Jessie woke up the next morning by Marc shaking her "come on dear come on wake up, up we go" he said pulling her up "Good Lord is this what your dad goes through every morning?" Jessie looked at him oddly "I've been trying for 15 minutes to wake you up." Jessie nodded and stumbled out of bed. She went over to her bag and picked out a white button up shirt that was made of a soft shimmery material, a black skirt that came to right above her knees, some white chunky heeled boots, a black leather jacket, and a gold chain to help hold up the skirt. She took her clothes and went into the bathroom to take her shower.
After Jessie finished her shower and dressed she came out of the bathroom and saw everyone congregated in the room: Marc, John, Trish, Mark, Randy, Alexis, her uncles, her grandma and grampa and someone Jessie was kind of shocked to see, Maven but she remembered that he had been there when she was attacked at the gym so he probably had to testify. Jessie came out and made her way over to John, she needed her daddy at the moment. John saw where she was making a B-line for and held his arms open so she could step into his embrace. She wrapped her arms around his waist and laid her head on his shoulder "Ready?" he asked. Jessie nodded and pulled back. John took Jessie's hand in his and led the way out of the hotel room.
Jessie felt a weight settle on her shoulders as she stepped in the door of the courthouse. She knew in a matter of a half hour things would be starting and she knew she would be seeing Josh again. As everyone went to the waiting room to wait for the trial to start, Randy made his way over to Jessie "Did you practice the look?" He asked her. She nodded and gave her best to Randy. He studied her face a minute before nodding, satisfied. "Looks good, now all you gotta do is keep that look on your face when we go in there and you'll be ok" Jessie nodded and Randy hugged her and kissed her forehead, before going back over to Alexis.
Mr. Stevens walked in the door then and over to Jessie. John glared at the man a bit, still unhappy with how he handled things the day before and put his arm protectively over Jessie's shoulder. "Come on" Mr. Stevens said, motioning Jessie to follow him "We have to get into the courtroom" Jessie started following him, John right beside her his arm still around her shoulder. When he noticed John, Mr. Stevens turned abruptly toward him and said "I'm sorry only Jessie and I can go in right now, we have to meet with the other lawyer whose representing the defense and his client" John gazed at Mr. Stevens, not backing down a bit. Inside he was seething at the fact that this sleaze wanted Jessie to be around Josh without him there.
"She will be going nowhere without me or one of her many uncles escorting her" John said in an even tone, leaving no room for Stevens to object. He groaned in frustration, motioning Jessie AND John to follow him. They did so, John keeping his arm around Jessie. As they stepped through the door Jessie saw Josh standing there talking with his lawyer. As soon as they stepped in Josh looked over at Jessie, when their eyes locked, Jessie froze in place. "Put your look on" John whispered to Jessie, she shook herself off and put on the look. She walked confidently over to where Stevens was talking to Josh and his lawyer and she oozed 'don't fuck with me' from every pore. John was impressed, if he wasn't on her side he would have kept away from her.
"Jessie this is Matt Gallasky, he will be representing Josh" Gallasky held out his hand for Jessie to shake but Jessie brushed him off, casting a look toward him that said 'don't even'. He pulled his hand back, a sheepish look on his face. "Matt this is John Cena Jessie's father" Gallasky held his hand out for John to shake but was embarrassed again when John just looked at him with an 'are you kidding me?' look. "We want to let you know that a Mr..." Stevens looked at a list in front of him "Maven Huffman will be testifying first, followed by Mark Jindrak, Randy Orton, then you Mr. Cena and then Jessie you will be called to the stand". Gallasky looked at Jessie when Stevens said she'd be testifying, looking for some sign of weakness or leeriness but he found none. Jessie kept the same look of confidence on her face simply nodding when Stevens looked at her. "Ok well then the trial will begin in about 10 minutes, people should start being let in any moment". As soon as these words were out of his lips, people started arriving and sitting down. John kissed Jessie on the forehead and made his way to his seat. Jessie then followed Stevens to the table where she would be sitting with him for the trial. She didn't turn around to look but could feel the people that were there for her, silently giving their support and strength to get through the trial.
The trial started then and Maven was called as the first witness. He went up to the bench and was sworn in. Maven sat and Stevens made his way up to begin questioning "Mr. Huffman, you were there for one of the three alleged times Mr. Springer had interactions with Miss Cena. Will you give us your account of what happened?"
