Here is the second chapter! Please keep those reviews coming! Thanks to all who reviewed already! Please enjoy this new chapter!
Tegan's trial comes too fast for Charlie. She knows Tegan won't get away with it but she still fears. She knows what she is capable of and it terrifies her. She tries to talk to Brax about it but Brax says she's being silly. He says there is no way in hell of Tegan getting out.
But it doesn't calm Charlie's anxieties.
The day of the trial arrives.
"Charls c'mon! We have to get going or we'll be late." Yelled Brax. He walks into the room where Charlie is with Lexi.
"I'm not going." She says quietly. Brax didn't realise how serious her anxieties were. But now he does.
"What? Why not?"
"Because I don't think I can face it."
"But Charlie I thought you wanted to see her put away."
"I do. But I just don't think I could face It."
"Charls…"
"No Brax. I wake up every night screaming from nightmares about that fire. I know it was a long time ago but I still don't think I could face having to relive it."
"Charlie look at me." She does. "Tegan is not getting out." He stated. She was about to argue. "No. Tegan is not getting out of jail today. Charlie you know that." she nodded. Deep down she did but it was too terrifying to think about having to relive her experience with Tegan to a courtroom full of people. She said this to Brax.
"Don't think of it like that. Pretend you're talking to me. Just me. No one else." Charlie nodded. She picked up Lexi and walked out to the car knowing if she hesitated she would change her mind.
They arrived at the court in just enough time.
The time passed too quickly for Charlie and soon she was standing in the dock giving her statement.
"Can you tell us what happened that day?" asked the prosecutor.
"Um…" Charlie looked at Brax and he nodded.
"You can do it." He mouthed to her. Charlie nodded. I can do this she thought to herself.
"Um… well I met Tegan on that morning. I was visiting my new born daughter and she came in and helped me feed her. But I noticed she seemed odd once she knew that Brax was the father. It was only later when she held her and started telling her – Lexi – horrible things and then she said Lexi would be better off without Brax and she left. We alerted the police…"
Charlie gives her statement only faltering when she came to finding that Brax wasn't breathing. She had never spoken to anyone about this. That was often what the nightmares centred around. The fear. Charlie had never experienced such fear.
"You awoke and found your daughter crying? What happened after that?" asked the prosecutor.
"I held her close and tried to comfort her and I-I crawled over to Brax and f-f-found h-h-he wasn't b-breathing." A tear fell. Charlie could feel Brax's gaze on her. He didn't realise this had happened (obviously) and he now knew why she was always seemed afraid to see him leave.
"And then?" prompted the prosecutor.
"T-then I had to pull him out of the way of a falling tree and then I heard others nearby but I couldn't hold consciousness anymore."
Charlie was soon free to go and the court was adjourned as the jury deliberated.
After two hours they returned.
"Have you come to a decision on which you are all agreed?"
"We have."
"And do you find the defendant guilty or not guilty?"
"Guilty."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief except for Tegan who just stood there.
"Tegan Callahan you are sentenced to seven years in prison with two years suspended." Soon Tegan was lead away.
For the next five years.
Okay here is the second chap! Not sure when I will update again as I'm attending a Coláiste and am too busy (having fun!) to update! Hope to update next week! Next chap will be… well I can't tell you but I hope you'll like it.
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