20th July, 10am
Rebecka Nevins, Max Dawson, Raquel Delko, judge Holden, the CSI team, Maya, Trish and Elena, detectives, witnesses, a jury and a bunch of other people were all gathered in a court room. It was time to start the trial against Raquel Delko.
Alexx, Frank, Eric, Horatio, Ryan, Nat and Calleigh were sitting behind Nevins. Joseph Delko had decided not to be there.
"Guys, I got some new evidence from Joseph three days ago." Nevins said.
"You did?" Eric asked, "What is it?"
"It's a prenuptial agreement." Nevins said, "In case of a divorce she gets 3 million dollars from him."
"And if he dies?" Frank asked.
"All of it."
"And that's alot of money." Eric said.
"Yes, so I'll use it against her." Nevins said, "The divorce has gone through, so she has got her 3 million dollars."
"All rise." A voice said and Judge Holden walked out in the court room and sat down in his chair.
He said a few words and then Nevins and Dawson opened the trial by talking to the jury.
-I-
"Why aren't you at the trial?" Jason asked.
"Because if I see that ugly-wicked witch again. I might damage the babies." Valera said.
"How?"
"Jason. Just please, don't say anything." Valera said.
"Alright. But why aren't you at work then?" He asked.
"Why arent' you?"
"Because it's my day off. But not yours." Jason grinned.
"I feel sick."
"My poor poor girl." Jason smiled and gave Valera kiss.
She was lying in bed. She had a fever and was pissed off.
"Can I get you anything?" Jason asked.
"Pasta with peanut butter and pimiento." Valera said.
"Excuse me?"
"You heard me."
"Are you serious?" Jason asked, "That can't be good."
"It is. Now go make some for me." Valera said.
Jason nodded and went out in the kitchen. He decided to call Valera's mother Elisa and ask her if it was really such a good idea to give a pregnant woman that kind of food.
"You are the doctor aren't ya?" Elisa asked.
"Yes, but I'm not so sure about this." Jason said.
"It's her craving you know. That happens when you're pregnant." Elisa said. Jason knew she was smiling.
"Okay, what happens if I don't give it to her?"
"She'll probably beat the crap out of ya." Elisa chuckled, "Jason, until she givers birth you better get used to cravings and mood swings."
"Okay. Will her mood swings get three times worse, since she's pregnant with triplets?"
Elisa laughed.
"No, I've never heard of anything like that." She said.
"Good to know." Jason said, "Well, I better get this food done. Thank's for your time Elisa."
"No problem Jason." Elisa said and hung up.
"Jason!" Valera yelled, "What's taking so long?"
"Long? It's only been three minutes." Jason said.
"That's almost like three hours for a hungry, very pissed off pregnant lady."
"Sorry my dear. The food will be ready shortly." Jason said.
-I-
Miguel was in the witness stand. Nevins was the first one to ask him questions.
"Mr Delko, what kind of a mood was the defendant, your sister, in when she came to see you the day that Lt. Caine and Joseph Delko were shot?" Nevins asked.
"She was angry." Miguel said.
"What did she tell you?"
"She said that she wanted me to teach them a lesson. Hurt them." Miguel said.
"Did she tell you why?" Nevin asked.
"Yes, she said that they had hurt her."
"In what way had they hurt her?"
"They didn't want to talk to her anymore." Miguel said.
"Why is that?" Nevin asked.
"Because she didn't accept that her son is homosexual." Miguel said.
"Did your sister ask you to hurt her son?" Nevins asked.
"Yes, she did."
"And what happened when you didn't want to?"
"She told me to go to hell." Miguel said.
"No further questions." Nevins said and went back to her chair.
Dawson stood up and walked towards Miguel.
"Mr Delko, what exactly did your sister say when she told you that she wanted her son and husband, now ex-husband to get hurt?" Dawson asked.
"That she wanted to hurt them like they had hurt her." Miguel said.
"Meaning that she never wanted to talk to them again." Dawson said, "Why do you witness against her?"
"Because she is guilty of the charges against her." Miguel said.
"How do you know that?" Dawson asked. Hoping to make Miguel look like a man who assumed to much.
"Objection!" Nevins said, "He's mocking the witness."
"Sustained. Mr Dawson, ask something else." Judge Holden said.
