Chapter number 11. Three months later

3 months later, 20th of September 2012...

"All rise". Everyone around the room stood silently as the judge entered from the back of the law in forcing court room. The atmosphere around the room was tense, and an uneasy vibe was going round the room making the audience painfully uncomfortable.

"Please be seated" The judge ordered, taking his seat at the front of the room. His face was straight and harsh, his eyes were filled with concentration on the case that was in front of him that he would have to decide on a verdict for. "Please bring out the suspect". The guards did as the were told, bringing in a very lost Jack, usually it would be him that was escorting people with hand cuffs, but now he was the one with hand cuffs on, the last three months had been by far the worst months of his life, he'd let down the people around him, the people he loved, the people that he cared for, he was ashamed of that, and if he could then he'd take back that one second of blurriness in his head that had caused all this.

"Today we are all here to witness the trial of Jack Holden, being charged with the murder of Sean Loyd" the judge began. In the front row of the audience was Serena, Martha, Dylan, Tony, Beth, Lucas and Maddie, they still were coming to terms with the whole situation, this was Jack they were talking about, the love able Jack Holden, murdering, it just wasn't like him. "There will be a few things that I will be keeping in mind during this trial, This is not the first time this man has been the cause of death, and keeping in mind that this man is in fact an inforcer of the law himself, if found guilty, these charges will not be taken lightly. There is many things in this country that can be tolerated, but I believe as I'm sure you all do, that murder is not tolerable in any shape or form".

The trial was mainly a blur for Jack, only a few things stuck out in his mind, all he could think about is how stupid he'd been.

"Your honour, I believe this matter, should be taken more seriously, you see, the suspect, at the time of the murder, we in his police uniform, not only is this murder, but it's taking advantage of his position in the police force" the opposition explained. Jack looked back down at the hand cuffs around his wrists, he had a feeling that he wasn't going to get away from them any time soon, he stopped himself from looking into the crowd, he'd looked at his dad briefly on his way in, but he just couldn't bring himself to see the pain in his wifes eyes, he loved her so much, she deserved better than a murderer.

"Your honour, I believe that there are a few more things that should be taken into consideration, yes the suspect was in his uniform at the time, but that could only mean that the suspect was doing his duty and had no choice but to shot" the defendant started.

"Objection your honour" the opposition interrupted, "he did have a choice, Mr Loyd didn't have a gun".

"Over ruled" the Judge spoke. "We'll have a fifteen minute recess while I decide my verdict".

"So what's the worst case scenario now?" Serena asked the lawyer nervously.

"Well it's possible that it could, on a very small change turn out like the last time and it just being seen as his duty to shot Sean, but don't get your hopes up".

"And if they find him guilty?"

"Well that can range drastically depending how the see it all, him being in uniform could make it all the worse".

"Ok, thanks" she said softly before excusing herself to go to the bathroom, she promised herself she'd stay strong, but she needed a good cry now, 'only another fifteen minutes now and his future will all be decide for him' she thought to herself, which frightened her even more than before.