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While You Were Sleeping
Part 10
Monica took her seat again, feeling far worse than she had ever felt before. The jury were still staring over her, judging her every movement. They now knew who else was dead. Something Monica had not yet been told.
She'd tried.
She'd pleaded.
She shouted
She'd screamed.
No one replied.
Ross hadn't told her. He'd refused to see her since her trial had been adjourned. He'd completely ignored her since then. He hadn't looked at her once, and she couldn't take it. Since her arrest he'd been the one person who'd believed her. Who'd stood by her and agreed to testify on her behalf. But now he couldn't even stand to look at her. She was still the same person she'd been before. She was just one of five now, rather than six.
"All rise"
Automatically she followed the order, rising to her feet and waiting for her instruction to sit down. When it came she thought caught a glimpse of Ross walking out of the cramped courtroom, but in amongst the mass of bodies it was impossible to tell. Monica was still searching for him when the Judge spoke,
"There has been a development since yesterday. The previous charges still stand but added to them is the charge of first-degree murder against Ms Phoebe Buffay, "he paused while the Jury made a note of this before addressing the prosecution, "Ms Hayden-Smith you may pick up your case from yesterdays point"
Monica watched as the blonde woman nodded towards him, before standing and addressing the entire room, "I wish to call my first witness. Mrs Jennifer O'Connell"
A door opened and a pretty brunette walked in, dressed in what Monica assumed was her best suit. The woman walked towards the seat Monica had been placed in yesterday and stood there as the uniformed guard made her promise as he had done with Monica. The woman sat down and waited. Apparently for her questioning to begin.
"Ladies and gentleman of the Jury. Mrs O'Connell was in Central Perk Coffee House on the night of November 22nd. She was in there at the very time Ms Monica Geller is accused of opening fire on the occupants of that coffee house."
Monica froze. There was a witness. A person had been in there with them all. Had heard the screams, the struggles, the shouts, the lives taken. A person could finally tell her once and for all if she had been there. If she had killed them, towered over them, laughed as they pleaded for their lives. If it had been she who had pulled the trigger. Killing her Phoebe.
"Mrs O'Connell, could you tell us in your own words what happened on that night?"
This was it.
No more wondering.
Only the truth.
She would know
This woman had the information Monica so wished she too possessed.
It would be shared.
It would finally be over.