"Well" Maven started "On the night you're talking about it was me and my friends Randy Orton and Mark Jindrak and Jessica Cena and we went to the gym to work out. I don't really know everything but Randy came over to me all of a sudden and was like 'Man, call the cops Jessie's in trouble'. I didn't know what he was talking about but before I could ask he sprinted off. Well I got out my cell phone and did as he asked. I thought it would be better to go ahead instead of waiting. After I made the call to the police I ran in the direction Randy went and saw him in the bathroom beating up Josh. Jessie was in the corner of the room, her shirt was torn completely in two and her pants were undone and Mark was comforting her. I went over and dragged Randy off of Josh and pulled him outside where the police took our statements".
"So it's in your opinion that Mr. Springer assaulted Ms. Cena and that Mr. Orton intercepted it before it could go any further, and that he assaulted Mr. Springer so that he could not harm Ms. Cena" Stevens asked Maven.
"That's correct" Maven said.
"No further questions" Stevens said sitting down. Gallasky stood up then and made his way over. He paced a second before speaking.
"Mr. Huffman you say that when you entered the bathroom you saw Mr. Orton assaulting Mr. Springer and Ms. Cena with her shirt torn. Am I correct?" at Maven's nod of confirmation he went on. "Ok so how do you know that it was Mr. Springer who assaulted Ms. Cena? Maybe it was your 'friend'" Gallasky used sarcasm when he said this and Maven had to fight not to hit him "who in fact assaulted Ms. Cena. Maybe he did it and put the blame on poor Mr. Springer".
"I have known Randy for about 4 years now Mr. Gallasky, I know what he is like and I know how he feels about Jessie and I know for a FACT that he would never even THINK about doing something like that to her or to any woman for that matter. He has more respect and integrity than that" Maven fought to keep his voice at a calm, even tone and not cuss out the slime ball lawyer.
"No further questions your honor" Gallasky said sitting down.
After Stevens decided not to cross examine Maven was allowed to sit down. Next Mark was called up to the stand by Stevens. He went up and was sworn in.
"Mr. Jindrak, you were also there the night of the gym incident we're you not?" Mark nodded "Ok so why don't you give us your account of what happened that night".
"Well I saw Randy sprint off after he talked to Maven so I went after him. I entered the bathroom and saw Randy beating up Josh and Jessie curled up in the corner across the room from them, my first instinct was to go and pull Randy off of Josh but I went with my gut and went over to Jessie to help her. I put my hand on her and she started screaming for her dad. I don't actually think she knew who I was or even if she was all there at the moment. But I stayed with her. I knew after a while that I needed to get her out of there so I picked her up even though she was out of it and kicking and screaming and took her out to the car. Once I got her in the car she calmed down a bit and laid in my arms, I could tell she was still in a shocked state because of what had happened though. She was quiet and seemed to be off in her own world". Mark looked down the entire time he was speaking.
"No further questions your honor" Stevens said, sitting down. Jessie almost looked at him weirdly. It was like he was setting everyone up to look like a fool in front of Gallasky. But she went along with it knowing that he didn't win countless cases for the WWE by looking like an idiot.
"Mr. Jindrak" Gallasky started, looking smug and cocky "I want to ask you. Your relationship with Ms. Cena, tell me about it. How do you feel about her?"
"I think of Jessie as a little sister, maybe even a daughter. I try to be there for her as much as I can" Gallasky interrupted Mark then.
"A daughter...Mr. Jindrak if you think of Ms. Cena as a daughter that would make you her father, correct? But she has a father, Mr. Cena is her father. Does your thinking of her as a daughter mean you believe that you need to take up the slack where Mr. Cena lacks in parenting his own child?" Mark looked shocked by the man's question.
"No, no that's not what I'm saying at all. I mean maybe John has made a few mistakes in some of the decisions he makes. He was new at this back then. He didn't know not to leave Jessie alone in a crowded mall. He didn't know how to read her reactions to see if she was masking something. He didn't know the warning signs of someone who was raped" Mark said. "That's why when I got the opportunity to cement my relationship with Jessie I told myself that I wouldn't make those mistakes that I would always be there for her if she needed me to be".
