Achilles watched Amari play on the sofa with his toys.“Uncle Achi, when will be mom here? I missed her so much. ” His son asked holding the car toy in his left hand.The man carried his son and make him seated beside him.“She will be here soon. She has to fix something there so we have to wait a little more time okay?” The man tried to convince his son again, but since they landed in the country, Amari kept asking about his mom. And even him doesn’t know how to answer that question, the woman wasn’t calling him, and he tried to call her on her phone but the number can’t contact him anymore. He thinks that the woman replaces her phone number so he can’t contact her anymore.No matter how he wanted to get back to Russia and help Jada fix everything, he can’t trust anyone to guard his son. He can’t let repeat what happened before when Jada and he went out and charged his men for his son. Besides, Jada trusted him to take care of Amari.“Dad is that mom?” Achilles gaze quickly shifted f
“The defendant was a 20-year-old Filipino-Russian, was charged with homicide for the bombing in the city of Moscow and a few cities in Russia, resulting to a massive damage in properties, and death of 1,023 Russian people.”“How do you plead?” The judge asked as he glance at me. I could feel all my sweat on my forehead despite the fully-airconditioned room. But I don’t think it’s the temperature that’s keeping me pressured but the people on the right corner of the courtroom, who looks furious towards me. Their eyes were visibly full of hatred like they wanted to skin me alive, and I can’t blame them. They were a victim of false information and I know the wound was still fresh when they lost their loved ones.My eyes then shifted to the left corner of the courtroom. A pang of pain strikes my chest seeing no one was believing that I’m innocent, even Jera and Martini weren’t there, only the Attorney who was forcing me to plead guilty was there. I can’t even call him my attorney, he’s obv
“You? Why? Are you a lawyer?” I asked and chuckled a bit.“It’s prettily not obvious but yeah I am.” He replied not hinting at any sign that he was joking.“Oh c’mon Drake Spencer, I have no time for your…”“I just want a confirmation from you.” He cut me off, making my brows automatically lift.“What?”“You are Jera Young’s daughter, right? It wasn’t Natalia.”“Does it matter still?” I asked back. The whole world sees me as a murderer, will it change if they got to know that I am a daughter of a woman who abandoned me again?“It does, because if you are, then you have my trust and loyalty, Jada Young. You have me in this battle, and I will believe that it wasn’t you.”I was weighing the stares he was giving me, is he serious?“How would I know that if you’re a real lawyer? You’re one of the mafia leaders who bombed Moscow just because you conflicted with El Mundo remember?”This time he was the one who chuckled before pulling out his black suitcase and taking a piece of paper.He han
“Amari is my son with Achilles.” I finally blurt out at him.His eyes widened and were silenced for a few seconds.“So Natalia was right? That picture of you with Achilles and Amari…”“Yes, it was a long story, Drake. But that doesn’t mean that Achilles and I were the ones who planned the bombing and murders of too many people. The A . C initials on the body of the victims were just a trap to confuse and mislead y’all and to frame up Achilles, the video footage on the rooftop that Natalia showed wasn’t him. I felt it when I watched the video, the aura of that man is different. It was Ares, and they are doing everything to put Achilles and me in this hard situation.”“Achilles and Amari were in the Philippines. If Achilles went back here, the enemy might take the opportunity and use my son against us. So please, never let Achilles get back here, and leave my son alone there.” I added, that he was just listening the entire time and seems trying to process every piece of information.“Ho
Jera stood there distant from the ocean, her hair danced along the waves of the ocean as the cold air swarmed around her.“Aren’t you gonna do anything Miss J?” It was Martini who showed up from behind.“Jada was behind bars Miss J.” He added.The atmosphere seemed to change when she turn around to face Martini.“What do you want me to do Martini?” She asked back coldly at the man.“I mean the situation is quite different now Miss J, she’s behind the bars and this was out of our control already. Natalia probably…”“Jada was better behind those bars Martini.” The woman cut him off.“W-What do you mean?”“So that she can’t do any impulsive decisions anymore. It was the consequence of her actions.”“But Natalia had the opportunity to ruin her name more in front of the mafias, Miss J.” Martini shot back.The woman turn her back and face the amazing sea view again before it took a minute for Martini to get a reply.“Let her fall into the depth of her lies until she doesn’t notice anymore t
The trial will seem to change today, or was it just my vibe? Seeing the mafias on the left corner somehow gave me hope.“Now please let me call on the witness.” The prosecutor uttered, the woman on her heels entered the court, it was Natalia.After taking her oath, to tell the truth, she sat on the witness stand and head straight to the prosecutor. She doesn’t have any plan to put her gaze on me or maybe she is staring at me right now, I can’t tell because she’s wearing black shades.“What is your relationship with the defendant?” The prosecutor started asking.“No, but she is connected with the man I was spying for.”“Why are you spying on that man?”“He was the mastermind of all the crime that happened, and she was using the defendant to execute it well.”Is she talking about herself?“S-She’s lying!” I exclaimed and glance at Drake who doesn’t have any plan to object, Natalia seem to drag Achilles' name any moment right now, and I can’t let that happen.“Silenced!” The judge exclai
“Your honor, that woman is irrelevant to this case .” I heard the prosecution object.But my eyes remained focused on Jera. Why is she here? My eyes then shifted to the left corner of the court where the mafias look surprised, now I know the reason why they were there. Not for me, but for Jera. Drake probably pulled that trick to summon them inside this court, and indeed called Jera.“No, I could assure you that this woman will help us sort things out.” Drake smiled meaningfully at Natalia, she doesn’t look surprised at the thought that Jera was alive, because I know that she knew it very well. But she seemed unattended seeing the woman inside of this court, she probably didn’t expect her appearance. So do I. I thought she don’t plan to show up in public until her name has been cleaned up.“The witness here insists that she is the daughter of the mafia leader that’s why she secretly spies on the culprit, she said it was her responsibility and duty to do that. But we both know the trut
Natalia lost her credibility as a witness and all the pieces of evidence presented have been invalidated. Like what Drake Spencer said, the second trial was on our side. After that I wasn’t able to see Jera again, she didn’t even bother to ask how am I doing behind these bars.But I hope the last trial will be made me proven innocent, I’m not sure yet how will Spencer do that but somehow he gained my trust after the second trial.“Don’t just lie there! Massage my back!”My thoughts have been ruined when someone kicks my leg, when I move my head to see who it was, Deborah's grinning face greeted me, the self-proclaimed queen in this jail.“What are you looking at? Instead of glaring at me, you should move! Stop wasting my f*cking time!” She growled.But I didn’t move. Who does she think she is? I might have let the other days pass that they bully me but everything has a limit. It’s somehow tiring to overthink every night that one of them would dig a knife onto my chest, maybe I should