always got my back. I’m sure you’ll keep a portion for me,” She winked.
“Ouch, she’s seducing me.” Yellow held her heart dramatically, making Jeslyn laugh.
“Get your a*s out here!” The wardeness yelled at Jeslyn.
“Shut the f*ck up!” Pink yelled back at the wardeness who flinched at those menacing eyes that were staring at her.
“You wanna get spanked, child?” Yellow raised the corner of her lips. She hates this wardeness and soon enough, she’s going to get rid of her.
Waking her up with a banging on the gate and treating her like a disgusting piece of shit seems to not be enough for her, now she dared to yell at their little bunny.
Jeslyn got to the door and waved at the two before she left with the wardeness.
“Think she’s coming back here?” Yellow asked Pink.
“It’s Spid, so she’s not coming back.” She answered and headed to her bed with an intricate look on her face.
After a while, her face turned sinister. A look that Jeslyn had never seen before. “That wardeness…” she stated.
“Yes, boss,” Yellow answered with a slight bow of her head.
Pink doesn’t need to finish her words before Yellow understands the point.
“When is his letter coming? I need to leave this damn place before Q does.” Pink asked as she stared at the gate.
“The letter should be arriving next week. Q went on a mission with her girls and will be done in a month.”
“That’s good news.” Something flickered across Pink’s eyes for a brief moment and disappeared like it never came…
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At the court, Jeslyn could be seen, sitting beside Spid who was wearing a black mask. She wondered why he was wearing that though but didn’t ask.
There were plenty of cameras in the Courtroom, viewing the room from different angles.
Reporters and Journalists were outside the supreme court, giving reports on the happening in the court to the people.
Almost the whole world was forced to participate in this case as all the media outlets which included; radio stations, Tv stations, websites, magazines, newspapers, and so on were covering Jeslyn’s case.
Many wondered who this sensational criminal was that needed the world to see her name getting cleared, so they dived in on the old news about her.
Some immediately sneered at the hidden truth in her case while some believed she was guilty without even waiting to hear the supreme court’s judgment. However, the majority chose to sit on the fence.
Some who knew of the case before, including Jeslyn’s fans, were starting to doubt their earlier choice while the stubborn ones still held on to their conviction that she was guilty while accusing her of utilizing her family’s wealth to try to prove her innocence.
Thinking it that way, Jeslyn became more detested, just like a maggot.
In court, the judge walked into the room and the normal ritual of greeting was held before the trial commenced.
Witness after witness was brought to the box, including those that had testified against her before, and all of them stood by their words.
Lawyer An and his team did a great job of pinning the crime on Jeslyn and wouldn’t let go.
Let her go? When she already knew what kind of a person he was? Of course not! She must rot in prison and he would make sure of it.
Although they were all bothered by the fact that Jeslyn could find herself a lawyer while in prison to help her make such a fanfare, however, they believe that she would only be destroying herself the more and if possible, the judge and the jury should give her a death sentence for wasting the supreme court’s time.
They didn’t believe the evidence could be found to be fabricated. How can a real video be proven to be forged?
The video was real, but not the humans in it.
Lawyer An curled his lips as she thought of the excellent plan they came up with that had no single plot hole.
How is Spid going to handle such a case?
Spid sat there with his hand resting under his jaw, looking bored.
After the last person was interrogated by lawyer An, he sighed like half his life had been wasted before he stood up and saluted the judge.
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CHAPTER 12
After the last person was interrogated by lawyer An, he sighed like half his life had been wasted before he stood up and saluted the judge.
Spid is known for not interrupting his opponent all through their interrogation of witnesses and also doesn’t object to anything.
After all, he wasn’t known to be the best lawyer in the world by battling words with others.
“Your honor. In here is the new evidence I gathered. The case was too sudden, so I didn’t have time to gather enough.” He stretched the brown envelope to a court staff member who walked up to him to collect the file and handed it to the judge.
The judge went through the so-called evidence with a frown of displeasure on his face.
“Lawyer S.P, what is the meaning of this? Are you here to play with the court?!” The judge yelled.
First of all, this lawyer introduced himself as S.P, an upcoming lawyer. Secondly, the envelope filled with ‘evidence’ was just a few pieces of paper with the same matter the court was handling but with a few changes here and there.
“Keep calm, Mr judge. I can’t bear the burden of you fainting because of me. If you’ll allow me to explain my report, it will save us both from too much trouble, thank you.”
The judge’s mouth fell open at his effrontery to speak to him in such a manner. D–did an unknown lawyer just, just…
His thought was cut short when he heard the man say:
“Can Miss Christine Wales step into the witness box, please?”
Christine walked out of her seat with confidence and stood in the witness box.
A wrapped book was given to her to place her hand on and make an oath.
Seeing this, Spid rolled his eyes. They’d swear and still lie.
After she was done swearing, Spid asked her to repeat her testimony and she said the exact words she had already said two times already.
The first time was in Rose City’s court, the second time was a while ago when lawyer An interrogated her, and now is the third time.
“Miss, are you sure you were there and you witnessed it all?” Spid asked again.
“I– yes, I witnessed it all.” She was shaken when she saw his eyes, but she still stood on her ground.
