Writer's POVHarrison still wasn't sure what Hendrix was talking about. Hendrix kept on saying he was the reason for Eleanor's misfortune. He shook his head. Eleanor didn't know anything yet and he hoped she wouldn't.He checked the letter he got again from the brand he was working with recently. Why would they want to meet in the old Gardford? It wasn't his business anyway. All he wanted was to do the job and get back to Eleanor, find a way to get to her mother and apologize and they would live and love happily ever after. When it was five pm, he took a quick bath and wore his favorite suit. He heard the company was bigger than his and they were of high standards, perhaps that was why they wanted to meet him in the old Gardford. He knotted his tie and looked in the mirror. Eleanor would have been a better mirror. He took his small car and drove off. There's nothing bad about being too early.***It was some an hour after five. Eleanor couldn't help but think Liam was up to no good
Writer's POVEleanor woke up very early. She didn't wait for Emil or Harrison. She didn't even go to check if they were awake. She took her bath and went to Emil's wardrobe. It had a lot of her dresses so it was easy for her to just stretch her hand and pick one up. She looked closely enough. She was excited. Excited.She was ready to do this and she hoped the persecutor would do justice to the hearing. She took an office dress and decided that would be the perfect wear for the day's occasion. She wore her blue suit and pants and wore a cream shirt underneath it. She sat in front of the mirror and carefully did her makeup. Nikki usually called it DIY.She missed Nikki though, she heard she traveled to study in Canada. When she was done, she curled her hair and let it fall on her shoulders. She put on her blue earrings. Today had to be perfect. She didn't want to overdo things.She sat and scrolled through her phone. She called her Mom. "Eleanor. It's today. I have dressed already. I h
Writer's POVThe attorney there asked for the evidence. The prosecutor and the defendants handed the evidence to them. Eleanor wasn't enjoying what she was seeing. The court was too silent and boring. She wanted them to ask for her opinion so that she could spout out everything she wanted to.Too eager, she tapped her foot on the ground. Twice per second. She waited patiently. The evidence was collected and they started with the questions. The attorney stated, " The defender was said to have been murdered on the sixth day of November. She killed her supposed husband and took his company without the consent of her first child of Gabriel. The court can now start with the witnesses."The jury stood up and called for the first witness of the defender, Stevie Ricco to go and have their say. The young man went into the court and took the court oath. The jury asked, "You claim to be with Mary when Gabriel died?" The man nodded. "How did you know that Gabriel was dead when she was with you?
Writer's POVEleanor stood up with full confidence. As if she had a whole file of what she wanted to say in her head. She went inside the box and stood with the panel. She took the oath. The whole "I swear to say the truth and nothing but the truth.." sounded unnecessary to her. She was going to tell them everything that happened and how it did."I want to say everything that has to do with me. All of it. Three weeks ago, I figured my Father didn't talk to me. He wasn't picking up my calls and he never dropped any messages. That was on a Friday. I called Jess and asked to see Father, she told me Father went on a trip.""Who is Jess?" The jury asked. "Jess is my stepsister. Mary's daughter.""Okay, go on." Eleanor nodded and continued, "I went home to see it myself but Jess didn't allow me in. She was so nervous. She didn't even allow me to peep in. I left and went back another day but I went with me…" she tried to find the word she could use to describe Harrison at the moment. "...my
Writer's POVEleanor looked at the number of people who raised their hands. There were almost five of them. She looked from their hands to their faces. The first hands she found were Jess's and Van's. There was also Emil beside her. She wanted to give him a knock. Why does he have to cause trouble?She didn't worry about whatever he wanted to say, he might be thinking about another thing. The judge allowed Jess to go first. Jess took the oath and stood in the panel. She was nervous, perhaps she was having stage fright."G…good afternoon everyone. I want to tell you exactly what happened. The day Father came back, Mother wasn't so pleased with it. She told me to stay away from him as much as possible. I didn't like it but my mother restricted me. When my mother came back one day, she cooked and told me not to eat it. I asked her why, and she told me it was poisoned. I wanted to leave the house but she wouldn't let me. I didn't want to have a hand in what she was doing but I had no othe
Writer's POVThe courtroom was quiet. Everyone was waiting for Mary to talk. if a pen dropped, the whole courtroom would hear it. Someone shifted his seat at the back, disrupting the silence. Mary pointed her Index finger past Eleanor. "That is the father of my children."Eleanor looked back and saw Liam. Just when she thought she had seen it all. Liam? Liam!!! Here she was, thinking about what could go wrong. How was it possible that he was with Mary and he still wanted to give her mother a hard time? He has dragged himself into the whole story. What was he doing there in the first place? "Ohhhhh," Eleanor said, making an "o" shape with her mouth. She closed her mouth and smirked. Could this get any more interesting? The court asked that he be brought to the panel. He was caught attempting to leave the courtroom when she pointed to him. Liam has been messing with their family since they were kids, why?"And who is the second person? The one who told you to kill Gabriel?" Mary cover
Writer's POVRoosevelt stood up to meet her daughter as she approached them. Eleanor collapsed on her arm, shedding all the tears she could. "Mother…I'm so…I'm so sorry. I don't know what to do."Her mother patted her back. "It's alright come, sit here." She sat beside Roosevelt. The court announced there would be having an hour break so people could go out and come back to hear the judgments. Serena, Lina, and Emil followed her and also Eleanor as they went out of the courtroom. She sat Eleanor down in an empty room. Eleanor was sobbing and crying nonstop. Roosevelt couldn't say she understood how Eleanor was feeling at the moment.She should have tread more carefully. If she was, she could have avoided everything that happened to Eleanor. It was unfair to Eleanor. Nothing in the world could be used to compensate for why Eleanor has lost.She sat there and patted her daughter's back as she lay on her legs. Eleanor lived with Harrison. She knew it. She told her to leave him but she
Writer's POVEleanor finally heard what she wanted to hear but why wasn't she happy? Why wasn't she rejoicing? A larger part of her was broken down, thrown into pieces. She regretted taking the case to court. She should have stayed and arrested Mary. She should have just found an alternative rather than being in so much pain to herself.With the things she just went through, she knew it would take her a very long time to love and be loved. She trusted Harrison. She believed almost everything he said, just to figure out he was the reason why she was going through everything she was going through and he was okay with it. He didn't say a word about knowing who she was but he did all along. She watched as Mary was taken away alongside her children. There was no difference in her facial expression. As for Hendrix, he walked majestically past. She trusted him too much too.She thought she had seen a friend but it backfired on her. Eventually, she was left with Emil, the only one who stayed