Lyric Of Love-Ch 23
The next morning Penelope woke up to the feeling of Dereks lips on the side of her neck, she smiled and said, "good morning hotstuff", he said, "I'll show you a good morning baby girl" as he claimed her lips with his. They pulled apart laughing as Clooney jumped up on the bed and got between them and started licking their faces.
They laid there playing with Clooney for a few minutes before Derek said, "sorry buddy but we've got to get dressed and get to court", Penelope said, "but later we'll go for a walk to the park okay"?, Clooney barked and Penelope said, "good boy" as she jumped up out of bed and grabbed some clothes out of the closet and headed into the bathroom.
When she came back out a few minutes later Derek was dressed and already downstairs, as she stepped toward the door she could smell coffee brewing and chocolate muffins baking. As she got to the bottom of the stairs Derek glanced over his shoulder and said, "morning Mrs. Morgan", Penelope walked across the room and kissed him on the lips and said, "morning yourself Mr. Morgan".
She leaned over and picked up one of the muffins and said, "you baked"?, he kissed the end of her nose and said, "I did", she said, "wow a girl could really get use to this treatment". He laughed and said, "welllllll you might be getting this treatment quite often if you play your cards right", she said, "ahhhhh and just what do I do to play my cards right"?, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her lips and said, "just promise to love me for the rest of your life", she said, "welllllllll" and he tickled her and she said, "alright, alright deal" as she kissed his lips passionately.
Derek sighed as he finished his coffee and said, "well sweetness we better get to court, we don't want to be late", she said, "no, no we don't" as she grabbed her purse and followed her husband out their front door. Hotch called them a few minutes later to let them know to go to the back entrance because reporters got wind that she was testifying and wanted to get a few pictures of her.
They slipped around back and went in through the back door where Hotch was waiting, he closed the door and quickly ushered them toward the court room, he had arranged to get the trial closed to the public other than the people that had interest in the case. When the door opened Scott smiled and said, "there's my girl" as Derek and Penelope walked through the door hand in hand.
Derek led her to a seat on the opposite side of the court room and they sat down with Dave, Hotch and Emily as they waited for the hearing to start, Scott had insisted on a trial without a jury, meaning that he wanted a judge to decide his fate. The group was still talking when the bailiff said, "all rise, Judge Judy Spears presiding".
Everybody stood up and when the judge walked into the room and sat down he said, "you may be seated", everybody sat down and the judge said, "alright todays trial is going to be a little different". She said, "different because I'm going to be asking the defendant the questions instead of the prosecution and the defense", everybody nodded their heads.
Judy looked at Scott and said, "alright Scott I see here they you destroyed all of Mrs. Morgans things that were in her room and even urinated on the destroyed items, is this correct"?, he said, "yes mam, wait did you say Mrs. Morgan"?, she said, "yes I did, they were married while Mr. Morgan was in the hospital after you shot him".
Scott said, "you can't prove that I did that", Judy said, "that's where you're wrong, I have proof right here, I was given the schools survelience camera footage and it clearly shows you doing the shooting". She motioned for her bailiff to turn the footage on, everybody watched and Penelope gasped in disgust as Scott took aim on Derek and shot him".
At this point Scotts lawyer just hung her head down and shook her head, Scott said, "he deserved it, he ruined everything, she was suppose to be mine, we were suppose to have a life together, me and her not her and him". The judge said, "sit down, sit down or I'll make my decision right now", Scott said, "nooooooo this isn't fair, this isn't fair".
Judy said, "that's it, I find you guilty of destruction of property, assault, attempted murder and contempt of court", the bailiffs held him as she said, "you will be spending 10 years for the destruction of property, 15 years for the assault, 20 for the attempted murder and an additional 10 for contempt of court so that means that you will be spending the next 55 years and trust me when I say you will be spending every day of that without the possibility of parole until those 55 years have been served".
Scott said, "noooooooooo, you can't do this, she's mine, she's mineeee", Judy said, "get him out of here", the bailiffs dragged him out of the court room kicking and screaming. When he was out of sight Judy looked at Derek and Penelope and said, "I'm so sorry for everything you've been through but I hope that you feel a little vindication in my decision".
Both Derek and Penelope nodded their heads yes, the judge smiled and said, "and congratulations on your wedding and Mr. Morgan I'm glad that you're back to your old self". Derek said, "thank you mam", she said, "you're very welcome now go and enjoy your lives without having to worry about when he's going to pop up next" and then she banged her gavel and everybody stood up and watched as she walked out of the courtroom and down the hall toward the exit with nothing but happiness and joy ahead of them.
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