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"Alright, I am almost sure the person who wants to frame you for this is a girl and she probably has similar features to yours, she is white, fit and tall and she hates you, any idea of who might be?" Mr. West questioned when they were back in the house.
"No, it could be anyone" Jade said sincerely. "Oww" she said in pain as her mom cleaned her little lip injure.
"Sorry, honey, look what those beasts did to you" Her mother, whose name was Evelyn, said upset. "What's gonna happen now, Richard?" She questioned.
"Well, Jade, I know it's gonna be hard but you should go back to school, at least until trial... then we can transfer you to another one" Richard commented. "I assume you don't want to be around the people who sent you to jail"
"In fact, I do, they can't expel me unless I'm found guilty right?" Jade asked and he nodded. "I might want to go to another school after trial but now, I want everyone to be afraid of me"
"Jade, your case is not really difficult but the charges are big and you have to be very careful with what you do and say or else, we could lose and you'd go to jail so no intimidation, you'll be there only because I need you to look around and find out who is behind this" Her father commented and she sighed. "Alright?"
"Alright..."
Next day Tori, Cat, Andre, Robbie and Beck were in Sikowitz's class when all the sudden Jade opened the door and walked inside casually, everyone immediately turned to her surprised and scared. "Jade..." Sikowitz said. "You're here..."
"Yes, I am, why? Is there a problem?" Jade said and sat down in her usual chair, she didn't even care that Beck and the rest of the gang were right next to her but they did care, they were all shocked to see her there like nothing had happened and Beck also felt really ashamed and confused, he couldn't quite decide whether he was happy to see her free or not.
"Problem? No, no... Of course not" He said slightly nervous. "It's just that we all know what happened, Jade"
"What do you mean?" Jade asked acting oblivious.
"Well, you got arrested for the murders of your classmates yesterday" Sikowitz said and she smiled.
"Oh... that, well, there are not enough proofs against me so they set me free, aren't you happy?" Jade questioned smirking.
"Jade, what are you doing? Why are you here?" Beck questioned confused and she turned to him with the same cynical smirk.
"I study here" Jade said like it was the most obvious thing.
"You can't be here, you're a killer" Another student, whose name was Carla, said and Jade turned to her, Carla was a tall blonde girl who dressed in bright colors so Jade immediately disliked her.
"Who are you?" Jade asked and looked at her from top to bottom.
"I'm Carla, I'm a student here and you can't be in the school, you're a criminal" Carla said and Jade glared at her coldly.
"If you don't like it you're free to leave, I have right to be here and nobody can tell me otherwise" Jade simply said. "Sikowitz, go on with the class" she demanded and he nodded.
"Sure... so-"Sikowitz continued but nobody was paying attention to him, they were all staring at Jade nervously and she could feel it but she enjoyed it, she was still sad that her friends and especially Beck had betrayed her but she wasn't gonna show it.
"How did she get out?" Tori questioned confused at lunch, they were seated at their usual table, Jade was a couple of tables away by herself and everyone else was trying to stay as far from her as possible.
"Jade's dad is one of the best lawyers in the city" Beck responded. "And she said there are not enough proofs against her, maybe..."
"Stop, Beck, we all know you love her and you want to believe she is innocent but I really don't think that's true" Andre said and he looked down.
"I'm glad she was able to get out, she got beaten in that place within an hour" Beck commented.
"She is free and she knows that we accused her, I'm scared" Tori said scared. "What if she kills us?"
"Relax, I don't think she will kill anyone for a while, she has to be careful" Robbie said.
"I'm still afraid, Jade is very violent and I don't want to end up like Meredith or Anne..." Tori commented nervously.
"It's so weird how a few days ago we were all friends and now we are afraid of her..." Cat commented sadly. "I miss Jade"
"Me too, Cat" Beck said sincerely.
"Me too but I'm also glad that we found out the truth about her" Tori added. "I wish things were different, I really do but they're not..."
"What if we all pretend she is not the killer and become friends again?" Cat asked innocently. "She wouldn't hurt us"
"Unfortunately, we don't know that for sure, Cat, she might do it" Robbie responded and she looked down sadly, she stared at Jade and just wanted to talk to her, she wanted to be friends with her again but she couldn't.
"Hey guys" Carla said nicely as she sat down with the gang.
"Hi" They said nicely.
"Do you mind if I sit here?" She asked.
"No, of course not" Beck said nicely and she smiled at him.
