“ My Lord.... Looking from the fact, I believe the accused has made some sense in his question, there by the rape case has been disbanded, but he's still in custody for the killing of Mr Barrett Hadley, If you may, I'll proceed with the questioning....”
The judge permitted him, giving him the nod to proceed with the question about the death of Barrett. I turned around to see my Dad, his worries have been replaced with uncertainty, more like he was hoping that this case fall through too so that I wouldn't be charged with anything at all, he was probably happy that I proved whatever was in his mind wrong.
“ Since there has been an understanding that you was actually accused about the attempted rape which was also linked to this open case, do you believe you'll get out of this one too?....”
The judge slammed his gavel on the desk, probably commanding the prosecutor to go straight to the point, the prosecutor just bowed gently with respect, then turned back to me. “ What was you doing up there in the building where you friends happened to fall down from?....”
“ I was on an errand with a friend of mine who isn't here today, my lecturer has requested that I go get some documents for him from there ....”
“ And?....”
“ I already answered your question....” I replied him, looking right into his feature as he gently smiled, knowing that I was in no pressure here. Everyone else here are watching the case going on now, the judge waiting to hear us out and give his judgement, but for me and the prosecutor, this was something else, this was a battle of who goes to the top and who falls low. I can still feel the pain on my cheek because of his punch to my face, I can agree that his power punch is really great, I support him in that aspect.
“ So, can you tell us what really happened up there since it was only the two of you were there?....”
I know that the staff who had reported that I was searching for Barrett would definitely be here, if I am to start narrating, I believe I should begin with when I have collected the documents I came for.
“ I was about heading out of the building after collecting those documents, I have seen Barrett come up here before me, but I don't possibly know what he was here for or why, I know he was going through depression because Blake here has broken up with him.....”
Everyone turned to Blake, who was now disgraced of herself for putting herself into this in the first place, I knew exactly what she's going through now, and she Fucking deserves it. People around didn't even know that she did broke up with Barrett before all this, she possibly wasn't expecting me to say this because she possibly doesn't know that Barrett had told me what really had happened after I left them.
“ I wasn't comfortable for the fact I am up here and I happened to see him come up before me, yet I can't seem to find him anywhere, I decided to ask around, maybe someone saw him. One of the staff told me that he had been seen going up towards the last floor, out of fear, something came up in my mind, I know that Barrett was really strong mentally, that's why he's going through this depression, I decided to run up there, my mind telling me that something like this was about to happen, on getting there, I happened to see him standing on the extreme pavement, I was really scared, I wanted to sneak up on him and get him down from there, but the fact he never knew I was here would possibly take him by shock, resulting to him still falling, so I decided not to risk it, I called out to him to let him know I was here, that's when we began our last conversation, I tried begging him, giving him reasons to stick around, but no he was determined, he said he couldn't live with the heartbreak and the idea that the love of his life is now with another guy.....”
“ So you're trying to say that he did committed suicide?....” he asked.
“ One driven by her....” I pointed at Blake who sat by the side of Barrett's parents, I can see the way they shifted away from her, looking at her with so much disappointment, she got up from her seat and ran away, the judge commanding the securities to hold her back and sit her down. They did as they was commanded, grabbing Blake and making her seat, at least she's now out of the Hadley's family sight.
“ Is there anyway you can prove that?....”
That I don't know anything else to tell them, can't they already see Blake's condition and see that I wasn't lying, his parents possibly know that their son wasn't strong emotionally, and Blake breaking their son's heart can possibly result to that, what else can I say about this?, is there any sign of struggle that they might possibly have found around Barrett's body?, Definitely no, because there was none.
The entrance door opened, every eyes traveling to the back as I saw Khloe ran inside panting, she was holding something like a piece of paper which she handed over to the prosecutor, she looked at me, nodding her head slightly with gratitude like there was hope I'll be getting out of this.
The prosecutor just shook his head in disappointment, took the paper to Barrett's parents possibly to confirm something which I still don't know yet, I can see Barrett's parents feeling emotional seeing the papers as they turned towards me, giving me that apology look before the prosecutor took the paper to the judge to share his confirmation publicly, after some minutes, the judge called to everyone's attention.
“ Court!!!.... This case has been dropped, Mr Rowan here is a free man....” he slammed his gavel on his desk, sealing the judgement.