"Meaning the mistakes that Mr. Cena made and being there for her like Mr. Cena seemed to NOT be when all of these things arose right" before Mark could answer Gallasky looked up at the judge "no further questions your honor". Jessie wanted to jump up and smack Gallasky really hard but held back. She felt bad for Mark because she knew that he wasn't trying to come off as he had, but knew that Gallasky had done his job of painting Mark as this ruthless, overly cocky, control freak who wanted to take over things. She stole a glance back and saw that Alexis was silently fuming, leaning away from Mark who was sat beside her, and over toward Randy who looked as if he had been hit in the stomach. Her dad was looking off to the side of the court room; his gaze not meeting anyone's eyes, and Mark was looking down at the floor; Jessie saw drops falling from his face and knew it wasn't sweat.
"I'd like to call Mr. Randy Orton to the stand" Stevens said then. Jessie watched as Randy made his way to the stand, he looked ill. Gone was the confidence from his face, replaced with a look of utter insecurity. "Mr. Orton I want to start of by asking you about the first incident at the mall, when Ms. Cena claims to have met Mr. Springer. She was sitting at a fountain in the middle of the mall waiting on you, after she allegedly had a meeting with him. How was she acting? Did you think that something was up?"
"Umm well she seemed on edge. John walked up and said something to her and she jumped really badly and the T-shirt she had been looking at went flying through the air and landed several feet away. After that she seemed jittery and almost shut off from everything''. Randy shifted uncomfortably and Stevens nodded.
"After that, she was allegedly raped by Mr. Springer in the same mall in a bathroom stall. What about that? How did she act after she came back from the bathroom?" Randy licked his lips a bit and leaned forward, Jessie couldn't see it, but knew he was tapping his foot.
"Well she seemed happy, upbeat. I mean it was a bit much, it was almost as if she was purposely trying to make us think nothing was wrong" Randy looked as if an epiphany hit him. He looked as if he understood a lot.
"Ms. Cena was at your house when she experienced a miscarriage. After this you and Mr. Cena had an argument when you returned to your house. Later on that night after Mr. Cena stormed out you went to bed, Mr. Cena returned and Ms. Cena was gone. Where had she gone and why hadn't you noticed?" Stevens looked Randy in the eye and Randy took a deep breath, knowing that he would relive the hardest night that he had ever been through.
"Well as for why I hadn't noticed that she left I'm not sure. I've always been a light sleeper and she had been in the bed with me so I don't really know. I was woken up in the middle of the night sometime by John, he asked me where Jessie was. I reached over to where she had been on the bed and didn't feel her there. I bolted up and asked John if she had been on the couch or in the spare bedroom. He said no. I then got up and we left to look for her. We spent a few hours looking around St. Louis. Finally we found her.." Randy trailed off, knowing what happened next and not wanting to go into it. "She was on a bridge, staring off into the water. We talked a bit about the miscarriage and all and then we went home and talked more about everything and then went to bed".
"No further questions" Stevens said sitting down. Jessie glared at Gallasky as he made his way up to the stands knowing that she was going to get pissed at him.
"Mr. Orton" he said "You had an argument that caused Mr. Cena to storm out angry at you. After that you hopped into bed with his 15 year old daughter, which later that night she left too. Going back a few weeks and you are involved in an incident that left one person bloodied and unconscious at the result of your violent rage, and there was a little girl there, torn t-shirt and opened pants. What happened Mr. Orton? Let me take a stab at it. You went in and tried advances on Ms. Cena. Mr. Springer came in and saw and broke it up, you got angry that your plans were ruined and you attacked him, leaving him unconscious is that what happened?" Jessie made a move to stand up, but Stevens put his hand on her arm, preventing it. He handed her a stress ball from his bag and she started squeezing it, wanting nothing more than to throw it and bean Gallasky upside the head. Alexis looked ready to kill also. John had moved down when Randy got up to testify, and he had his hand in hers rubbing his thumb lightly over her hand to keep her from jumping up and causing a scene. Mark almost put his hand on her shoulder but thought better of it, thinking that she was mad at him and would probably deck him. He had been decked by her before and had no inclination to be decked again, knowing that she wouldn't stop after one punch with the mood she was in.
