Trial Of The Senses

Sitting in the seat, Sheila's mind was in a mess, only thinking what to do.

She looked in the direction of Gloria and found that she was also looking at her. Gloria's eyes were full of panic and doubts. 'Yes, I have to tell her that Lawyer Martin can't defend her today.'

At the thought of this, Sheila abruptly stood up and shouted to the direction of Gloria, "Mom, I'm sorry. I wanted to approach Lawyer Martin just now, but he was pissed off by me and left. He couldn't defend for you today!"

Sheila's voice resounded in the court. Everyone looked in the direction her, and their eyes were filled with astonishment and weirdness, almost shouting "weirdo".

"Hush!" The Secretary warned her seriously. "The court is a sacred place. If you dare to neglect the court again and communicate with the defendant openly, I will expel you out!"

It was then that Sheila realized what she had done. She sat back in embarrassment. Others did not dare to talk to each other in a loud voice, but their eyes were full of contempt and disgust when they looked at Sheila.

"Then, please proceed with announcing the court discipline..."

Gloria got panicked when knowing that Lawyer Martin would not show up? How could she face the interrogation of Ashley's lawyer, judge and public prosecutor alone!

'it's all because of the idiot Sheila! She is worse than useless!' Gloria blamed herself in mind! How could she give birth to such a fool who made trouble for her every day! She even tried to seduce Lawyer Martin, but fail. He was pissed off!'

No matter how angry she was, there was nothing she could do. Now that things had been done like this, she would teach Sheila a lesson in the future. The most important thing was to deal with the court trial. Fortunately, before she came here, Lawyer Martin reviewed the trial process with her again and told her what to say, she remembered everything. Although Lawyer Martin was not present now, as long as she explained the original cause of her murder, it was all because of her love and envy. The judge is also a human. She believe the judge will understand her.

Gloria felt much more relieved.

After a short while, the chief judge came in. Everybody sat up and the court trial began.

After going through some process that she did not understand at all, the judge finally began to ask her, "defendant, Gloria, could you please tell me whether the facts in the indictment is truth or not?"

Upon hearing this, Gloria stood up immediately. "Yes, but..."

"Well, are you willing to admit your crime?" The judge interrupted her.

"Yes, but I have my reason." Before the judge responded, Gloria continued, "everyone is raised by parents. It's known to all that lovers love each other. No woman can bear that her husband cares about another woman every day. I am jealous that Zelda has stolen the attention of my husband. I am jealous that even now that Zelda has divorced my husband, my husband still cares about her so much.

I really can't stand it, so I hired people to kill her, I did all this for the reason. Please understand me. I killed Zelda for some reas

death, her political rights being deprived of."

After hearing the final verdict, Gloria stood up and said, "no! I don't accept it! I'll withdraw the charges! My lawyer didn't come today. If he had come, he wouldn't have gotten the case in this way."

Ashley had forgotten the thing of appeal. So she asked in a low voice, "Gloria wants to withdraw an appeal. Does her verdict not come into effect?"

The lawyer on the other side nodded and said, "theoretically speaking, this is the case. However, Gloria's death is almost fixed. Even if she appeals, the Supreme People's court is likely to maintain the original sentence. If Miss Ashley is still worried about the result, you can find a way to get Gloria sign a copy to promise that she will not withdraw the charges."

"A personal statement? Is it workable?"

"As long as Miss Ashley has something that can threaten Gloria, it's highly possible. Such as Sheila who was just driven out of the court. Isn't Gloria too guilty to care about her daughter?"

"Thank you. I know what to do."

After the trial, Ashley walked out of the court and as expected, she saw Sheila who was waiting outside. As soon as she saw Ashley, she pounced on her and shouted, "you bitch, it's all your fault. You wanted to kill my mother! You bitch!"

The gentle lawyer who stood beside Ashley stopped Sheila. "Sheila, Gloria murdered Zelda. If she were to put to death, it would be what she deserves. Justice has long arms. Gloria should be blamed for her ugly heart."

People who had just come out of the court looked at them.

"What are you looking at! What are you looking at?" Sheila got hold of her wrist by the lawyer and could not get close to Ashley. She had to yell at the top of her lungs, "I'll call an attorney to withdraw an charges. Ashley, you can't stay arrogant for long! I'll withdraw the charges!"

"Withdraw the charges..." "Of course you can make an appeal, but if you don't want the property, you can withdraw the charges." Ashley got close to Sheila when she saw that the crowd around them had almost dispersed.