Spid nodded and said, “Your honor, she said she witnessed it all.”
“What are you trying to prove?” The judge asked with irritation in his tone.
“Nothing, just so she doesn’t deny it later. I’m making sure you all heard it.” Spid said funnily, making the audience laugh.
The judge rolled his eyes.
Spid turned serious and then raised a question: “Miss Christine, in your words, you said that they left you at the wedding venue, correct?”
Christine nodded.
“However, from the CCTV footage along the hotel, it captured that you left them in the wedding venue and not the other way round. What do you have to say about that?”
“I– I didn’t go–”
“Your honor, point to be noted.” Spid silenced Christine by butting in before she got to think of an excuse.
By the time Christine got to realize what just happened, the point had been noted by the judge. She panicked and immediately started to protest.
“That was when my sister hadn’t entered the venue. I went out to meet, to get…”
Christine couldn’t finish her words because it would be implicating her if she tells them who she went to meet.
“Who did you go out to meet, Miss Christine?” Spid picked up her last statement immediately. That was why he brought up this matter of her leaving the court in the first place.
He had trapped Christine in the middle of two dangerous pits. If she accepted that she went to see someone, she would have to say who that person was. But if she chooses to protect that person, then she would have to admit to his claim that she left the wedding venue before everyone else and another deep pit would be waiting for her to jump in.
“Objection, my Lord, my client’s privacy is being violated!” Lawyer An immediately stepped in when he saw Christine struggling to answer.
“My Lord, this isn’t a violation of privacy but solid evidence to know if the person Miss Christine met up with is connected to this case.”
“Objection overruled.”
Lawyer An sat down, hoping Christine would use her brain.
“I– I left the venue before them.”
“Who did you meet up with?
“I didn’t meet anyone, I went home!” She barked at Spid.
“Another point to note, your honor. She went home straight while the wedding was ongoing.”
The judge nodded and noted that down.
“Miss Christine, what were you doing in the house when your sister was getting married?”
“I– I slept off because I was tired.”
“Your honor, she slept off because she was tired,” Spid repeated.
“Objection, my Lord, how does her routine concern this case?” Lawyer An disagreed.
“My lord, it has a connection to the case.”
“Objection overruled.”
“Thank you, your honor…Miss Christine, for how long did you sleep?”
“Objection–”
“Overruled!”
“I can’t remember how long I slept for.”
“But you knew when the assassins got into the house.”
“Assassins?!”
“That’s right, Assassins. They got into the house at exactly 4:15 pm. How did they not see you?”
“No, there were no assassins at that time. At 4:15 pm, I was in the shower. I just woke up and…”
“Your honor, Miss Jeslyn, and her grandfather got into the house from the wedding venue at exactly 3:50 pm. The old man arrived at the hospital at exactly 4:15 pm. So, when did Miss Christine witness the murder?”
Everyone in the room was stunned. That’s right. If Christine woke up by 4:15 and entered the shower, what time did she witness Jeslyn killing their grandfather?
“I, I… that’s not true, I…”
“Your honor, that’s all I have to say.”
The Judge nodded and penned down some words while Christine was being taken out of the witness box.
Spid interrogated the rest workers and every single one couldn’t hold on to what they said earlier. He made them change their statement by attacking them mentally.
Lawyer An had shouted ‘objections’ so many times which were brutally rejected by the judge till he stopped objecting and just sat there like a baby doll.
The last person to be interrogated was Maya.
“Miss Maya, you are Miss Jeslyn’s assistant, am I right?” Spid asked.
“Yes.”
“When she entered the house with her grandfather, where were you?”
“We entered together.”
“How many of you were in the sitting room at that time?”
“Just the three of us.”
“Where were the guards and the helpers?”
“We didn’t look for them, however, none of them were in sight.”
“You were there when Miss Jeslyn told everything to her grandfather, yes or no?”
“Yes.”
“She looked for her phone, yes or no?”
“Yes.”
“What did she ask you to do afterward?”
“She asked me to call the hotel management.”
“Did you?”
“Yes.”
“Who did you call?”
“The manager.”
“At what time?”
“I can’t remember.”
“What did the manager say?”
“He said they’d look for it and contact me.”
“Give me the manager’s number.”
“Huh?”
“Bring her phone here.” Spid gestured to one of the court staff and they handed him Maya’s phone.
“Miss Maya, where were you when Miss Jeslyn was crying for help?”
“She wasn’t calling for help, she was cleaning the evidence!”
“So, you were there.”
“Yes, I was.”
“Doing what?”
“Nothing.”
“Interesting… so, your boss was cleaning her evidence and you were standing by the stairs, doing nothing… note that, your honor.”
“Yes, I wasn’t doing anything, I was shocked.”
“Or you were recording?”
“Huh?”
“You heard me. You were recording while she was ‘killing’ her grandfather and also cleaning the evidence.”
“No, I wasn’t!”
“According to your statements, Jeslyn killed her grandfather and you were the only one there to witness it, and it so happens that there was a video of that scene that was played a while ago. So in other words, you recorded it.”
“Someone else could have done that.”
“The angle for where the video was taken, was exactly where you were standing, bedside the stairs.”
“Someone else could have been coming from the stairs, Miss Christine was also home and she may be the —”
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