"No further questions." Dawson said.
"The witness can step down from the stand." Judge Holden said.
"I now call Mrs Julia Hess as a witness." Nevin said.
"Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?"
"I do." Mrs Hess said.
"Mrs Hess." Nevins said, "You've stated that you saw the defendant come out of Miguel Delko's house and upset they day of the shooting, June 22nd, is that correct?" Nevins asked.
"Yes."
"What did she do after she came out of the house?"
"She smiled and went into the house next to Mr Delko's." Mrs Hess said.
"How long was she in there?" Nevins asked.
"Not more then fifteen mintes."
"Did she have a purse that day?" Nevin asked.
"Obejction! It's not relevant." Dawson said.
"Yes it is." Nevins said.
"Overruled. You may continue Ms Nevins." Holden said.
"Thank you." Nevin said, "Did se have a purse?" If Raquel had brought a purse with her, she could easily have hidden ten thousand dollars in it.
"Yes."
"Did she seem happy when she exited the house?"
"No." Mrs Hess said.
"Who used to live in that house?"
"Jason Ash."
"No further questions." Nevins said.
"Mrs Hess. Has Raquel Delko ever talked to Jason Ash before?" Dawson asked.
"I don't know." Mrs Hess said.
"So she could have entered the house because he was a friend, and maybe she smiled because she was happy to see him?" Dawson asked.
"Obejction!" Nevins said, "Mrs Hess opinion is not relevant for the case."
"Opinions is what made her testify for you Ms Nevins" Dawson said.
"Sustained. Mrs Hess opinion is not relevant." Holden said.
"No further questions." Dawson said.
-I-
The team was having lunch with Maya, Trish and Elena. At 1pm the trial would continue.
"I heard that you two have bought a dog." Maya said and to Eric and H.
"Two dogs, actually." Horatio said, "Grand Danois."
"Big dogs." Elena said, "When can you take them home?"
"In three days." Eric said, "They're nine weeks old."
"Any names?" Calleigh asked.
"Yeah, Waldo and Rascall." Eric said, "They're both black and male."
"My oldest child, Dominic wants a dog too." Elena said, "Instead of a little brother."
"So it's a boy?" Natalia asked.
"Yeah." Elena smiled and touched her pregnant belly, "I have three already, and then one girl."
"Well she'll have four brothers to protect her." Eric grinned.
"It's the other way around. They get in to trouble all the time and she has to protect them." Elena chuckled.
"And Valera's having triplets I heard." Trish said.
"Yeah, has she thought of any names yet?" Natalia asked.
"Yeah, she has three boy names ready." Calleigh smiled, "Callum, Caleb and Cameron."
"Cute names." Trish smiled.
"I think so too." Valera said as she joined the grup for lunch.
"Aren't you sick?" Horatio asked.
"Yeah, a little bit. But I need lunch." Valera said.
"Where's Jason?" Maya asked.
"At home, sleeping." Valera said, "I tired him out today. I forced him to clean, make food, give me a massage and a bath."
"Poor guy." Trish laughed.
"Yeah." Valera grinned, "Have you thought of a name yet Elena?"
"Yeah, since it's a boy, His name will be Enrique." Elena smiled.
"Iglesias?" Natalia grinned.
"You never know, he might grow up and be a singer just like him." Elena chuckled.
"But Valera, no girl names yet?" Maya asked.
"I thought of three this morning." Valera smiled, "Jan, Julie and Jenny."
"You like the letters C and J, right?" Eric asked.
"Yeah I do." Valera grinned.
"Isn't it tough to carry three babies?" Calleigh asked.
"Not yet. But Dr Wallace said that I'll probably have to stay in bed for the last two months." Valera said, "I do not look forward to that."
"Just think about all the things that Jason will have to do for ya." Calleigh grinned, "He'll be your personal butler."
"Yeah, that will be great!" Valera chuckled.
-I-
1:15pm
"Ms Delko, you told the police that you didn't know Jason Ash, is that correct?" Nevins asked.
"Yes."
"Yet, shoeprints found in his house put's you there." Nevins said, "And so does a witness."
"That doesn't mean I know him." Rauqel said.
"So you did not pay him ten thousand dollars to shoot Lt. Caine and Joseph Delko?" Nevin asked.