"That's not what happened at all. Mr. Gallasky I think of Jessie as a little sister. I love her yes, but as a big brother would his little sister. I shared a bed with her the night of the argument because she was in pain from the miscarriage, and I didn't think it would be a good idea to leave her alone seeing as I would have had to sleep on the couch, because her father would want to sleep in the guest room. I didn't know how long he would be gone and I didn't know if I would be able to hear her yell from downstairs, if I was in a deep sleep, so yes I shared a bed with her. But it was NOT for romantical purposes. As for me being the one who assaulted her at the gym, I most certainly would not ever think of doing that to her, or to any other woman for that matter. I am a better person than that, Mr. Gallasky. I walked over to the door to the women's bathroom after Jessie had been gone a while, and I heard your client say 'well I guess I have to teach you a lesson'. I rushed in and saw Josh standing in front of Jessie, her shirt was torn in two and her pants had been unbuttoned, he was groping her and she was sobbing. I rushed in and knocked him off of her and started beating him. I was in a blind rage. I don't remember anything else but Maven pulling me off of Josh and outside. Then the police questioned us and determined I was not the one at fault and let me go". Randy was shaking he was so mad, but he controlled his temper. He didn't want Jessie's chances of winning the case to lessen. He was also extremely mad at himself because of the few bad decisions he felt he made.
"So there are no romantic feelings for Jessie where you are concerned? Look at her Mr. Orton, are you saying that you don't want to..." Gallasky was cut off by Stevens.
"OBJECTION YOUR HONOR! Badgering the witness" the judge granted it and told Gallasky to either switch his line of questioning or let Randy sit down.
"No further questions your honor" Gallasky said. Randy made his way to sit down and he wouldn't meet Jessie's eyes as he passed by her. Jessie followed him with her eyes as he sat, and noticed Alexis rub his back and whisper something to him and he half-heartedly nodded his head in response.
"I want to call Mr. John Cena to the stand" Stevens said standing up. Jessie watched as her dad walked up to the stand and was sworn in. After that he sat down and Stevens started questioning him.
"Mr. Cena on the first occasion that your daughter and Mr. Springer crossed paths, she blocked off her emotions. How did you feel once you found out about everything that happened?" Stevens started off the questioning.
"Well I was mad of course. I couldn't believe everything that had been going on. I wanted to hurt him for hurting my little girl. But first and foremost I wanted to get her better. I wanted to make her ok again. I knew that Josh would get what was coming to him with this trial" John said evenly, he wanted to come across as calm and confident in what he was saying.
"Mr. Springer allegedly shot your daughter standing right outside your living room window. At close range he snuck up, watched you having a night to yourselves and then a shot rang out, piercing the calm reserve. Your daughter was shot in the back and was in a coma for two weeks. She woke up and had amnesia, and could not get around without the aid of a wheelchair for a while. Your thoughts?" the lawyer asked, motioning John to talk.
John took a deep breath and leaned forward, fidgeting slightly "well on the night she was shot, we had just gotten through watching a DVD that she liked and I was going to put in another one while she went to the bathroom. All of a sudden a shot rang out. I looked and saw Jessie lying on the ground. I dropped beside her and called her name a few times but I was afraid to touch her, afraid to hurt her anymore than she was. She was in a coma for 2 weeks. I stayed at her bedside religiously. I told myself that she would not wake up without me being right there, so I hardly ever left her bedside. Then she woke up and..." John trailed off, he could feel the emotions bubbling up and threatening to spill over. He took a deep breath and trudged on "and she didn't remember anything or anyone. It broke my heart. Every time that she looked at me like she would someone she passed on the street, I wanted to fall in the floor and cry till I had no more tears. It went on for about a week. I lived with the, the stranger for a week. Then all of a sudden I'm woken up by her wanting me to get her something for her back pains. She called me daddy and I knew she was back" John couldn't help the tear that escaped, he remembered everything that went on, it brought up everything that he felt and it was hard remembering.
"No further questions" Stevens said sitting back down. Jessie watched as Gallasky made his way up to question her daddy. She swore if he stepped over the line that she'd...
"Mr. Cena, it seems to me that you are inconspicuously absent from the scene every time something of importance happens to your daughter. If I had a daughter of my own, I think I would try and be there for her if something like this happened..." Gallasky was cut off by John who was really upset.
"I was there on the night of the last incident, as for the other two times I couldn't have known because she didn't tell me or act like anything was wrong" John said shortly.
"A good father would know. No further questions your honor" Gallasky said sitting down. John got off the stand, walking quickly to his seat.
'He's right' John thought to himself 'a good father WOULD know when their child was in trouble'.
