Phoenix Wright – Turnabout Future
Part 4 – 2 Months Post TT
AN:This chapter is more to explain why Phoenix still has his badge unlike in Apollo Justice.
A card game, Poker in fact, I didn't realise how much it could have affected my life, that evidence could have destroyed my career.
"Trial is now in session for the murder of Magnifi Gramarye," stated the judge, "Is the defence ready?"
"Yes your honour," replied Phoenix.
"Is the prosecution ready," asked the judge.
"Ready to rock your honour," replied the prosecutor, Kristoph Gavin's younger brother he turned out to be, Klavier Gavin. The case went as normal, until I destroyed his conclusive witness's testimony. Then he presented the Diary, it was suspicious from the start.
I noticed the facts he had failed to note when he requested that I showed evidence that proved he wrote after the last entry I hesitated, I'd had no time to check the evidence that Trucy had handed me outside the courtroom, and if it was proven to be fake, I could be disbarred.
"I have no evidence to show at this time," replied Phoenix.
"OBJECTION!" roared Klavier Gavin, "Have you noticed my little trap for your fake evidence Mr. Wright?"
"What fake evidence?" replied Phoenix Wright, he knew what he referred to, it would be hard not to know, but he played dumb, if necessary he could call the girl Trucy as a witness to confirm she'd received it right outside the courtroom.
"I'm talking about the sheet of paper you were planning to claim was from this diary," replied Gavin oblivious to the bluff.
"This," replied Phoenix holding the sheet up, "I wasn't going to present this at all, I received it right outside this courtroom and wasn't going to present it until I could verify it's authenticity."
"You had that forged to win this case!" replied Gavin.
"Prove it!"
"You prove you didn't forge it!"
"You made the claim, it's your responsibility to prove it!"
"Very well," replied Klavier Gavin, "I'd like a ten minute recess to prepare a witness your honour."
He called a painter named Drew Misham, although he confirmed the evidence as fake, he couldn't confirm who'd ordered it. Combined with the testimony from both Trucy and Shadi Enigmar that I had only received the case yesterday and the evidence this morning, it was enough to get me off the hook, and with the conflicting testimonies and evidence from Shadi and Valant, they couldn't pin the crime on my client and to this day it remains unsolved.
I shudder now still, to remember what a close call it was in that courtroom that day, if I'd presented that evidence, my career as a Defence Attorney would now be over.