OVERTIME
"The Trial" (Part 1)
The whole team is gathered in front of the courthouse, in a huddle.
"Okay, no matter what happens to Jessica today, we will keep our feelings aside." Jack tells the team.
Everyone else agrees.
Then the team sighs and starts to walk toward the courthouse.
"You all know that we are not involved in this trail, we are only witnesses to this trial itself." Tara tells everyone.
Sue, Jack, Bobby, Dimitrius, Lucy, Myles and Tara take seats in the very back of the courthouse.
Next, the District Attorney's team, Cyndi Lucas, Jennifer Heidfeld, John Hamilton and Jerry Baxter enter and sits around the prosecuting table.
A couple minutes later, Jessica enters all by herself, she has on her black dress she ordered, her makeup is done, that's it, nothing else is with her as she sits by herself at the defense table.
Now, the five-teen jury enters one by one: Moriah Grant, Brittany Hite, CJ Smith, Annie Poytress, and Justin Brockwell.
Judge Helen Ellison enters, with her bailiff, Jeffrey Thomas.
The bailiff tells everyone to rise, they swear in Jessica, the four lawyers and the jury.
Sue sips some of her bottled water; Tara takes out her I-Pod Nano; Lucy takes out a novel, Bobby is taking out his cell phone, to text message Tara (who is sitting just three seats down); Bobby and Myles are bringing out a deck of playing cards and Dimitrius is starting to get sleepy.
"Okay, miss Whitby, how do you plead?" Asks Judge Helen.
You can hear Justin and Dimitrius sigh, under the silence of the room.
"Okay, your honor I plead…" Jessica starts to say.
TO BE CONTINUED
