Chapter 98: Mirabel Takes the Stand

'Is it not true that since you share a daughter - father relationship with Miss Cole, she will have confided in you what her plans were?' Chapman asked.

'She told me that she would teach them a le....'

'... a little lesson, bla bla bla like you have told the court in great detail. it being as close as you are with her, could this not be the excuse you both came up with, a plot to mislead the court?'

'Objection, my lord'.

'Sustained. Prosecutor, limit yourself to questioning the witness and not forcing your assumptions on him'.

'Mr. Jonas, how is it possible that a girl who claim to have adopted as your daughter would be gang raped and you do not feel inclined to report to the authorities to ensure that they are punished?'

'I respected my daughter's wishes and you we'll know how women who have been ravished are looked on as spoilt goods. All these made me reconsider'.

'Is it not possible that you planned all these with your daughter to escape justice? Being gang raped indeed!'

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