"Pretty freaky, uh?" Carla said and they looked at her confused.
"What do you mean?" Beck asked.
"It feels weird to know that we are sitting two tables away from a psychopath" Carla commented. "You guys must be really worked up over this, right? I mean she was your friend"
"Yes, it's been really hard to assimilate the news" Tori commented.
"But it's always better to know the truth" Carla said and they nodded sadly.
"You were very brave today, I mean she is dangerous and you confronted her" Andre commented.
"I just think it's unfair that she gets to keep coming here, she's doing it to intimidate us" Carla affirmed. "She is just evil"
Several days went by and they were pretty much the same, Jade was always alone and everyone tried to stay away from her, even the teachers felt nervous while being around her but they had to suck it up, Carla became closer to the gang, she always spent lunch and free time with them and she was sweet so they liked her too.
One day the gang and Carla were standing by Tori's locker and Jade was standing in front of hers. "It's been two weeks since she got arrested and released, when are they gonna send her to jail?" Carla asked.
"I guess they still don't find her guilty" Tori commented.
"Maybe because she is not guilty..." Beck suggested.
"Beck, how can you still doubt that she did it?" Carla questioned confused.
"Because I...I love her, okay? That's not gonna change in two weeks" Beck said sincerely. "I wish she weren't guilty, nothing would make me happier" He said and Carla rolled her eyes annoyed but none of them saw her.
Two more weeks went by and it was finally trial time so Jade and her parents showed up at court just like Beck and the rest of his friends. "How does the defendant plead?" The judge asked.
"Not guilty, your honor" Jade said and Beck couldn't help but smile at her, he thought she looked gorgeous in a suit.
The trial went on and it was time for the council to interview Jade. "Miss West, what was your connection to the victims?" He questioned.
"They were my classmates" Jade said.
"Did you hate them?" He asked.
"No" She responded and he smiled.
"Miss West, pretty much everyone at your school knows you were very jealous and controlling of your ex boyfriend, Beck Oliver" The council said. "And it's no secret either that you are quite explosive and violent"
"Objection, he is assuming" Mr. West said.
"I take it back" The council said. "Anyway, the two female victims openly flirted with your ex boyfriend and you weren't happy about that, were you?"
"No but-"Jade said but he cut her off.
"So considering your temper it's safe to assume you wanted to get back at them" The council said. "Now, we know one of the male victims, Burf, was an unplanned murder but the other young man's death was planned beforehand, can you tell me how your relationship with him was?"
"He stalked me and harassed me" Jade responded.
"You wanted him to stop, didn't you?" He asked.
"Yes, I did" Jade responded.
"Yes but he didn't want to, he continued trying to get you to date him and you got tired that you decided to make him stop…forever" The council affirmed and Jade shook her head.
"Objection" Mr. West said.
"Council, watch your words" The judge ordered.
"Nothing further" He said and sat down so Mr. West stood up.
"Miss West, is it true that the late Sinjin shamelessly broke into your home and stole personal belongings?" He asked.
"Yes, he stole clothes, pictures, my hairbrush, some necklaces and even lingerie" Jade informed.
"What exactly did you tell him the last time you spoke to him?"
"I told him that if he ever broke into my house again he would regret it" Jade confessed.
"And by that you meant?" He asked.
"I just wanted to scare him, I wanted to convince him to stop, it's not nice to know someone can get into your room whenever he wants to" Jade commented.
"Thank you, now about the two female victims, your hair was found in one of them but knowing Mr. Sinjin stole your hairbrush it's safe to assume that your hair could've been easily put there by someone else but we'll get to that soon" Mr. West said. "Did you hate Meredith or Anne?"
"Not necessarily hate but I didn't like them" Jade said sincerely. "I did not kill anyone"
"Let's move on to the tattoo and the hair again, the only thing that puts you on the crime scene the last night is the tattoo that we can see on tape and you've had for a few years now, is that right?" He questioned.
"Yes"
"Truth is, that tattoo is something any person could get, it's not too difficult to make so we can't be sure that you were there and going back to your hair on Anne's hand, we've established that it could have been easily put there which is just the cherry on top, someone is trying to frame my client for these crimes" Mr. West affirmed.
The questioning went on, they called the witnesses and after discussing it, the jury had a resolution.
"On the four charges of murder in the first degree, how do you find the defendant?"
DUN DUN DUUUN!
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