Chapter 10
I apologise if this Chapter is not very good, but I really struggled with them, but hope you like what I did in Chapter 10A. ;-)
Two weeks later and, Brax was in court again, but he was insisting he was innocent, but the evidence said otherwise. Charlie was very nervous and agitated, I tried to reassure her but I knew it wasn't working, but I tried anyway, when we arrived at court to find Constable Watson waiting for us, I had arranged for the video to be set up just in case Charlie changed her mind about going into court, I asked her if she had she squeezed my hand tighter saying she was fine.
Ruby had come with us and a few of Charlie's other friends like Leah, Irene and Bianca, they too tried to reassure Charlie that everything would be ok, Charlie just smiled at them. After a while they had to leave us and go into the gallery of the court, Charlie and I was then left alone, as the Prosecution Barrister had to go into court. I took Charlie's hand and kissed it, Charlie told me she felt sick, I told her it still wasn't too late if she wanted to give her evidence by video, but Charlie said no, she needed to do this, Brax was not going to win and make her feel afraid to face him.
It was over an hour later before I was called to give evidence it took a while because they had to hear the evidence about the drugs and Charlie's rape.
I had to explain who I was and why I was there, I said that I had been asked to come to Australia to get evidence to arrest Brax, because he had been part of a gang we had tried to arrest in the UK and was also partly responsible for Mel's death, I mentioned how he had got away with it because he used the fact that a girl he was seeing was a police officer and, was giving him inside information to get himself off, which had worked because my superiors decided that it was not worth, the publicity.
I was asked why was I asked to come to Australia to get evidence against Brax, I told the court that when we had been investigating Brax, we had contacted the Australian Authorities to find out if Brax had any previous and, they had told us that he only had a caution as a youth for possession of Cannabis, they had also told us they too, had been keeping an eye on Brax, but couldn't find anything but then he had disappeared off their radar, that they had no idea he was in the UK.
Then about 6 months ago, my boss had told me that the Australian Authorities had asked if someone could come to Australia to help with their investigations into Brax activities and, my boss chose me because of my previous connection to the case.
The barrister asked me if it was personal, my involvement with the case, that it had been suggested by the defence that I had seduced Charlie in my plot to get Brax through her, I said yes it was personal, I had never at any time broken the rules and was professional throughout the whole process, that this could be verified by my evidence, that I had provided and my superiors would back me up 100 percent, that I did not seduce Charlie in any way whatsoever, that Charlie had been the one to make the first move and it had only happened the night before Brax kidnapped and raped Charlie, the rest was just coincidental
He asked what Charlie had told me when I showed her the photos of her and Brax together, I told the court Charlie had told me that she was using Brax to try and get him to slip up and tell her stuff. I was asked if I believed her I said I had no reason not to, the barrister I was asked where the photos I had taken of Brax and Charlie together, were now and, I explained that I had destroyed them, because Charlie had told me that she hadn't told her boss or anyone else what she was doing because she had to make her relationship with Brax believable, including them splitting up when she confronted him about cheating on her, that had been part of Charlie's plan to try and get Brax to slip up.
We then went on to the rape and I had to explain exactly what happened, how I had dropped Charlie off at her house and, as I was driving away I saw Brax arrive and, I wasn't sure why but something had told me that I should go and check it out, so I parked my car out of sight and went back to the house on foot and, when I arrived I heard Brax shouting at Charlie and accusing her of cheating on him, because had said he saw us together the night before, but Charlie had told him she had moved on, which made Brax angry and he dragged her to his truck and made her get in and drive off.
I then had to explain what happened at the house, and I told the court how I went in the back way of the house and I could hear that Brax had dragged Charlie upstairs to one of the bedrooms and, I could hear him having a go at Charlie and telling her he was going to make her pay for cheating on him, he had demanded that she took off her clothes and, Charlie had tried to stall Brax as much as she could but he wasn't having any of it, I had then called for backup before proceeding up the stairs to try and stop Brax, but I knew I had to be careful, because I did not know if he was armed or not. I then got into the room as Brax was raping Charlie. I saw Ruby leave which I was happy about because I felt bad leaving Charlie on her, own and all I kept worrying if she was ok.
He asked if I had any reason to believe Charlie was consenting to Brax having sex with her and I said no, I could hear Charlie crying and begging Brax not to hurt her, but he would not listen, I then heard him grab her and throw her down on the bed, that when I got there, he was on top of Charlie and she was struggling to get away from him, that's when I checked he wasn't armed and approached him to hit him with the baseball bat I had found in the garden, then not long after Charlie's colleagues arrived to arrest him.
The barrister said he had no further questions, I was expecting a right grilling from the defence but, she stood up and said she had no questions, Brax was furious and shouted at her to ask what he was paying for, but the Judge told him to shut up or he would charge him with content of court.
The judge then decided to adjourn until the next day. I went straight out to see Charlie, Ruby was with her and they both got up to hug me. Charlie said Ruby had told her that I was doing great I just said that I was telling the truth, I had to warn Charlie what I had told the court about destroying the photos, and how everything was part of her plan to get evidence against Brax, Charlie said she understood and would back up my story. I knew it was a lie, but it was worth it for Charlie not to lose her job, she already knew she was stupid getting involved with Brax but he didnt know if her being with him real or not, only Charlie and I knew the truth, so I decided it should stay that way.