After visiting Fu and Ruby Mari went back home and saw Nino standing by the door. "Hay."

"Hay this was brought for you." He shows her the letter. "Want me to open it?" Mari nodded since she couldn't read. Nino opened it and read it. "You are ordered to declare at a trail...where could that come from?"

Mari shrugs. "Could it be about the divorce?"

Nino shakes his head. "No because you are listed as a witness. Do you have any idea what it is about?"


"I made a demand to get my granddaughter's custody that's it." Audrey said emotionless.

"So you dared?" Adrien said sternly.

"I have a right to doctor, and the law will grant it." Audrey replied.

"Well guess what you will never be able to take my daughter away." Adrien said harshly.

"Of course, I will. You'll see during the trail." Audrey said with a smirk.

"The Judge won't declare to your favor."

"He will after knowing what you did to Mari. You might deny it, but Mari won't be able to deny it much less lie." Audrey replied.


Mari sighs. "Yes Nino I do. It's Audrey she wants to take Adrien's daughter away from him. She wants to use me to drown him."

"What will you do?" Nino asked.


"You can't use Mari against me." Adrien stated.

"Yes I can and I will." Audrey replied.

"I won't be the only victim Maya will be one too. As much love as a grandmother you have for her; you can't replace a father's love. It's a crime taking a child from her father." Adrien replied before leaving the room.


"I don't know right now." Mari replied. "I have a lot to do, and I would like to be alone." Nino nodded understanding and handed her the letter before walking away. As Mari walks inside the house, she feels dizzy. She takes a deep breach and sits on a couch. Once she doesn't feel dizzy anymore she thinks about Roland's offer. With Fu ill and the fact that they barely earn enough money she really had no choice but to try. "There's no harm in testing it out."


The next morning Mari goes to visit Fu and sees him eating his breakfast. "Good morning Fu how are you feeling?"

"Good morning dear." Fu replied with a smile. "And much better."

"Good and don't worry about your work, I did it all." Mari replied smiling back. "And after you are released I'll continue doing it all." Fu nodded knowing there was no point in arguing with her.

After an hour with Fu, Mari leaves the hospital and rides her bike to the TV studio that Roland works at. Once there she goes to the front desk. "Hi I'm looking for this person." She hands the business card to the secretary. The secretary tells her where to find Roland and Mari thanks her before going to the set he was at.

Roland sees her and smiles. "Welcome Mari I knew that you would come."

Mari looks around. "Wow this is real I thought you were kidding. You really think that I could be an actress?"

"Of course Mari i'll make you into a star. If you want to that is." Roland replied.

Mari slowly nodded. "I do that way I can earn enough money for Fu and I to live with no worries."

Roland nods. "Alright but first I need to test you."

"And there it goes my chance is gone i'm terrible in tests." Mari says putting her hands on her hips.


"Did you already hire a lawyer?" Lila asked Adrien. She was currently at his office and he just told her about the trail.

"No not yet." Adrien replied.

"Why? Audrey has one and dad says that the fight can be long." Lila stated.

Adrien raises an eyebrow. "Your dad is counseling Audrey?"

"No of couse not he doesn't want to be part of it but he told me that Mari's declaration can drown you." Lila replied.


Roland smiled. "It's not that kind of test. It's a test of acting and talent. Do you have a good memory?"

Mari shrugs. "I don't know."

"To act you need to learn how to memorize." Roland hands her the script he was holding. "Do you know what this is?"

Mari took it. "No."

"It's called a script and in here is a movie written and the lines of a character you will act as." Roland replied. "The character name is Bridgette. The first thing you need to do is read the script and then read what the lines of Bridgette say and memorize the first three lines and finally i'll test you."

"How long are you giving me to study?" Mari asked curiously.

"Only two days take it home read it learn it and come back at the same time on Friday" Roland stated.

Mari nodded. "Okay."


"When is the trail?" Lila asked.

"In two days on Friday." Adrien replied

"You need to prepare yourself for Mari's rearrange." Lila replied.

"Honestly I don't think she'll go agianest me Lila." Adrien stated. "As much as she hates me I don't see her capable of something so low where my daughter is involved. I know that Mari won't declare againest me actually I doubt that she'll go to the trail on Friday."


Mari was walking down the sidewalk of her neighborhood heading home when she bumps into Lila. "Hi Mari." Lila said with a fake smile.

"What are you doing here?" Mari asked sternly.

