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Date: January 27, 2033
Author's Note: Here is chapter nine, after much delay. I am very sorry; very sorry indeed. I hope you all enjoy and review!
Chapter Nine: The Execution of Sander Wyatt
Sander Wyatt was sweating; the sweat dripping down his forehead as he tried to keep his focus. He could hear the breathing of the judge and lawyers. He could see his brother sitting in an expensive suit at one table. He was looking worried. He could see the Thayers sitting at the opposite table, looking confident. He scanned the audience and saw his sister and Halliwell. He had no idea where Warren or Melinda were. He could hear the bailiff finishing his role. He muttered his 'I do' and the interrogation began.
"So, you are the twin brother of Gregory, is that correct?" the Thayers lawyer, Gina Hodges began. Gina Hodges was a forty-nine year old attorney with graying black hair and a bad case of bad breath. She never lost a case in ten years.
"Yes." Sander replied nervous, afraid of what questions were to follow.
"In your opinion do you think you brother is competent enough to remain a single father?" she asked.
"Objection! The witness is not a psychiatrist, your Honor." Greg's lawyer, James Kelly called out, and the judge muttered his agreement.
"Is it true you are a homosexual?" the lawyer urged on. Another objection from James, "What is the relevance?"
"To portray the home environment, your Honor."
"I'll allow it. Witness may answer." Judge Harry Jones said.
Sander looked at this brother and met his eyes. "Yes, I am."
"And how long have you been this way?"
Sander sighed at her blunt and degrading question and pushed himself to answer. "Since I was fifteen, so about fourteen years."
"Your live-in partner, Michael Bloom, how long have you been together?"
"I don't know, about ten years." Sander answered.
"You sound unsure."
"Mike and I broke up for about a year and a half, and I pursued a relationship with someone else."
"Yes, the late Daniel Baycliffe."
Sander looked away; he never fully forgave himself for his ex-boyfriend's death.
"Are you Michael sexually active?"
"Objection! Is it necessary to pursue this subject this far?" James responded.
"I have a point your Honor. I promise." Gina spoke calmly.
"Get to it fast." The Judge ordered and Gina delivered.
"Yes, Mike and I are sexually active; we are a couple after all. Are you and your husband sexually active since you seem so interested in my orientation?" Sander spoke with defiance, which Gina ignored.
"Is it true that early last year, you and Mike were having relations when Halliwell walked in on you, and you barely acknowledged her presence and continued to have relations in front of a nine year old?"
The question burned like fire. He had never been so angry. Pru's jaw dropped as she heard the question as did Greg's. Neither has ever heard of an incidence like this before.
"You are distorting that beyond reasonable context. Halliwell walked in on Mike and I after the fact. We were both clothed and lying in bed, an image she had seen many times before. I would never have sex in front of a minor, and for you to insinuate such circumstances are appalling. And I don't know how you even know about that. That was almost a year before my family or I met the Thayers."
"Miss Hodges, keep the questions pertaining to the child at hand." The judge spoke.
"In your opinion, is your brother a good father?"
"Yes, he is very dedicated and enjoys every minute with Halliwell."
"Is it true, that you sometimes baby-sit the children?"
"Yes, I baby-sit often and I enjoy every moment of it."
"Do you feel taken for granted at times?" she asked.
"Why would I feel like that? I enjoy the time I spend with my family."
"That may be so, but didn't you tell a Miss Angela James that you were always taking care of the kids?"
"Excuse me?" Sander asked, confused.
"Miss Angela James, a teacher at your school, stated that you once told her over coffee that you felt as if you cant lead a life because you take care the kids often."
"I may have, but I don't know how you would know such information. Angela moved to San Diego two years ago. I'm confused, were you researching my family years in advance?"
"I'm asking the questions, Mr. Wyatt. Is it true, you are currently receiving psychiatric treatment in an outpatient facility in Santa Costa?" her words ripped though the silence of the courtroom. Greg and Pru looked at him confused.
"And isn't it true, that you were diagnosed with depression with the intent on hurting yourself?"
"I don't know how you know such information, but that is privileged between my doctor and I. And for the record Miss Hodges, you are beginning to piss me off."
"The witness will watch his language or be held in contempt. This is your first warning." The Judge ordered as Sander displayed his anger.
"Now, why would you be depressed? Great job, loving partner? Why would someone like you want to hurt himself?" Greg sat there and remembered his brother's troubled past with self-mutilation.
"That is again, between me and my doctor. I am receiving treatment and am currently on anti-depressants. It is none of your business and I am still curious as to how you would know about such information when no one knows, not my siblings or Mike."
"That is a good question, Miss Hodges." The Judge spoke.
"A privately contracted social worker uncovered his pills in his room during a search of the home for any dangerous factors for Miss Halliwell Wyatt."
"Objection, your Honor. Why would his illness have any bearing on the child?"
"Your Honor, I'm just trying to prove the point that I think it is not safe for her to be in a home with mentally ill person, with whom she spends most of her time. What if he decides to hurt himself with her around and something horrible happens, like he kills himself."
"That won't happen because if your social worker did the proper research I am not suicidal, I am simply depressed and I have a history of self-abuse. It is my problem, not my family's problem and I have not cut my self in nearly nine years. I also think is ridiculous to be asking me such personal questions and delving into my personal life, when you should be asking me questions pertinent to whether or not I think my brother is a good parent, and to answer that question, yes I think he is. He is an excellent father and this is just some lame excuse to find a flaw within our family to take Halliwell away and place her with her quote and quote family, with whom she has never seen before they wound up on our doorstep a month ago. Ask me those kind of question and get the facts straight." Sander spoke with a venom, he only used with demons.
"I have no further questions, your Honor." Gina spoke as she headed back to her seat. Sander removed his glasses and rubbed his eyes and made a small undetectable motion with his finger and Gina Hodges tripped and fell on her face. The court muffled a laugh and Sander stepped down.
There is chapter nine. I hope you all enjoyed! Hopefully, I'll update soon! Review!