'He's not right' Jessie thought to herself 'I have a great dad. He does love me and he does care for me and he is there for me. I can't believe I put daddy through all that though. I'm sorry, daddy, I didn't mean to'. Jessie was snapped out of her thoughts as Stevens called her up to the stand. She stood up and slowly made the walk up there. She was sworn in and sat down. Jessie took a minute to look out at everyone who was there. John was looking at her with an encouraging smile. As were Trish, Alexis and her grandparents. Mark and Randy had their heads turned away, not meeting her gaze. Marc looked at her and crossed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, making Jessie smile faintly.
"Ms. Cena" Stevens started, causing Jessie's attention to turn to him "I am going to ask you one question. Tell us about everything that happened. Meeting Josh, the rape, him attempting to rape you again, the shooting and after effects from it. Tell us how you felt about everything don't leave anything out I want to hear it all. Don't be afraid of telling your emotions and feelings either let it all out." Jessie nodded and took a deep breath before beginning.
"Well I met Josh at the mall one night when my dad and Randy went to the gym, they dropped me off there. I was coming out of Hot Topic and literally bumped into him. I looked up and was speechless at how attractive he was. He seemed really nice, he called me gorgeous and flirted a bit. Then he asked if I wanted some company. I said sure. We walked around the mall a bit talking and having a great time. Then he asked me if I wanted to go somewhere more private. I thought maybe he meant the food court or something so I said yes. I regret that now. I should have said no, I should have...he lead me out to the back of the mall, there was a small sitting area there. We sat down, there was no one else there and I was a bit nervous about being all alone with him, but I brushed those thoughts aside.
"Josh looked at me and said I was very pretty. I went to say thank you and he kissed me. I felt a flash of panic because it was my first kiss, but I just let it go thinking that I should maybe enjoy it. Then he started...groping me" Jessie stopped and took a deep breath before continuing "He touched my breasts and my butt and stomach, I broke the kiss and told him that I had to go meet my dad. Josh kissed me on the neck and handed me a card with his number on it. I took it and rushed off to where my dad told me to meet him. I sat there a few minutes before my dad showed up. I was looking at my things to pass time, and to maybe calm down. I had a shirt in my hand when my dad started talking to me. I was so startled that I threw the shirt" Jessie laughed a bit, remembering the incident.
"After that I thought about Josh. I was uncomfortable with what happened but also I liked him, thought he was nice. I thought about maybe seeing him again but I wasn't sure" Jessie said, getting into the story. "The next day my dad said we were going to the mall to get some things for my room. I told my dad I was going to call my social worker Carol, but I called Josh" Jessie spared a glance at John and saw him take a deep breath and let it out, a shocked expression on his face. He saw her looking at him and mouthed 'it's ok' to her. Jessie wasn't entirely sure he felt that way, but took it for what it was worth and continued on with her story. "Well we got to the mall and picked out paint. I looked at my watch and saw that it was 12, when I said I'd meet him. So I told my dad I was going to the bathroom, and I met Josh outside..." Jessie stopped and took a shaky breath, knowing that the next part of the story would be the hardest to talk about. "He pulled me inside the bathroom and into the stall. He started taking his shirt off and I asked what he was doing, and he said something about a 'quickie'. I tried to tell him that I'd never done anything like that before, but he didn't listen...he" Jessie stopped to squelch a sob and continued on "he smacked me really hard. I fell back and hit my head on the side of the door. Then he took his clothes off and mine and he...he raped me. I'd never felt pain like that before. Not just the physical pain, but emotional too. He hurt me in a way that no one ever had" Jessie started crying then, and had to stop for a second. Stevens told her to take her time. Out in the audience Trish, Alexis and John's mother had tears streaming down their faces. John had his head in his hands and no one could tell if he too was crying or not. Randy and Mark had unreadable expressions on their faces but you could see unshed tears in their eyes. Marc shed one tear, his heart went out to the little girl. This was the first time he had heard the whole story, and it was much more than he originally thought.
"After he raped me, he kissed me and said thanks and left". Jessie sobbed a bit. "It was like I was something he used. Like I gave him a cheap thrill and he left me. It hurt. It hurt a lot. After that things were tense for me. I kept thinking about everything. It was so hard. I hoped I never saw him again. Then the next day my dad had to go out of town for his job, a signing or something I don't know. Then Mark and Maven called and were in town so they came to stay with Randy and me. I was a little nervous about being around them but I got over it. I reasoned that they wouldn't hurt me. The next day we stayed around the house most of the day then we went to a restaurant in Boston. I looked around the place as we we're sitting there, and saw Josh flirting with the hostess. I was shocked that he was there. He looked over and saw that I was there. He looked at me and grabbed his crotch and mouthed something like 'all for you'" out in the audience John pulled his hands away from his face and punched his leg, he was livid. He wanted nothing more than to jump Josh and beat the shit out of him. Trish reached over and grabbed his hand, squeezing it. She hoped that it would calm him down so he wouldn't do anything stupid.