"I came to see you." Lila replied.

Mari raises an eyebrow. "Why?"

"About the trail on Friday." Lila stated.

"Audrey was cruel to put me in the middle of that but I told her that she won't count on me." Mari replied.

"I know but you can't avoid it. You have to go on Friday and declare if you don't present yourself you'll be sent to jail." Lila answered.

'Are you trying to scare me?" Mari asked crossing her arms.

"Of couse not i'm just letting you know have a good day." With that Lila walks away.


On Friday Adrien and Audrey were waiting outside the Judge's office waiting for the trail to start. Adrien couldn't stay still and walked around the waiting room. All he could think about was if Mari would show up. 'No Mari won't come Audrey won't get her way because Mari won't come.' Suddenly he sees Audrey look behind him and smirks. He turns around and was face to face with Mari. He shook his head in disbelief and walked to a chair and sat down. Mari sat on a chair across from him.

The secretary walked over to them. "Mrs. Audrey Bourgeois?"

"That's me." Audrey replied.

"Please follow me." The secretary said before leading Audrey inside the Judge's office.

inside was the Judge a minister and the two lawyers. The minister walked up to her holding a book. "Please put your right hand on the book to take the oath of truth." Audrey nodded and put her right hand on the book and took the oath.

After that she sat down and told her story including what Adrien did to Mari. "And that's why as a grandma I feel anxious and worried. I don't think that man should have his daughters custody. What kind of education and morals could he teach her? I ask for the girl's custody to seperate her from a cruel soul who shouldn't be considered decent or a good father."

"Anything else to add Mrs. Bourgeois?" The judge asked.

"Only that you can varify everything I said under the declaration of the witness. She is the one who can tell you how immoral Dr. Adrien Agreste is." Audrey replied.

"That's it Mrs. thank you, you can leave now." The Judge stated.

Audrey nodded and stood up before leaving the room. She walked over to Mari. "Now it's your turn to declare. They already know what he did I told them everything."

"Mrs. comments are not allowed." The secretary stated as she walked over to them. Audrey nodded and walked away. The secretary looked at Mari. "Marinette N?"

Mari nodded standing up. "That's me."

"Please follow me." The secretary said before leading her to the office.

The minister stood beside her holding the book. "I need you to do the oath of truth please put your right hand on the book." Mari nodded and put her right hand on the book. "Do you swear to tell the truth all the truth and only the truth?"

Mari slowly nodded. "I swear."


"I'm glad you called Audrey I was anxious. Did you go to the trail?" Lila asked Audrey over the phone.

"That's where i'm coming from Lila." Audrey replied. "I was the first to declare now the street rat is declaring then Adrien. If the street rat doesn't say the truth I already told them everything and they will force her to. Even if she doesn't want to they will force her to declare againest him."

"And how is he?" Lila asked

"Scared he knows what is expecting for him." Audrey replied. "I can assure you that they will declare againest him."


Audrey's lawyer started speaking. "My client has reasons to demand her granddaughter's custody so she doesn't stay by her father's side. I know that it's panful to seperate a daughter and father but our duty as citizens is to do anything to protect that child. It would be a crime to leave that child with a person capable of something so low like what that man commited."

"I ask the lawyer to keep with the demand and declarations and to keep personal judgement about the case to themself." The Judge replied.

The lawyer nodded and looked at Mari. "We know that you were only a teenager when one night by chance you bumoed into Dr. Agreste. He was drunk and chased you. you wanted to escape but he caught you and againest your will he humilated you as a woman. Mrs. Bourgeois already stated the facts now you just need to confirm them. Is it true that Dr. Agreste tried to humilate you as a woman? Yes or no?"

Mari bit her bottom lip before shaking her head. "No he never did that."

"You're saying that Mrs. Bourgeois's declaration is false are you sure?" The lawyer asked.

Mari nodded. "Yes I'm sure."

"But she has it as a fact. Try to remember one night in a field." The lawyer stated.

"I don't know what you're talking about nor where Audrey got that from." Mari replied

"I need to remind you that you sworn to tell the truth." The lawyer reminded her.

"I don't remember him doing anything to me. You're just forcing me to say yes, but I won't. Can I go now?" Mari asked, and the judge nodded. Mari stood up and left the office she looked at Adrien for a moment before walking away.

"Dr. Adrien Agreste, please follow me." The secretary said as she walked over to him. Adrien nodded and stood up before following her to the office.

