Love Is Blind-Ch 37
Savannah took a deep breath as her attorney said, "my client wishes to change her plea to guilty your honor", the judge looked at Savannah and said, "are you sure that's what you want to do"? Savannah stood up and said, "yes your honor, I'm sure". The judge looked at Savannah and then at Penelope while she opened the case file.
She took a deep breath and said, "Savannah, I find you guilty of 4 counts of attempted murder, 2 for Mrs. Morgan and one each for the twins of the Morgans". Savannah nodded her head and listened as the judge said, "I find you guilty of destruction of property, stalking and 3 charges of assault".
Penelope gently squeezed Dereks hand as the judge said, "I hereby sentence you to 10 years for each count of attempted murder for a total of 40 years and 5 years for destruction of property/evidence and 4 years for stalking and 5 years for each charge of assault for a combined total of 64 years".
Savannah dropped her head as the judge said, "and you must serve at least half of the time before you are eligible for parole, do you understand my verdict"?, she looked up and nodded her head and said, "yes mam". Judge Fitch looked at Penelope and said, "I'm so sorry for everything you have been through Mrs. Morgan".
Penelope felt tears streaming down her cheeks as the judge said, "I only hope that you feel you got some justice here today with my verdict", she nodded her head yes and said, "yes mam I do". The judge looked at the guards and said, "please remove the defendant from the court room", they did what the judge said and the last thing Savannah saw as she left the courtroom was Derek wrapping his arms around his wife and kissing her gently on the lips.
Derek smiled against her lips and said, "see godess, what did I tell you"?, she laughed and said, "you told me that everything was going to be alright and it was". He sighed happily and said, "I wonder what made her change her plea to guilty"?, Penelope shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't have a clue handsome".
Hotch smiled and said, "she knew that she had lost the one thing in life she truly wanted", Penelope looked at her sexy husband and said, "and that was my hotstuff". Hotch nodded his head in agreement and said, "that it was", Emily wrapped her arms around her husband and said, "how about we get out of here"?, he kissed her lips gently and said, "you've talked me into it".
JJ kissed her husband and said, "I love you Spence", he smiled and said, "I love you to Jayje", the friends walked out of the courtroom with huge smiles on their faces. Savannah sighed as she sat down in her cell while she was waiting the ride to the prison where she would spend at least the next 30 plus years of her life.
She put her head in her hands and wondered what life would have been like had she not put the wheels in motion by hitting Penlope in that car her first night in town. She wondered if her and Derek could have been happy or if he would have met Penelope somehow anyway, she took a deep breath and said, "I love you Derek, I'll always love you".
Savannah sighed as she heard her name and looked up to see the deputies there to take her to prison, she stood up and walked over to the bars and held out her hands. The deputy put the cuffs on her and said, "are you ready to go"?, she nodded her head and said, "ready as I'm ever gonna be I guess".
The walk through the jail house seemed to take forever it was like everything was happening in slow motion but soon she was being led to the police car. She watched as the car pulled away from the jail and as it got farther and farther away, she took a deep breath and closed her eyes as they pulled out on the road.
Derek, Penelope and the gang all ended up at their place and it didn't take long before a huge party had started, everybody was laughing and having a great time. Derek walked over to where his wife was and kissed the side of her neck and said, "it's over goddess, it's finally over", she relaxed and said, "I feel like a huge weight was lifted off my shoulders handsome".
He wrapped his arms around her waist and stood there with her as they watched their twins peacefully sleeping, she looked up at him lovingly and said, "I love you Mrs. Morgan". He grinned and said, "not as much as I love you Mrs. Morgan", after standing there a few more minutes they headed back to join the party that lasted several hours as they celebrated the fact that Savannah was out of their lives forever.