CHAPTER 46

The trial of the prisoners took place in Hamilton. Grace and her daughters, after testifying, were sure they had won that trial; That was when they added to the process, the images of the recording of the prisoners' attempt to escape, along with documents sent by Hope Valle city hall, about the teacher's impeccable record and the students' entire process during those years. Letters came from parents of students, parents of former students and everyone sent the highest praise to Professor Elizabeth. The judge seemed surprised, with letters from some students like Laura, for already training as a teacher, and Cody and Robert for becoming mounties, and there was also a young man called Gab, who, due to his intelligence, was hired and working to a German company, owner of the old coal mine. Judge Petterson was in awe, at everything about this widow and woman; he had met Elizabeth and she had also told him and shown him that a fair life is worth more than any wealth... that teacher faced him, when he was thinking about going down the wrong path, at the time of the trial in the Hope mine case Valley. Today, even people, Hamilton's high-ranking commander, have written or come to testify in his favor. For every accusation of immorality, there were more than ten letters defending that woman, or showing what had actually happened, and she always thought or was always involved in some things to protect her students. Even Henry Gowen appeared and gave his testimony in favor of Elizabeth Thorton, he was accompanied by his aunt Elizabeth Florence and aunt Agata, this lady who caught Henry's attention for her charm and her heart. Now, he knew where Elizabeth had gotten those gifts from, her two aunts were the best.

When Hargraves was tried, Aunt Elizabeth was called as a witness, she came forward and showed the documents as Elizabeth Thorton's adoptive mother and guardian, causing Grace to lose her temper and almost be thrown out. Aunt Elizabeth accused Hargraves of causing pain to her daughter Beth, in addition to joining Willian and Charles, for money, using the position of superintendent of the mounties with privileged information and the possibility of falsifying information, as he pleased. After a few more words, she handed prosecutor Madison some reports; it was about Jack Thorton's mission and about his death in the landslide, with it came another report from Wynn Delane, showing that on the day Jack was buried, he was in the Northern territories, after being medicated and diagnosed with amnesia. Another report, made by young soldiers, who were in that training at Cap Fullerton, after being notified about Captain Jack Thorton and his problems, these young soldiers stated that on the third day of training Captain Jack Thorton, was injured and was sent unconscious to the hospital, where no one ever heard from him again. The day of Jack's death and burial was the same day, and it was also the same day that he left the Northern territories, this happened, two months after he left Elizabeth for the mission with the mountie students at Cap Fullerton. Aunt Elizabeth, proved that Hargraves, switched, tampered with, and falsified Philip and Jack Thorton's documents, which made them the same man. And finally, the test requested by Elizabeth Thorton to exhume her late husband's body was negative, especially because after the coffin was opened there was a woman's body. From your seat, Hargraves, laughed to yourself, no one would ever know the truth. But he didn't know that Judge Bill Avery and Wynn Delane, even though they weren't there, had already resolved all this and discovered that the woman was the older sister of a soldier, who was training on the day of the landslide. , and she was the nurse at the hospital, and she was a witness to Hargraves paying the doctors to doctor the different reports on Jack and Philip, and she saw them taking the sick man away from the hospital. She was captured by Hargraves, tortured, and raped by Hargraves and his men, after her attempt to reach Hope Valle, to tell the local judge.

Willian received twenty-five years in prison. Charles received twenty-two years in prison. Hargraves received life imprisonment and lost his Mountie position. The henchmen received between twelve and fifteen years in prison. It was also decided by the judge, a promotion for the teacher for the improvement in the city and express orders, for the mountie to send the value of his pension, referring to all those months, plus interest and another amount stipulated by him, due to the psychological trauma .

During these days, Philip, with Patrick, Marlen and Frankison, together with the help of Aunt Elizabeth and General Commander Collins, managed to discover many things about Hargraves' evil deeds, and about Jack's accident, also caused by Hargraves.

Philip now knew he was Jack Thorton, but asked everyone to keep it a secret, he didn't want to provoke Elizabeth into an outburst, besides, he at the moment didn't think he was worthy of her, "HOW COULD HE HAVE FORGOTTEN HIS BELOVED WIFE AND NOT HAVING RECOGNIZED HER ALL THIS TIME?"; that thought was killing Philip. He didn't think he was good enough for her and that baby; he was the reason for her suffering, so it was better to stay away from their lives.

In Hope Valle, Elizabeth began to feel some slight pain, feeling that she shouldn't talk to anyone until she was sure, as she didn't want to be embarrassed for not being able to bear the labor pains or to be considered an idiot, for not knowing when her due time would be. . She knew everything that happened with her father and Charles, in addition to the results about Philip and Jack, her aunt called and told her everything, including that he didn't want her to know, because as he didn't remember her, he was in doubt of his love for her. Elizabeth, when she hung up the phone, sat across from Charlotte, smiled and said that everything had ended well at the trial. Tom hugged her, but felt the tension in her body. She didn't say anything else, going straight to her room, where after locking the door, she spent hours crying. Until that moment, she still had hope that when Philip discovered the truth about being her husband, even with amnesia, he would want to be with her and the baby; but now he knew that that wouldn't happen, after all he said that if he didn't remember her, it was because he didn't love her enough. That night the pain became more frequent…

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