"After we had dinner the guys wanted to go to the gym. I was kind of burned out of the mall, and I didn't want to run into Josh so I went with them. While they worked out I went on the treadmill thing. After a while I had to use the bathroom, so I went and told Randy. I went in and saw that it was pretty much empty. All of a sudden there was a hand covering my mouth. It was Josh. He said...he said 'don't fucking scream or I will kill you" Jessie sobbed a bit. "Josh said that he had been following me. Said that he knew where I was the entire time after our first meeting at the mall. He asked me if I had been 'banging' the guys because I was always around them. He said he had a slut for a girl and that he needed to teach me a lesson. After he said it, I closed my eyes. I expected something bad to happen. I started thinking of my daddy, and how I loved him and how I wished he was there so he could save me. But nothing happened. I opened my eyes and saw Randy beating Josh up. I closed my eyes again not wanting to see. I felt hands on me. It was Mark, but I thought it was Josh. I kept screaming for my daddy but I knew he wasn't there. I knew he couldn't come. I pushed Mark away but he grabbed me up and took me out to the car. When we got there I gave up. I knew everything was going to go badly, so I just resigned myself to it. I felt like killing myself. I didn't want to live anymore. After that we went back to the house because I didn't want to go to the doctor without my daddy. Finally he got home, and I flung myself into his arms. As soon as I smelled him, felt his arms around me I felt better. I knew that I was ok. He took me to the doctor and found out everything. I hoped he wasn't disappointed in me, I still hope he isn't." Jessie meant for the last statement to be a thought but she said it out loud. She wanted to ask John but knew she couldn't. "I tried to stop everything, but I was in over my head..." Jessie sobbed more. "A few days later, I had an argument with my dad and went to St. Louis to stay with Randy a few days. I arrived one night and had a talk with him and all. I planned on leaving the next day. I woke up that morning and Randy was at the gym. He left a note saying that he made me some food and put it in the refrigerator. I went down and got the food, and I reached down to grab the apple juice from the bottom, and this pain just ripped through my stomach.
"I passed out and woke up in the hospital. The doctor came in and told me that I had a miscarriage. I thought that he was joking. How could I have had a miscarriage when I wasn't even pregnant? Then he showed me a chart for something and suddenly, I realized he couldn't have been joking, I just didn't know that I was in fact pregnant. When the realization hit me I just cried. I'd lost my baby, a baby I didn't even know I had growing inside me. Then I thought 'Jessie you're only 14 you have your whole life to have children.' I felt sadness for my lost baby. But then I don't know, I felt relieved that God had taken my baby. Because I don't know how I would have felt about it when it was born, ya know. Because it was made in a wrongful act and I just can't bare to think about the fact that I might have ended up hating my child, or maybe myself" Jessie trailed off then, thinking about the miscarriage and everything.
"What about after that Ms. Cena?" Stevens asked "When you were shot".
"Well, I had been sitting with my dad on the couch watching a movie. It went off and I told him to put another one in, while I went to the bathroom. Then this explosion happened and I felt this incredible pain in my lower back. I blacked out" Jessie started sobbing then, barely able to get the words out "I woke up and didn't know anybody. I didn't know..."Jessie couldn't talk anymore. She broke down sobbing, almost hyperventilating.
"Your honor I'd like to request a 20 minute recess" Stevens asked of the judge. Seeing the condition Jessie was in the judge granted it. Jessie got up out of the seat, and ran out of the courtroom. John rushed out after her, hoping to catch her before she went too far. He caught her right before she got down the hall. He pulled her to him and wrapped his arms around her.
"Shhhh" he said gently rocking her. "It's ok. It's ok. I love you. I'm not disappointed in you". John stood there, holding Jessie letting her cry and telling her over and over that he loved her, and he was proud of her for being as strong as she was. Trish came out then, and told them they had 2 minutes to get back inside.
