Buying Love Chapter 90 Update on AO3
Buying Love Chapter 90 Update on FFn
Buying Love Chapter 90 Update on TWCS
A week had passed since my testimony. Harold finally
apologized to me and I was given the opportunity to finish my statement with
Liam redirecting me. Once I was done with my testimony, I was excused and the
defense started calling their witnesses.
There weren’t many.
A few of her former clients said that she was being framed
by the FBI and Harold even provided fabricated evidence. Liam cut the witnesses
down and obliterated the evidence with proof from the biggest and best forensic
scientists. After two days of defense witnesses, closing summations were given
and the trial was handed over to the jury.
Esme’s fate was in the hands of nine women and three men.
I was sick to my stomach, terrified that they would find her
not guilty.
However, Bella, Rose, Carlisle, Uncle Peter, Emmett, my
mother … they were all in my corner and did their best to distract me while the
jury was deliberating. Carlisle and Emmett gave me driving lessons. Rose and I
worked on the Swan Towers website. Uncle Peter got me out of the hotel or
Jared’s home. He took me to his gym and we worked out. Or, we’d go on random
trips around Seattle. Uncle Peter was very athletic and we bonded over that,
working out, running along the many paths in Seattle or geeking out at the
local public library. My mom shared memories about my dad, from when they
started dating and their first few years of marriage, before I was born.
And Bella … my Bella … she was my saving grace. After my
explosion in the gym in the hotel, she had been my rock. Even more so now. She
helped me continue to heal, with talking to me, encouraging me to journal,
spending time with me after I had sessions with Dr. Benson and just making me
feel like a normal man.
A few days after the jury began deliberations, I got a text
on my cell phone while I was reading in the living room of Jared’s, erm, my house. It was Liam. Jury’s back. Court is reconvening tomorrow
morning at nine. Bella walked into the living room, her phone in her hand.
“Are you okay?” she asked.
“Nervous,” I said, putting the phone on the cocktail table.
“Do you think that the jury found her guilty?”
“We’ll find out tomorrow, baby,” she said, sitting down on
my lap. I burrowed my nose against her soft hair.
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