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Friday, continued …

"Sorry Nurse Jones," came a smart quick comment from Anna. "I am doing fine, regularly being monitored by doing fine.  The court have excused me from having to be present so that has automatically reduced my stress, and if Lu Jingho pleads to the charges before the court that will further reduce my stress."

Alecia and James looked at Anna in stunned silence at that. Anna was surprised as she understood Yao Tan was going to tell them about what was happening.  "Your dad did not tell you anything Alecia?"

"He is being tight lipped about the situation, like he still has to protect me against everything.  That I do not need as I need to deal with what happened to me to go forward with my life.  Anna, what is happening?"

"The court at the last court date set the matter down for final hearing.  Afterwards Lu Jingho and his legal team quickly indicated that they were willing to do a deal.  My guess is they were told about Lu Jinhu providing the evidence about what happened with you.  That is added to the fact the court ordered an independent psychiatric assessment on him.  That he did not like.  From what I understand, the argument is what he will plead guilty to and the penalty he will receive."

Hou Yi, added quietly "And the worst thing presently is that he is arguing that he should serve his sentence via home detention.  The National Prosecutors are insistent that he has to serve jail time.  The reality is we are all waiting on that to be put to us.  But knowing Lu Jingho he will not accept anything that requires jail time let alone any significant term of home detention.  He believes that he is the victim, and Alecia unless that changes, I suspect we will all have to go to court."

Seeing the look on Alecia's face Anna quickly added "Alecia, do not worry.  The footage alone is enough to condemn him on his attack on you." Anna, as fast as she could quickly moved over and gave Alecia a quick hug, before retreating to sit beside Hou Yi.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.readwn.com for visiting.

Alecia, hearing that felt so relieved. It was almost 12 months since she was attached, and now it appeared that she would receive some justice for what happened. She turned slightly and relaxed against James, happy that that would be dealt with so that she could move forward further.

After a few quiet minutes, to allow James and Alecia to take in what Anna said, Hou Yi quietly asked "Alecia, how was your time in Australia?"

"Uncle Yi, I am grateful I had the time. You know I have wanted to spend time there, and I got to. Yes, it did not involve travel, but as I soon realised, I would never have been able to see everything I wanted. I was happy, with James to spend time exploring the area around Warrnambool, and over the years we can visit and explore other areas"

"The worst thing was the cold when I arrived. Thank goodness James made us stop on our way back to buy warm clothes as for the first few weeks I would have frozen, given I went into winter. That was liveable with in the end, particularly when I got use to the weather and it started to get warmer. But in the end, none of that mattered, the only important thing was that I was with James." With that Alecia leant over and gave James a brief short kiss before pulling back.

Alecia then continued "The interesting thing was school. The Australian system was so different to here. They call it independent learning. Anything that relied on memory was easy, but it was really challenging to have to do the independent learning to complete the tasks. Thank goodness the teachers were understanding and gave me help to understand what was required of me."

"The challenge though was something that I would not pass up, because it made me realise that I have a lot to learn, if I am ever going to not only be a good student but to, if I am lucky climb the ranks within XF International. One thing I know is while Dad always wants people to follow orders, he hates people that will not think about what they are doing."

"Alecia are you cursing me?"

Looking up Alecia responded "No Daddy, just saying some reality. How long have you been home?"

"Just arrived. I will see everyone in a little bit of time." With that Yao Tan walked over and gave Alecia a brief kiss and hug before shaking James hand and turning and heading back out of the room.