Eddie chapter 19
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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.
Day 2...
Catherine sat in the witness stand waiting for Eddie's lawyer to being his attack.
"Ms Willows?" Steve began " On the night of the 17th, you were admitted in to Desert palms, Can you tell me why, you left the hospital? I mean, You were pretty banged up, I read the doctors report, why would someone in your condition sneak out of the hospital and drive home in a cab, leaving witnesses and shoot her husband"
Catherine sighed " My intentions were never to shoot him, I don't just kill people, I wanted to scare him, I wanted let him know I wasn't going to take his abuse anymore."
"Abuse? You mean Alleged abuse" Steve repeated " How long has this allegedabuse been going on?"
"I'm not exactly sure, it happens so much that I just can't keep track."
"And" Steve continued " You've reported this?"
Catherine shook her head
"You need to speak up miss." Steve responded
Catherine leaned forward " NO, I didn't"
"So, correct me if I'm wrong, your job is to go around to crime scene and put the pieces of the puzzle together, have you ever had to deal with a domestic abuse cases?"
"Yes" Catherine replied " But.."
"And, you speak to the victims' that deal with things like this, and you give them advice, Miss Willows, why on earth if you can help all these other people, could you not report your own husband if he was abusing you?"
"I was afraid" Catherine whispered
"Or maybe your lying." Steve snapped back
Catherine shook her head " NO, He's a monster."
Steve ignored her comment and continued " Are you having an affair Miss Willows?"
Catherine looked up at him unsure of how to answer,
"Let me remind you are under oath, and we do have pictures of you in a passionate kiss with Mr Gil Grissom."
Catherine shot a glance at Eddie who was smirking
Steve went to his table and grabbed a file and took it back to Catherine
" Who is that in the picture?" he asked dropping the in front of her
Catherine looked at the photos, unable to believe what she was looking at, obviously Eddie had someone following her.
"That's me and Gil" she replied
"And what are you doing in these photos." Steve asked knowing very well what was happening
"We're kissing." Catherine replied without hesitation
"So when did the affair begin?"
Catherine looked over at Gil
"It just happened" she replied still watching Gil " Eddie was terrible to me, some people say you can't fall out of love with someone, but I did, I fell out of love with Eddie, each bruise , each beating just made it easier to deal with, Gil was always there for me, he's my best friend, it only happened once and it was just a few weeks ago."
"So, the argument you and your husband had about you cheating," he paused rephrasing his question " Your husband had a right to be angry, because he was telling the truth about you?"
"No, I said it just happened, he's been accusing me for the past year. But it just happened."
Steve walked back and snatched up the pictures " Okay, say it just happened, you were feeling guilty about what you did so your go home and intimate with you're husband, maybe there was no assault, then with all the pressure, you decide you can't deal with anymore, you talk with Gil, he's taken your child, he wants Eddie out of your life and your only choice is to go along with him, so you decide to kill your husband."
"No" Catherine snapped " That's not.. that's not what happened!."
Steve turned to the jury "I'm trying to find out what did happen but I feel like I keep hearing lies."
Catherine was furious " How dare you, the only one lying here is Eddie, I should have killed you while I had the chance you bastard" She screamed at Eddie "I hate you for what you've done to me, and what you've done to our daughter,. You can go to hell, I don't care put me in jail, as long as I don't have to deal with you ever again."
By this time the judge had began banging the gavel and calling for order in the room.
Catherine's lawyer ran toward the stand trying to control her client.
Eddie was putting on an act for the rest of the room and began to yell at Gil
" See what you've done to her, you've ruined everything and you won't get away with it."
Within seconds the whole court room was disrupted the judge had to finally order the officers to remove Catherine, but she wasn't going to go quietly.