"Trish" Jessie said, looking at the blonde woman she had begun thinking of as a big sister "will you fix my makeup before we go in?" John rolled his eyes jokingly, and kissed Jessie's forehead.
"Oh of course" Trish said taking some make up out of her bag. "I've learned to do quick touch ups. Backstage at shows you gotta be quick". True to her word in 30 seconds Trish had touched up Jessie's make up, and they were ready to head back in. Before Jessie went back up to the stand John hugged her tightly and told her he loved her.
"Ms. Cena" Gallasky said to her once the trial had restarted. "I want to tell you how it is that I see things. Someone else did this to you. I'm thinking that Mr. Orton did, but maybe it was someone else. I don't think it was, but who knows. The fact is you put strain on my client, causing his mental faculties to come crashing down to the floor. You forced him over the edge, causing him to get the gun he used to put a bullet in your back instead of you forgiving him for everything and putting the blame on the rightful person. You are making an innocent man go through much more than he should". Everyone who was there for Jessie was livid at Gallasky's words, and if it had been any other situation, he would have been beaten bloody by a gang of people.
To everyone's surprise Jessie laughed, she laughed and turned on the look that Randy taught her full force. "Mr. Gallasky you try to insinuate that a man I think of as a big brother did this unspeakable act to me. You try to drag his name through the mud and put the blame on him for a chance to make your client look innocent, but the fact is Mr. Gallasky, he isn't innocent. He is the one who did everything to me, and he is the one who should pay for this crime. Mr. Gallasky let me ask you something, do you have a daughter?" Gallasky shook his head. "No? If you did, how would you react if this had happened to her? You would want the guy murdered I expect. Mr. Gallasky what I went through is something many women go through all the time. And men like you say you understand. No offense, but there aren't many, if any reports of a man being raped by a woman".
John turned to Trish, a surprised look on his face "She's cutting a promo" he said quietly "she's doing a promo on him".
"And earlier you said that maybe I wanted everything Josh did to me. Did I want him to take my virginity from me, in a dirty stall in a public bathroom? Did I want him to slam me up against the stall, putting bruises all over my back? Did I want him to bruise my sides and legs with his grip? Did I ask for him to put the jagged scar that is on my back on me, by standing outside of my house and shooting me as I stood up to go to the bathroom, leaving me in a coma for two weeks only to wake up and not remember my family and loved ones? No Mr. Gallasky, I certainly did not want nor did I ask for any of those things. In fact I tried to get out of the situation many times throughout the course of it, the rape and abuse part that is. I said I did not want what was happening to happen very clearly. Yet it still did. Mr. Gallasky your client did something utterly wrong and very, very immoral and incomprehensible to many a mind, and Mr. Gallasky he needs to pay for those actions." After Jessie was done Gallasky looked pissed. He turned toward the judge.
"No further questions your honor" the judge nodded his head. Jessie went and sat beside Stevens. The judge looked thoughtful before speaking.
"I have heard all of the testimony. I've heard various bits of information and now I am expected to make a ruling. The one thing that is obvious is that despite Mr. Gallasky's efforts Mr. Springer's guilt is apparent. The bailiff informed you on what charges were being brought against you earlier, so on the charges of; two counts of assault, one count of rape, one count of attempted murder, I find you guilty on all charges. I sentence you to two consecutive life sentences without possibility of parole." The guards came and cuffed Josh he put up a struggle though.
"Wait" he yelled. "Wait, wait I had an accomplice. I had an accomplice". Everyone stopped in their tracks, shocked by his words. "It was Stacy" he said "Stacy Keibler." Everyone gasped, not knowing what to think.
"YOU ASSHOLE!" Stacy stood up yelling, no one had even noticed her there. She took her hand out of her purse and held up a gun "I TRUSTED YOU!" she yelled, firing the gun. It hit Josh directly in the heart, killing him instantly. The guards started running toward her but she yelled out "IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU I WOULD HAVE HAD JOHN, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY!" she pointed the gun at Jessie, whose eyes widened in fright, she fired the gun and John who had been watching everything in shock, bolted and tackled Jessie to the ground. The shot hit him instead. By this time the guards had subdued Stacy and dragged her away from the room. Jessie looked at John who was laying, unconscious on the ground, blood pouring from the wound.
"Daddy" she whispered, she went to touch his face but was pulled away by Marc before she could, so that the paramedics could work on him. She turned in Marc's arms and sobbed on his shoulder.