The verdict

This was a very long court hearing, I tell you, they started from the very beginning, made her confess everything, she also threw curses and threats at everyone in the room. It was horrific to watch, also every minute that had past I wondered even more how Ron could have fell for her trap those many years ago. I have looked at Ron as well, and I am pretty sure he was thinking the exact same as I did.

I guess because she would not get out of prison anytime soon, she just started not to care about having respect in the court room. Gosh, that person is truly vile and disgusting, but her face when she saw Johnny sitting down next to me, and Jamie sitting on my other side.

"What a shame! A waste of a good bullet that didn't finished its job!"

Surely, if you had seen the faces from the jury, you would know exactly what everyone is thinking right at that moment. She truly wishes her children to be dead, and then she starts to laugh about it as if she is the funniest person in the room either. I feel I am getting sick. Johnny sees me, he moves closer and lays his arm around me. I look up at his face and he gives me a kiss. I know he tries to calm me, and I need to, need to think of our baby.

"What mother wishes her children to die, or even attempts herself to kill them?"

The judge asks in disgust as he watches Claire. She looks at him and again. An asylum would be way better for her than a prison, where she will be strapped and locked away in an empty room. I sound horrible, but what can I write otherwise? I never wishes someone to be locked up like this or to die, but there is an exception with that monster. I can tell you that much, I hate her so much.

"Have you seen my children? All four are stupid idiots, I never should have given birth to them! They don't deserve to live!"

Then she cackles again, that high-pitched sound that makes it sound like she is a witch. A shiver goes down my spine, and I move a little more to Johnny for protection. He looks at me and pressed me a little more against me.

"You surely aren't fit to be a mother."

I know the jury has already decided on the verdict because they were just back for like five minute. I take a deep breath and look at Johnny's face. He looks at me, he mouth a 'I love you', I smile and lay my head against his shoulder. Ron is looking at the jury who are looking at each other and nodding. Roger sees him taking a deep breath and lays his hand on Ron's shoulder. With a nod, he reassures Ron that everything will be all right.

"Well, this has been a very long court hearing, I would like to know if you finally have decided on a verdict?"
"We have, your honor."

One of them says and stands up. Everyone is watching him, he clears his throat.

"The evidence is very clear, Claire Vanderburgh has confessed what she was planning to do, how far she wanted to go too, the recordings were very clear. So, we finally came to a verdict."

The guy takes a deep breath. The judge is getting a little impatient, and clears his throat when the pause takes too long.

"Please state your verdict."
"We, the jury, declare that Claire Vanderburgh is guilty of attempted murder, blackmailing, and neglect. We have voted for a lifetime sentence in the supermax prison because we believe that she's a danger to other convicts, and even prison guards. We cannot declare her insane, even though she comes across like it, she is fully conscious of what's she's doing and saying."

I get it now, yes, I think the jury is right about that, I mean, who would influence her son to inflict violence without feeling remorse, or even pity at all.

"You've got no idea what I can do! Or how much power I truly have! I'll find you all, and I. Will. Kill. YOu. ALL!"

Her voice went louder with the word she is spatting out at the jury. That is truly a madwoman screaming there, there is no empathy at all coming from that vile woman. I look back at the jury, and I clearly see some getting frightened of her.

"Silence in the court room!"

The judge takes his hammer, and hits the table to make the commotion that has started to stop. Everyone stopped, looking at the judge, except for Claire. Well, what would you except? They should be taping her mouth to make her shut up.

"Hereby I declare..."

But Claire interrupted him again, shouting some lousy threats at Ron, and her sons, then she starts to cackle again.

"Guards! Please, make her stop."

Two guards went to her, and she spits at them. Wow, I have never seen such a thing before, how she acts, it is truly disgusting. One of the two guards had enough, he tasered her, and she slumps into her chair, being dazed and a little stunned, just enough for her to still hear the verdict while she finally has shut her mouth.

"Thanks... I declare that Claire Vanderburgh is guilty of all the charges that has been laid upon her, and that she will be spent a lifetime in the supermax prison. This case is closed, please guards take her away."

The guards nod, lifting CLaire out of the chair, and dragging her with them outside to bring her to the supermax prison. The judge hits the table and lays his hammer down while his other hand rubs his face. It must have been a heavy case to read and watch.

When the judge stands up, it is a sign for everyone to stand up and leave the room. Roger went to the judge to shake hands, the judge gives him a nod and walks away. Roger went to Ron, they shake hands, then he looks at us and smiles. I stand up and went to him to give him a hug. He chuckles about it. Johnny stands up and came closer, extending his hand to Roger who shakes it with a smile. Jamie came closer as well.

"Thank you so much."
"The honor was all mine."
"You're being modest, Roger."
"You know me, Baby, now I need to go, my wife is waiting for me to have lunch together."
"Have a good lunch, tell her that I'll be at the office tomorrow for a meeting."
"I will do."

Roger sees Lisa and Amanda and smiles, they came closer and shakes hands. I am so tired right now, I could get some sleep. Johnny lays his arm around me and I smile happily as I grab him.

"I wanna sleep."
"It has to wait though, you promised your grandparents we would go for dinner today, your parents will be there too."

