EDDIE chapter 16

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I have never written a trial or anything where people are in court
so if it sucks..i am so sorry,

"Why can't I see mommy?" Lindsey asked as she sat in the court room hallway with her aunt Nancy.

Nancy sighed " Baby, you're mom did something really bad and now she has to tell the judge why."

"What about Uncle Gil? Can I see him?"

Nancy shook her head " You can't see him either baby. Not yet"

"I don't understand, I want.." she trailed off when she saw Eddie being brought down the hall in a wheel chair.

"Hey Lindsey!" Eddie reached out his arms " Come see me."

Lindsey clung to her Aunt and shook her head

Eddie looked at the officer behind him and shrugged his shoulders pretending he had no idea why Lindsey was afraid.

"Daddy gets to go home from the hospital now, that ,means you'll be getting to come back home too." he smiled

Lindsey looked up at Nancy fear present in her eyes

"Okay Lindsey" Eddie continued "Daddy has to go see the judge now, I'll see you when I come back."

Catherine and Gil had ended up with the same lawyer and were already in the court room when Eddie was brought in.

He immediately took the stand, was sworn in and the trial began

"Mr. Willows." His lawyer, Steve Barren began " What happened in you're home on the eve of February 17th?"

Eddie sighed putting on the poor me face and looked at Catherine from the witness stand.

"I woke up in the middle of the night and there was a man in my room."

The lawyer cut in "And can you identify that man, Is he here in the courtroom?"

Eddie nodded " Yes," he pointed " Gil Grissom."

"Okay you may proceed"

Eddie nodded and continued "I woke up he was sitting there, he had a gun. He didn't say anything at first, he just got up and came toward me, I jumped out of my bed,I was terrified." he paused looking over to Gil " I told him to take what he wanted and leave, that's when he yelled I want you dead."

The lawyer walked toward his table and flipped through a file " And then what happened?"

"I turned to get out of the bedroom and my wife, Catherine was on the other side she had a gun too, and she told me not to move. I knew she wouldn't just shoot me point blank, She would never do that" He said defending her " I know it wasn't here idea or her plan."

"What do you mean?" Steve replied

Eddie moved forward , closer to the microphone " Gil Grissom has been trying to break up my family for years, He filled her head with lies about me, he lied to us about social services taking my daughter , my wife was devastated, he blackmailed her and said that if she didn't leave me, we would never see our little girl again and he had her stashed at his place. Catherine left and went there a few nights before and I went after her."

"And what happened that morning of the 16th when you to Gil Grissom's home."

Eddie cleared his throat " I told him I wanted my wife and kid back, or I would call the police. He said he had no idea where they were, so I went through his house. And yes I made a mess, this guy was hurting my family, he kidnapped my daughter from school, he poisoned them both against me to the point where they made up lies and were afraid of me."

Catherine sat and watched him as he spouted the lies the jury wanted to hear.

"OBJECTION, You're honor we were to be discussing the night of the 17th, "

Steve nodded " Your 'e right your honor , I apologize, but this date in question may have been the reason we are all here today."

The judge nodded " We are here because he was shot and we have yet to hear about such events."

"Okay, Mr Willows, we'll come back to this Could you continue with events on the night in which you were shot."

Eddie nodded "My wife had a gun and I knew she didn't come to shoot me, she was afraid of Gil Grissom and she knew he had come after me, She told him to leave that she wanted to him out of our lives, but he wouldn't go. "

"And what happened next?" Steve asked turning to face the jury.

Eddie leaned forward once again Gil still in his sights and began telling the lies that would ,make Gil look like a monster.

"Gil tried to grab Catherine, she was nervous and she jumped back so I took the chance and hit him, he fell to the ground and then I tried to get the gun, when I went to hit him he shoved me forward and I slammed into my wife and I ended up hurting her, I tried reaching for her gun because Gil was going crazy, and I didn't want Catherine to do something stupid, we both struggled for it and it went off ."