The minister made him do the oath of truth before Adrien sat on the chair. Audrey's lawyer went beside him. "Dr. Agreste the demand of Mrs. Bourgeois for the custody of her granddaughter your daughter with claims of your immorality formed a fact that is uncertain at the moment of which you are considered guilty. This fact happened a few years ago to the person Marinette N you can admit it or deny it. Do you accept the responsibility yes or no?"

"I won't say that I'm a perfect man. I just want to put the price of my fault on a balance, my responsibility capability and my love to be a good father now you decide where it should lean on because I don't think I deserve to have the most miraculous thing that God has given me to be taken away...my daughter." Adrien replied. "I won't tell you my anxiety when I realized what I did. When I looked for that girl desperately trying to repay for the damage, I caused her. What I want to describe to you is my regret for what I did because I know that's the only thing that could win your indulgence. Now to have my daughter by my side is in your hands...I rectified, and I found the path that I lost. I became a man of good. I built a positive responsible and clean life. I did not just achieve my regeneration but also fought for the violent and confused youth whom I saw around me to avoid them falling on the same path I did long ago...But I imagine that the people that were here forgot to tell you how I am with my daughter. They most likely didn't mention my huge love for her and how I always took care of her. Giving her education." Adrien takes a deep breath tearing up. "At this moment, my daughter is nervous and altered because her grandmother put her against me...now I want to know if that's a way to care for her. Poisoning her heart isn't the biggest CRIME that could be committed. I want to ask you if my error can reduce the love I have for my daughter. Who could love a kid more than who gave them his or her life? That's all I have to tell you. Now tell me if you guys will rip my heart apart by taking my daughter from me."

The Judge nodded. "I ask Dr. Agreste and the lawyers present to leave the room, so I can make my decision."

"I think it's too soon to make a decision Judge." Audrey's lawyer replied.

"And I think that there's enough elements in this case to make my decision." The judge stated. "Please do the favor of leaving."

Adrien stood up and left the room with the two lawyers. He stood against a wall anxious to know the Judge's decision.


Mari goes to the church and bends down to prey. "Dear Lord please forgive me for swearing under your name to tell the truth then lie but if I told the truth his daughter would be taken away from him, and you wouldn't want that would you? As bad as Adrien was with me, I couldn't do that to him. A kid is on top of everything. Please forgive me, I promise to prey a lot for you to forgive me." After she preyed, she stood up and left the church. "I hope they don't punish Adrien taking Maya away from him." When she got home, she remembered that she still had to go to do that test Roland told her about. She grabbed the script and scanned it one more time.


After a while, the minister walked out from the Judge's office. "Please come in Dr. Agreste." Adrien nodded and followed him in the room along with the lawyers.

"Please sit down Dr. Agreste." The Judge said and Adrien nodded sitting down.


"Where's Marinette I haven't seen her?" Father Carlos asked Fu while he visited him in the hospital. "I thought I would find her here."

"She's probably at the trail." Fu replied.

"What trial?" Father Carlos asked curiously.

"Adrien's mother in law wants to take his daughter custody away from him, and she's using what he did to Mari in the past against him." Fu answered.


Mari left the house to go to the studio when she bumped into Father Carlos. "It seems like I came on time."

"Father." Mari replied nervously.

"Are you nervous Marinette?" Father Carlos asked.

Mari smiled sheepishly. "You could say that."

He nodded. "Why?"

"Because...because of everything that has been going on especially because of work which won't change until...the other thing." Mari replied.

Father Carlos raised an eyebrow. "The other thing?"


Natalie walked into Maya's room with her laundry when she saw Maya laying on her bed moving side by side and mumbling the words' daddy Mari and Teddy. Natalie put the basket down and went over to her. "Maya what's wrong?" Maya didn't answer she just continued mumbling the three words. Natalie felt her forehead and felt that she had a fever. "I'm going to go get help." Natalie left the room as Maya continues her mumbling.


"I analyzed the pros and cons factors of you as a person. The serious fault you did exist but a clean recovery also exists, and we need to keep it in mind that a father would be considered immoral if harming his child but I personally don't consider you as that kind of father. I think what happened in the past is from a bad moment your post actions and attitude make you worthy to have your daughter with you." The Judge stated.

Adrien smiled. "Does that mean-"

The Judge nodded. "Your little girl stays with you I declare to your favor."