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*Previously…*
"Miss Hathaway did have a witness, more or less, to prove she was in her room." she said.
Iris looked ready to explode; she thought she had me there and then. "And who might that be Princess Dragomir?"
"Me."
I froze. Shit, it was times like this I was glad I could read Lissa's mind.
"That is absurd." Iris practically yelled. "Miss. Hathaway has just admitted to being alone at the time of the crime, how could you possibly have been with her, unless… unless you were her accomplice!"
Now that was a little out there. Lissa was my best friend and all, but she could never help me murder someone!
I heard gasps coming from every corner of the room. People were either shocked that Iris had said such a thing or were so surprised that the Dragomir princess would help commit such a crime.
"No, I wasn't her accomplice because Rose isn't guilty," Lissa continued. "When I say I was a witness, I mean I could sense where she was and what she was doing through the bond."
The crowd was beginning to get restless at this point, and were conversing with each other. The judge banged his hammer and called for order again causing everyone to fall silent.
I knew Iris had something up her sleeve because of the smug look that suddenly appeared on her face.
"Princess, I have proof of you and Miss. Hathaway stating that the bond only works one way, she could only read your mind."
Lissa was fast and was ready to come back to that comment.
"I'm not sure how long ago that evidence was recorded, but recently the bond has been able to work both ways. It hasn't been very long since we discovered that I could read Rose's mind too and I'm still getting used to it."
Iris's face flushed with rage, she was on the verge of going nuts. I would know, I am half crazy myself. She turned to me for the first time in what seemed like ages.
"Is this true Miss. Hathaway? Can the Princess access your mind through the bond?"
I immediately heard Lissa's voice in my head. Rose, stuff what I said before about telling the truth. I know it's wrong but you have to lie. I know who killed the Queen.
I knew Lissa had to be positive about the information she had on the actual murderer to want me to lie under oath, in front of a whole lot of people.
"Yes." I said confidently. "Lissa can read my mind. It began about two weeks ago, Monday to be exact." Hey if I was going to lie, might as well be convincing.
Iris had nothing. Suck BITCH! She's not sending me to jail!
This time it was the judge that spoke up,
"I have heard some very convincing evidence for both sides. However, I am unable to come to a decision at this point. There will be another trial held tomorrow, but there will be a jury to help with the decision. The trial will commence at precisely 8:30 tomorrow morning. No further comments. *bang*"
Despite the judges wishes for there to be 'no further comments' Iris ran straight up to him demanding that he rethink his decision to postpone my trial. I immediately ran to Lissa and we walked back to the Court prison, me grilling her the whole way.
"Liss, what happened out there? What do you know? You have to tell me!"
She was reluctant to tell me at first but she knew I had the right to know.
"I'm sorry I made you lie under oath but I had to think of a way to let you off the hook without revealing the real killer."
I was stunned. Why would she not want to tell everyone who the real murderer was? She had to at least tell me, which she did.
"It was… it was Ambrose."
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