The defense than got up. "Ms. Hart, may I begin by saying you are a lovely lady?" "You may," Reba blushed, "though I'm not sure if Brock would be too happy that you're coming onto his soon to be wife" "Let me ask you," he said gently, "did you and Dr. Hart plan to fall in love again?" "Well honestly, who plans to fall in love… it just sort of happens"
"So you didn't plan to fall in love with Brock… Will you agree that BJ was hurt by what happened?" "Yeah I will" "Ms. Hart you were a scorned woman once so how is BJ wrong and you're not." "Well for instance," Reba said, "I didn't run my 2 year old son over with a car to punish Brock for cheating on me"
"What if I were to reveal to you that Henry isn't Ms. Booker-Hart's first child. What if I told you she had a daughter when she was sixteen, Jessica, and the little girl was murdered on her 2nd birthday by her father" "I would say that having been the murder of a child that passed away I'm shocked that Barbra Jean would choose to punish Brock by killing her only other child" "Did you plan to get pregnant this time" "No… definitely not"
"Do you regret it?" Tears poured down Reba's eyes. "Do I regret having an affair with Brock and hurting Barbra Jean? Yes I do. Do I regret getting pregnant… not when I think of the beautiful babies in me that are going to be born soon.
"There are a lot of things I regret There is a lot of things I would chance if I could. But I would NEVER change the twins or anyone else in my family." "Might I enquire as to what you regret?" "Sure… I regret that I didn't consider Barbra Jean's feelings when I did what I did.
"I regret the times I was so tough and so judgmental. Any time I lost one dear to me if even for a moment it would tear my heart out." "I have another question. If you had not gotten pregnant with the twins would you have continued the relationship with Dr. Hart?" "I don't know but I've always loved Brock and I will always love him"
"Ladies of the jury I have no more questions. However I want you to consider one thing. I want you to consider that Ms. Booker-Hart was hurting. No, she was not right in her choice of how to punish him. Frankly she was way out of control, but she was hurting"
"Ms. Hart you may step down" But she couldn't. Brock had to come down and carry his soon to be wife to her seat. "Find BJ innocent because she's a scorned woman.. Thank you"