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"Cross-Examination?" Judge Kay asked, looking over at Caswell.
"Yes, your honor," said Caswell, rising to his feet and approaching Shark with an air of superior disgust- not very obvious, but enough for Dumon to notice and grit his teeth in anger. "Mr. Kastle, while you attended Heartland Academy, you did not engage yourself in any… romantic relationships, did you?"
"Well…no."
"You spent a great deal of time with Yuma and his friends, though."
"Yes, I suppose I did."
"One of these friends was Tori Meadows, correct?"
"Yes."
"So you spent a great deal of time with Tori Meadows."
"Yes."
"Time enough for your lust and desire for her to grow to uncontrollable levels?"
Dumon was instantly on his feet. "Objection, your honor!"
Judge Kay banged his gavel. "Sustained. Mr. Francis, your question is invalid." Shark looked visibly relieved.
"Very well. Mr. Kastle, would you say, purely by today's standards, that my client, Miss Meadows, is an attractive young woman?"
Shark hesitated. "Please answer the question Mr. Kastle," Judge Kay said after a few long moments."
"Yes, I… I would call her attractive."
"Mr. Kastle, would you agree with the statement, from your own experience, that adolescence and young adulthood, is one of the most trying times of a person's life sexually?"
Shark stared at him. The entire court room had gone silent. Finally, the defendant said, quietly, "Yes." There were murmurs in the crowd.
"No further questions, your honor," Caswell said. He went and walked smugly back to the prosecutor's bench. Tori was beaming at him. Shark slowly descended from the stand and walked back to Dumon.
"We've got him now, Tori. With what you said about a man crazy enough to rape a woman not making any sense in his other actions, the jury won't be able to say for sure that he's guilty."
"Of course he's guilty!" Tori cried in a loud whisper.
"I know, I know," Caswell whispered back. "I promise, Tori, he'll rot in jail for the rest of his life for what he did to you."