Everything were ready, everyone was present, the opposition was here with her family, her boy still at the hospital I believe, the policemen that brought me here where still present and lurking around, waiting for the outcome of my judgement. I know that I am definitely at the wrong side of the tunnel here, but I just hope we manage to convince the judge that I wasn't drunk and it was all a mistake.
I was asked to narrate what happened and how it all happened, I started from when I was back at my office before heading to the river bank, how I slept off there, giving them an explanation while I was all messy that day and why I never went home because of my wives act, I sure explained to them how depressed I was, I couldn't handle my wives behavior and as well as her actions. The judge gave me the opportunity to explain as much as I wanted, trying to prove them a point why all that happened to be a mistake rather than me being drunk.
I explained to them everything that happened till when I brought the victim to the hospital.
After I was done with my explanations, that's when the questioning began, my lawyer not yet in the position to take over. The opposing lawyer came to me, staring into my face before he began to ask his questions. “ I heard you was once an addict, and speaking from the information my client gave me, you still are....” 
“ Objection my lord!...”
“ Objection overruled!....”
My lawyer was denied the opportunity to interfere with the question directed towards me by the opposition team, he already knew that this would be brought up and he told me to brace myself for it, quite interesting what you did years ago will automatically come back at you to hunt you down.
“ I don't know what your client had told you, but I am no addict now, I stopped drinking when I was still in college because of the health issues it caused me, I'm no addict, she's possibly wrong....”
I said,  trying to defend myself against their attacks since they wouldn't allow my lawyer to do it for me, for now, I'm all on my own and I have to fight off their attacks before they swallow me whole.
“ Then can you explain this?....”
He first took it to the judge to see, seeing the way the judge was nodding his head, he definitely believes whatever the lawyer just showed him in that picture, before the picture was brought forward to us before my lawyer and I. It was the inside of my car, few empty cans left in there because I never threw them away when I was done with them before, shit, this is really bad for me.
“ You see my lord.... The man in question was lying to us about the fact he stopped his addiction, there was three empty cans captured with the camera, those drinks was the drinks he has consumed before hitting down my client's son....”
“ Objection my lord!....”
“ Objection overruled!....”
My lawyer fell back onto his seat frustrated, shit, I made a Fucking mistake, now those mistakes are going to cost me, what did I just get myself into?, I Fucking messed up my life with my own hands. Those drinks wasn't actually in my body system that moment, those were the drinks I had when I didn't go home, when I slept outside, avoiding my wife, but how am I going to explain to them that those empty cans were drank down in three days, one each day, I wasn't addicted to alcohol, but I just drink them once in a while, but this time I just drank them down in three different days, using them to eat whatever I have gotten for myself for meal.
“ No.... Those drinks might've been captured in the camera, but it was all a mistake caused by laziness and too much thinking towards my family issues, I never got to throw those cans away after I was done with them, I was just too lazy and frustrated concerning what I have been going through, I am not an addict, I never went back home for days, and those drinks were taken during those days, I always sleep inside my car because I was avoiding home, those were the snacky food I usually eat for dinner and gulping them down with a can beer, I am no addict my lord.....”
I pleaded, my lawyer took over from me to speak, trying to have my back and give an explanation to the situation at hand. “ My Lord, Mr Jerome here isn't just a client of mine, he's also a close friend of mine whom I was in college with, I knew when he was addicted and the dangerous situation it almost got his health into, he stopped drinking those, trying to fix himself and focus on rebuilding his life, he stopped drinking alcohol doesn't mean that he can't slip them in between meals, and just as you heard him explain, he never went home because of the argument between him and his ex wife now, he sleeps in his car all night and have his dinner there too.... My lord, I hope you do understand that my client here was going through depression and was trying to stick around as best as he could, I hope his situation would be understandable My lord.....”
The case went on and on, the argument rising between my lawyer and my opposition lawyer, points coming up as well as facts and logic. After almost an hour has passed, the judge then decided to intervene with his judgement.
“ Speaking from the outcome of the accident, it was a near death incident for the ladies son and we're still watching and waiting for the outcome of the surgery which would be all paid for by Mr Jerome here, his driving license would be suspended and the bills of the child health on him, he will have to pay a compensation fee of $1,500 out of the said hospital bill and would also serve six months in prison, this case is closed.....” 
He slammed his gavel on his desk to seal his judgement.