"Where is she?" Brax groaned, looking irritated.
"I don't know," Skyler frowned. "Whatever happened yesterday must have changed her mind."
"That sucks," Heath muttered. "I guess we need to go back inside."
"Wait!" screamed a voice. It was Ellah, in a short black dress, running through the frosty air in heels. Skyler smiled and Brax and Heath looked so relieved it was a joy.
"Sorry I'm late," she panted.
"Oh so you're not bailing out?" Brax smirked. Ellah rolled her eyes and shook her head.
"No. Although I would appreciate it if you told me next time that Kyle was there," she smiled slightly. Brax nodded and winked at her.
"Deal. Come on then we need to go." Heath and Brax walked into the court room but Skyler took Ellah to one side next to the rose bushes.
"Wait, we've got a problem," she hissed.
"What?" Ellah whispered.
"The Braxtons are enemies with the Sharpes! Brax actually hates our dads guts," Skyler explained, tucking a strand of blonde hair behind her ear.
"Oh brilliant, so do we. We can both hate him together," Ellah shrugged.
"No, you don't understand, he HATES all of the Sharpes. Including us," Skyler stressed, running her hands through her hair and tears springing to her eyes. Ellah saw how distressed her sister was and felt awful.
"Alright so I guess Casey knows then?" she asked.
"Yeah," Skyler sniffed.
"So what do you want me to do about it?"
"When you're giving your statement you can't say your last name!" Skyler explained.
"Seriously? But what if I'm not allowed to give testimony?"
"Then say it," Skyler said firmly.
Skyler and Ellah rushed into the court room. Skyler took her place in the boxes with Brax, Heath, Natalie and Sasha. Ellah stood in the witness side, catching Casey's surprised eyes and giving him a small smile. Casey looked awful - very pale and very sick. Casey mouthed and 'thank you' which Sasha saw and frowned.
The judge banged on the desk.
"ORDER. Now the witness has arrived she may give her testimony on firstly - what happened on that day that Mr Braxton was found dead." Ellah stood up an cleared her throat, glancing at Skyler and then Brax.
"Name?" one of the lawyers said.
"Ellah," Ellah nodded.
"Ellah what?" he frowned. Ellah gulped.
"Just Ellah," she said.
"Ellah, you do know that you are defying the law?" the judge inputted. Ellah glanced at Skyler and stared at Casey who had sussed what was going on.
"Give us your name, your fathers name and any siblings you have right now or your testimony will not count," the judge said seriously. Brax, Natalie an Sasha all gave Ellah the death stare. She was wasting time. Skyler gave her a sad thumbs up.
"I'm Ellah Sharpe. My fathers name is Adam and I have a sister called Skyler and a brother called Jamie. God knows where my mother is." Brax went so pale it was painful. He glanced at Skyler who was crying, picked up his jacket and left the court room in disgust.