"No, I did not." Rauqel said.
"But we have your confession on tape." Nevins said, "And I'd like to play that tape, if that's alright your honor?"
"It is." Holden said.
Nevins pressed play on a little recorder.
"You're filthy!" Raquel growled, almost shouted, "You don't deserve love! It's wrong and I was going to teach you and your dad a lesson! While on the same time making sure that, that old man, would never be happy again!" Rauqel shouted, "You may think that it's right! But it's wrong, and I may not have been able to kill you with Jason Ash's help, but I will make sure that you two are unhppy for the rest of your life!"
"You did it?!" Eric growled, "You payed Jason Ash to shoot me and dad!"
"Yeah. But the idiot shot Joseph and the read head!" Raquel shouted.
"His name is Horatio." Eric said.
"His name belongs on a tomb stone!" Raquel growled, "And I will make sure that as soon as I walk out of the court house as a free woman, you will pay for this."
"I also have an anonymous witness syaing that recieved ten thousand dollars from Missy Hills." Nevins said.
"Obejction!" Dawson said, "That can't be proved as real evidence and therefore shouldn't be used in court."
"Sustained." Holden said.
"You and Joseph Delko recently got divorced is that correct?" Nevins asked.
"Yes." Rauqel said.
"Which means that you got 3 million dollars?"
"Yes."
"But, at the time of the shooting you and Jospeh Delko were still married?" Nevins asked.
"Yes." Raquel sighed.
"And if Joseph Delko would have died in the shooting you would have inherited all of his money." Nevins said, "And that's almost 20 million dollars."
"Yes."
"Objection!" Dawson said, "Not relevant."
"Overruled." Holden said.
"So not only was your motive to want Joseph Delko dead the fact that he chose your son over you, but it's also because you would have become 30 million dollars richer." Nevins said, "No further questions."
"Ms Delko, what did you feel like when your son accused you of attempted murder?" Dawson asked.
"It made me very angry." Rauqel said.
"So in all the anger you said things, just to make him leave?" Dawson asked.
"Yes." Raquel said.
"No further questions." Dawson said.
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2pm
Nevins and Dawson were going to do one last attempt to convince the jury on how to vote.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury." Nevins said, "I know that we can't prove that the defendant held the ten thousand dollars that Jason Ash had in his pocket when he died. But we can place the defendant in the house through a witness and shoeprints. We also have her confession. Raquel Delko did a good job in hiding her tracks. So good, that without her confession I wouldn't have a chance to win this case. But now I do have a chance. The chance is in your hands. My job is to put bad people in jail, and to make sure that people are safe. That's my job. Sometimes I've been trying to put innocent people in jail, and I do it because I follow the evidence. The evidence is not always right. Not always. But in this case it is. If Raquel Delko walks out of here as a free woman today, I will have failed my job. And a whole family would no longer be safe. You have chance to put the bad person away and keep a big family safe. Don't throw that chance away." Nevins said and went back to her chair.
Max Dawson stood up with a grin.
"Ladies and gentleman. Just like state attorney Rebecka Nevins, my job is also to put bad people in jail and keep familys safe." Dawson said, "I only defend people that I believe are harmless. Raquel Delko is harmless. When that tape with her confession was recorded. She had spent several day's in holding. She was upset, tired and sad. Her family had all left her alone. And then suddenly her only son shows up and accuses her of attempted murder. How would that make you feel? I know that I would feel very angry. I might in fact start yelling too, just like Raquel Delko. And I would yell things, just to be left alone. Just like Raquel Delko did. Nobody wants to listen to them being accused of something they hadn't done. So if course anybody would react the same way that Raquel Delko did. It doesn't make her a criminal. It makes her human. She had been left alone by the people that she loves the most. By the people that should support her. Not accuse her. Raquel Delko is not a criminal. So don't send an innocent woman to jail." Dawson said and returned to his chair.
Now the jury would go to a small room and vote. Guilty or innocent.
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2:15pm
"Has the jury reached a unanimous decision?" Holden asked.
"We have your honor." A young woman said.
"And what is that decision?"
"We find the defendant..."
TBC...
AN: Muhahaha, am I very evil now? lol! Please Review!
Thanks to Goma-Ryu for the dog name suggestion Waldo!