Well I want to say thanks once again to all my reviewers.

As a thank you for all your support and in anticipation of my 400th review (can you believe it) I want to give you a chance to name Cara's baby. Please post a boys and a girls name with your next review and I shall pick my favourite. Please have your suggestions in by Wednesday at the latest. :)

SPOILERS - this week - The defence makes it's case, JR on the stand, Cara has her baby.

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Kendall gave Marissa's hand an encouraging squeeze before she headed for the stand. Whatever JR's creep of a lawyer had planned she was going to scupper him. JR was going down!

Jackson gave her an encouraging smile after she was sworn in.

"Mrs Hart-Slater, you are Bianca Montgomery's sister."

"I am." she replied.

"Would you say this gives you a good insight into your sister's relationship with both Marissa Tasker and JR Chandler?"

"We tell each other everything." said Kendall with a smile of her own.

"Objection." called McCoy. "I don't see its relevance."

"Your honour I want to introduce Bianca's personality, and her motivations. The defence may attempt to blacken her name and I want to ensure that you have the full facts."

"You may continue." said the judge. "But please keep it relevant."

"Yes your honour." said Jackson with a nod. "Kendall please can you outline to this court Bianca's relationship with Marissa and how it affected JR Chandler."

"With pleasure." said Kendal giving JR a wicked grin. "Bianca and Marissa had been friends for a while, well we all had. Marissa agreed to represent Bianca in her divorce and Bianca helped Marissa deal with JR's refusal to take no for an answer."

"You had better explain that statement." said Jackson.

"Marissa and JR were divorced but they shared custody of their son, AJ. Marissa was all for being friends with JR for AJs sake but JR seemed determined to make her his wife again. He was persistent from what I heard. Bianca was there for moral support; they were there for each other." said Kendall with a smile but her face grew serious once more. "Something changed for Bianca round the time they were taken hostage by Ricky Torres…"

"What, hold up!" cried the judge holding up his hands in despair. "So let me get this straight. Before these two women were shot they were taken hostage."

"Before his death Ricky Torres was serving ten years in state prison for the assault of Bianca Montgomery and the abduction of both Bianca and Marissa Tasker." said Jackson. "I could get you a copy of the police report if you like."

"Does it have any relevance to this case?"

"Not directly, your honour."

"Then no, I have enough on my plate. It sounds like this Bianca has had a lot of bad things happen to her."

"You have no idea." said Kendall unhappily.

"Continue miss." said the judge, addressing Kendall. "Facts please. That is all I want."

"Yes... judge, your honour." said Kendall a little awkwardly. "After they were taken hostage, Bianca realised she was beginning to fall in love with Marissa. This isn't the first time she has fallen for a best friend but she couldn't pursue it as she believed Marissa was straight. And then things got a little complicated. JR recruited Bianca's help to woo Marissa. My sister against her better judgement helped him do all the romantic things she knew she couldn't and it unfortunately was working. Marissa decided to give in and give JR a second chance. Then Bianca made a decision, she couldn't fight her feelings any longer and so she told Marissa the truth about her attraction. Marissa rejected her and ran back to JR. That is until she discovered Bianca had a hand in all of JR's romantic gestures. At first she was angry at Bianca and JR and then she was the one to pursue Bianca. They were both ready to admit they were in love; and they were so happy together. They were a family with Bianca's girls and AJ. The only thing stopping them from being totally happy was JR. As soon as he found out that Marissa was leaving him to be with another woman he began a one man hate campaign against them. He drank, said vile things about them, tried twice to kidnap his son after Marissa won custody from him and was generally a bastard about the whole thing."

"Well it all sounds very complicated." said the judge looking up from making his notes.

"I guess things got more complicated after the shooting. Bianca was left paralysed, trapped in a hospital bed for months. Marissa was in a coma and then the amnesia. Marissa lost everything not just her memories but JR took custody of their son and tried his damnedest to keep her away from Bianca."

"Why do you think that was?" asked Jackson.

"Because he couldn't accept that Marissa left him. Because he believed without Bianca on the scene he could win her back. Only he failed miserably. Marissa and Bianca found each other despite his best efforts. That only made him mad. That's why he attacked her. He was jealous… jealous that she had what he wanted. The only thing JR cares about is his own self-interest."