I moan with a sad face, he chuckles and gives me a super soft kiss. Damn you, Johnny! Do not dare to do that to me. Ron and Jamie are invited too. Well, I guess I can lay down on a swimming pool for some time, enjoy the sun a little and sleep.

"Let's go, kids."

We follow Ron outside where Gio and Nico are waiting, Nico is Ron's new driver since Harry is retired since last month.

Johnny went back to work. Penny has kept me updated about Amanda, who seems to be a real natural when it comes to teaching. I am very happy to hear that, but I do want her to get that certificate. I know both Penny and Johnny are great teachers, they have been teaching Amanda a huge lot already. Amanda has changed so much in the short time she works for me. She works really hard, she is very motivated as well, and I can see she is really happy in her life now. Especially being with my sister.

After the whole kidnapping, I have been watching the two, they have grown so close now, I think they will marry one day. I know they both will be great aunts to my baby.

"Baby?"

I am sitting at the table in Johnny's apartment, I am looking into some papers that I got from my accountant. There are still some things I need to keep doing, and this is important for the taxes. Yeah, I definitely need to learn business management as well. I look up from my papers when I hear him coming inside. I see his serious expression. Whoops, he has caught me working.

"Why are you working?"
"I was only checking on the taxes, I need to sign this or I will be in trouble."
"You know I want you to take it easy, not to work. You told me you wouldn't work anymore until the baby is born."
"I know, but I there are some things I need to keep doing."

I look back at the papers that I am holding. I know he is keeping an eye on me, telling me that I need to take some rest, I love it that he cares so much, but I get so bored by doing nothing at all, I just want to do something. He sits down next to me, taking the papers away and laying them down on the table. I look at his face, and he takes my hands as he gives me his special smile.

"I love you, you gorgeous man."
"I love you too, beautiful."

I giggle about it and lean in to give him a kiss.

"But if you don't mind, I want to finish this up, then I promise I won't be doing anything anymore for the rest of the day."
"Fine, I can't talk this out of your head anyway."

I giggle as I give him one more kiss before I take the papers and check out the last bit. I was really almost done when he came to disturb me. I had been checking a few things out for Amanda as well after Penny called me. I know he is still watching me, admiring me.

"I was checking a few things out for Amanda earlier, Penny had called me."
"When does her study starts?"
"In three weeks, can you handle it with only having a part-time assistant?"
"Penny said she would help me out as well, I don't want you to worry, it will be fine."

I smile as I watch his handsome face, I see him starting to smile as well, then biting his lip a little. Hmm, I just got another idea in my head. I move and straddle his lap while I keep looking in his eyes. His hands are firm as he holds my bottom. I giggle a little and I bite my lip when I feel him squeezing. I grab his head and start kissing him like there is no tomorrow.

"Hmm."

He moans deeply through the kiss, I turn my head a little, but he stops the kiss. I open my eyes to look at him and see his smile.

"Why did you stop?"
"You've got a huge grip on me, do you even know that?"

I giggle shortly and want to kiss him again, but he stops me. I cup his lower jaw as I keep looking in his eyes. I feel his hand going to my belly, I inhale deeply and let my hands go through his heair. He is doing this lately a lot. I guess it is a way for him to reassure himself that his baby is alright, or it is just a gesture for him to show that he wants to protect his baby so much. We had the echo yesterday, and we got to hear the heartbeat. Dad was with us, I guess he wanted to be sure as well.

I do not see Johnny getting emotional a lot, but yesterday he was really emotional. It is all the tensions, all the things that had happened, then getting to hear the heartbeat of our baby, being sure it is alright. I never had thought it would survive the bleeding I got, but I guess we have some strong baby in there. I hope it will be like his father.

"I got a phone-call earlier."
"Is that why you came home earlier?"
"Yes."
"Was it someone important?"
"It was the real estate agency."

I became curious, Johnny started the search as soon as we got back home. After long talks we decided we would not be buying a cheap house. I know we do not want to let our fortune define our lives, but we do want a very comfortable home. Somewhere we both feel at home, and where we would not be short on anything we need. We had a few viewings already, but so far none of the houses appealed to us.

"And?"
"They think they've found the perfect house for us."
"You know more about the house?"
"Nope, I told him I wanted to be surprised."
"You don't know anything at all?"
"Only that it's close to your grandparents."

My eyebrows went up and he smiles as he sees my face of surprise. Then I start to frown, living near my grandparents is a really nice thought, that is for sure, but I wonder what house it is that is for sale, and do I know the people who lived there? I have so many questions already, one thing I know for sure is that those houses are not under the ten million.

"You want to live there, Baby?"
"Depends on the house."
"Baby, you know we'll be able to afford this house anyway, we're both billionaires, and you know as well as I do that this apartment is even cheap according to most billionaires."
"Hear you talking all richness."

I give him my teasing smile. He chuckles and gives me a soft kiss. I am curious about the house. I wonder if it would be having a private beach as well, like my grandparents have, that would be really nice. He can see my curiosity, I look back in his eyes.

"When is the viewing?"
"In about a half an hour, Gio is waiting for us."
"Okay, let me get ready."

He let me go as I want to get off his lap. I went to the bathroom to prepare myself. We I came out of the bathroom, I see him waiting at the door. I guess he is being curious as well about the house.