SWNOVELS Chapter 40 — Courte Date
-Nickolas' POV-
Today was it. The day we had been patiently and agonizingly waiting for. For two and a half months. It was the day that Dominic was going to go to court and finally get her freedom. Or at least I have hoped that she would anyway. Xavier and I were sitting to witness the trial, waiting for it to begin. Xavier instructed I didn't bring the whole gang with me for safety concerns and the fact that he didn't trust us to keep our mouths shut. The only other person I did bring was Jake who insisted on coming. We waited for what had felt like hours and I couldn't help but feel anxious for what was to come.
Was Dominic able to defend herself? Were there any witnesses against her? Will her lies be believed?
"Nick, calm down," Jake said from next to me which made me look up from my shaking leg.
"But her life depends on what she's going to say today," I say back which makes him hesitate a bit but that was when Xavier intervened.
"Dominic has had two and a half months to prepare for what she's about to say. She's surprisingly good at convincing people to believe her. Even when she's wrong, she'll make you think she's right. I'm sure that if she weren't a street fighter, she could accomplish a lot in her life but for some reason, she's stuck to being in the ring." He said with a serious but positive tone. What he said had impressed me though and gave me a bit more hope.
"Besides, if she can't fight herself out of here, I could always use her street fighting money to bail her out." He carried on and chuckled after which made my mouth hang open.
"You could have done that ages ago!" Jake whisper yelled which made Xavier laugh.
"I know. I just wanted her to have some fun first."
Just as he finished his sentence, the doors to the court opened and four guards entered, holding Dominic in the middle of them, guiding her up to the front. I took this chance to get a look at Dominic. Her face was bruised and injured which concerned me. It was worse than the last time I had seen it.
Xavier must have seen my worried expression and leaned down to whisper, "She was beaten by that gang you were against. They were asking for your whereabouts and forcing her to admit she was involved with killing their leader and what not. They didn't get anything out of her in the end."
I kept watching Dominic after that. She didn't look afraid or worried. Instead, her eyes looked darker. She was ready.
Next came in the opposing side. Here I saw two lawyers come in and behind one was- My eyes widened in shock and anger. It was Jordan. Damn it. They got someone to fight for them here too. The judge was the last person to come in. The judge introduced the case, the people included in it and the other necessities before they got started.
"Dominic Secter, you've been suspected for murdering a young man and injuring three others. However, you argue that you were 'at the wrong place in the wrong time' almost and got caught up in all of this. Could you please tell me what you were doing before the time of the murder?" I held a breath and waited for Dominic's reply.
"I had been visiting my adoptive parents at the gravesite nearby, your honour." She replied smoothly. Her lawyer then went in forward saying that he had a statement from the person working there saying that he had seen her around that time. This was true since before our fight Dominic had actually gone to the graveyard.
They carried on, checking all of what she had said matched up with what she had told the police and whatnot. "Your fingerprints were on the gun they had found at the crime scene Miss Secter, that plus the police who were at the scene had heard you shoot it before they got to you. Tell me what happened during that time."
"There was a gang fight. I hadn't known what was going on until I was close enough to get caught in their fight. There were multiple people who were fighting around me, and I was even attacked. I admit to shooting the gun, but it was only in my defence." This information was also backed by evidence such as the fact that she had a knife wound on her fingers despite the fact that she hadn't carried a knife and the knife itself matched with one which was found with other weapons that were found with fingerprints from multiple other people.
The judge then turned to the opposing side. "However, you have a witness who claims differently. Jordan?" I tensed and waited for what he had to say.
"Yes, your honour, I saw Dominic shoot the man as well as fight others to critical condition. It was definitely her, the clothes were the same." I looked back to see the rest of the Scorpions also watching from the stands. They had confidence in their eyes. The lawyer also continued to say that on cameras Dominic was spotted and Dominic already had a reputation for being violent in her record.
"Permission to speak your honour" Dominic called out,
"Permission granted."
"This story cannot be correct for multiple reasons. If I may?" The judge nodded. "By testing done, you can tell the gun used to kill the victim does not match the gun that I had shot. Plus, this gang-" The judge then stopped Dominic, "You keep assuming they are a gang miss Secter but so far there is no reason for us to believe this."
"On the contrary, your honour, I have proof that this group of people are a gang as well as a reason to why they have access to all of these weapons, guns aside, which they also found at the scene." Everyone watched Dominic and I couldn't help but catch the devilish grin that had spread onto her face after she cocked her head to the side and she glanced at Jordan.
"This group of people has illegal access to the police and information that isn't available to the public. They've used this power in order to abuse me while I was in jail. This evidence is not only in my face and body but also in the fact that there was a camera set up in the room I was beaten in."
After that, the Judge put on a video on the screen where we all were able to watch where Dominic was thrown into a room and questioned whilst also being beat by five different people. In the video, Dominic looked genuine when she said she didn't know who we were or where we would be, and this video was over an hour long. The lawyer also backs her by proving the location and time of when the video was filmed.
Everything looked like it was in our favour. It just needed one last push- "Jordan I thought I told you to take care of the camera!" Marcel then suddenly shouted from across the room which made everyone turn in his direction. Marcel cursed, realizing his mistake and how he let his anger get the best of him but by this time it was too late. He messed up.
I looked back at Dominic and saw while everyone was making a fuss about the gang, she turned to Jordan who had also turned to look at her. Their faces were straight for a second before Dominic smiled and nodded at him, a genuine smile, and Jordan smiled back.
"I rest my case, your honour."