JR shook his head dismissively. Kendall caught the gesture in the corner of her eye. It only made her madder.

"Look at him he doesn't care that he almost killed my sister" cried Kendall pointing an angry finger at him as she leaped to her feet. "You are going to pay JR, one way or another!"

JR's lawyer got to his feet his arms wide in a pleading gesture.

"Your honour she is threatening my client!" he exclaimed.

"Mrs Hart-Slater I must insist you calm down. Retake your seat or you will be removed from this court room." insisted the judge.

"Kendall please." begged Jackson.

Reluctantly Kendall retook her seat. Her breathing heavy as she tried to calm the outrage in her gut.

"Prosecution do you have any more to add?" asked the judge.

"No your honour." said Jackson.

"Very well. Mr McCoy…" said the judge summoning the lawyer forward. "And do please refrain from the theatrics. Facts is what I'm after. Just the facts."

McCoy got up and began to pace.

"Mrs Hart-Slater, you are very close to your sister."

"I am, yes."

"You love her?"

"You honour." protested Jackson. "Relevance?"

"Mr McCoy… facts please." warned the judge.

"Your honour I am just establishing the sisters relationship."

"I think we have already established that the sisters have a close relationship, Mr McCoy."

"Of course your honour." said McCoy. "Mrs Hart-Slater. Would you lie for your sister?"

"I don't know what you are asking." said Kendall, unsure how to respond.

"It's a simple question. Would you lie for your sister… under oath? Are you lying now?"

"Your honour." Jackson cried out in remonstration.

"I have a precedent, your honour. Mrs Hart-Slater has lied before under oath to protect her sister."

"I'm telling the truth." protested Kendall. "JR Chandler tried to murder my sister!"

"But that's just my point. You paint your sister as some innocent victim."

"That's because my sister is innocent. She doesn't have a violent bone in her body!" cried Kendall vehemently.

"Well we both know that's not true." said McCoy with a grin. "Mrs Hart-Slater please tell the court how we first met."

"Relevance." objected Jackson.

"Mrs Hart-Slater has painted a picture of her sister for your honour." said McCoy, "I only want to do the same."

"This had better have some relevance to the case." muttered the judge. "Continue."

"Well Mrs Hart-Slater." said the lawyer, "How did we first meet?"

"You were assistant to Jackson Montgomery when he was the DA. I met you while you were acting for the prosecution in the Michael Cambias' rape hearing." said Kendall hesitantly.

"Alleged rape." corrected McCoy. "There was no evidence."

"I think a baby nine months later is pretty compelling evidence." replied Kendall angrily.

"After that we met again." said McCoy ignoring her outburst. "Why is that?"

Kendall met his eyes. She could see where this questioning was leading.

"You have no right to do this!" cried Kendall.

"Please answer the question." said the judge.

"You were assistant to the new DA for the Cambias murder trial."

"And who was the chief suspect?"

"I was." said Kendall flatly.

"And you lied under oath to protect the real killer didn't you?"

"Yes." said Kendall her voice growing quiet.

"Who were you protecting? Who killed Michael Cambias?"

"Bianca," said Kendall, her voice now tiny.

"I'm sorry you'll have to speak up." said the judge.

"It was Bianca." said Kendall, clearly, "but it was self-defence. He was going to rape her again."

"She shot him point blank in the chest and you said she didn't have a violent bone in her body." said McCoy stepping back coolly, his point made.

"She doesn't." Kendall snapped back, before he could walk away. "She feels guilt every day because she killed someone; even though it's someone as vile as Michael Cambias. If it had been me I'd have been glad he was dead, but my sister isn't like that. My sister is a good person. My sister is someone who takes the bad things life throws at her and makes them better, not just for herself but for everyone around her. She didn't deserve what Michael did to her, she didn't deserve what Ricky did to her, she didn't deserve what that gun woman did to her and she sure as hell didn't deserve what JR did…" Kendall's voice caught in her throat, as a tear ran down her cheek. "…What JR did knowing everything else she has been through! My sister deserves justice and JR deserves to pay for what he's done!"

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