Steve Barren smiled " Thank you Mr. Willows" he turned to take his seat " No further questions."

Catherine leaned in to speak with her lawyer before she stood up .

"Mr.Willows" Laren Paul spoke " You stated that Gil Grissom had blackmailed your wife and kidnapped your daughter."

Eddie nodded " That's correct"

"What I don't understand is why, surely he had some major reason for taking such a dramatic step and see to it that your wife and child were kept from you. Why is that?"

Eddie shook his head " He's always been jealous, from the moment he met my wife he has.."

She cut him off "It has nothing to do with the fact that you were abusing your wife and your daughter, or the fact that your wife had kicked you out and you called her constantly and threatened her life?"

Eddie shook his head " She did kick me out, we had a fight, she let me come back, we fought about him, we always do."

"Have you ever hit,your wife?" she replied

"It happened once, I was drunk, she was drunk we had an argument, I thought she was cheating on me with him because, was forcing her into an affair. it meant nothing and It had never happened since." he lied

Laren turned to the jury " So when you're wife came home on the fourteenth and you repeatedly smashed the handle of a chopping knife against her knuckles, that was just a misunderstanding?"

Eddie scoffed " she came home from work like that, she told me she was quitting and went to give her letter, she never came home that night, the next morning she stumbles in half in the bag and her hand all swollen, she wouldn't let me touch her she locked her self in the bathroom."

"Liar!" Catherine stood up " That's bull and you know it, why are you lying?"

The judge banged her gavel " Mrs. Paul control your client."

Catherine sat back down.

"The night you were shot, you never hit your wife, or made her feel like she had to shoot you, you never made her fear?"

Eddie shook his head " No, I told you, she came because she knew Gil was there."

"You said you're wife had went to Gil's because he was blackmailing her? Why didn't you just call the police?"

"I did, they went with me to his house on the 16th, Gil got violent and they had to restrain him. He had My wife and my daughter terrified and locked in a room."

"Mr. Willows, so you have clearly stated you never raised a hand to your wife on any other occasion but the one time, You're wife suffered from a severe concussion,she had broken ribs, when she was rushed to the hospital, and was coughing up blood, all caused by a fall down the stairs, now, have you ever pushed your wife sown the stairs?"

Eddie shook his head " Never, it was an accident, she was screaming at me and she lost her footing,
I asked her if she was okay, she wouldn't tell me."

"And on any occasion have you ever forced your wife to take part in any sexual activities." Laren continued

Eddie made a face " What?"

"Maybe I'm not speaking clearly " Laren snideley replied " Did you rape your wife Mr. Willows. on the night of the fifteenth, you never were upset with he fact your 'e daughter had been taken from you're care? In fact you blamed your wife didn't you?"

It was Steve's turn to object " Your honor what's the relevance"

Laren spoke before the judge could reply " I am simply painting a picture for the jury, My client did just wake up one morning and decide to kill her husband, he drove her to the edge with is constant abuse and that's all I am trying to show everyone."

The judge nodded " I'll allow it. Please answer the question Mr. Willows."

Eddie shook his head " Never!"

Laren continued " You're wife locked her self in the bathroom after you punched her and then you hid outside your house waiting for her to leave so you could catch her . When you did you took her back in the house, screamed and slapped her around and then you raped her."

"I never did that, I would never hurt her like that, we made love," Eddie replied

"So you didn't rape her?"

"NO!" Eddie yelled again

"So the rape kit that was conducted on your wife, after she left your home in the middle of the night, was a fake? The fact that your wife was in so much pain after you raped and beat her that she couldn't stand on her own two feet was just an act?"

Eddie shrugged "I never raped her, I don't care what any test says ,she was my wife and we get a little rough in the bedroom, but it wasn't rape."

Laren sighed " No further questions your honor." and sat down. I'd like to call my witness Lindsey Willows to the stand."