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Chapter 53
Mrs. Johnson suddenly changed her direction. Obviously, she noticed Sam but she turned away when she saw her moving toward her.
Sam was baffled by Mrs. Johnson’s indifferent reaction. However, she continued approaching her. She just thought that she might not see her.
She was glad to see Mrs. Davidson. She would like to ask how's Harvey as he was not answering her calls ever since she got hospitalized.She really wanted to talk to Harvey, she wanted to ask him so many questions because she felt guilty about how their relationship ended. As a result, she was always dreaming of him.In her dream, they are going to meet several times but never had the chance. She would always wake up the moment they are about to meet.
“Auntie,” Sam called Mrs. Davidson as she grabbed her one arm.
“Oh hi, Sam!” Mrs. Johnson forced a smile when she greeted her.
“You look pale, Auntie. Is somethin
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The turning of events made Sam worried about how the trial would end. She could not imagine that Kelly would use that means as an alibi passing the burden to her.Kelly successfully put an act and showed evidence to prove that she’s saying the truth. While the lawyer ensures that her testimony would be sufficiently credible to substantiate her innocence.Suddenly,the prosecutor objected. “Objection your Honor. That evidence lacks foundation and irrelevant with the case.” He believed that a mere photo is not sufficient to testify facts that Kelly and Sam were friends.“Objection overruled. Continue.” The judge did not grant the objection. She concluded that the relationship between the victim and the defendant is significant in hearing the case although the photo lacks foundation.The lawyer simply smiled then continued,“If you are friends, then what do
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The day of the second and final trial proceedings arrived for the kidnapping case Sam filed against Kelly.Sam and Mrs. Wilson came together in the courtroom while Charles was still on his way.Sam sat calmly with Mrs. Wilson as she glanced at Kelly who looks very relax and confident.After a while, Charles arrived in the courtroom and sat beside Sam.Subsequently, the trial started. The defense lawyer called their witness to prove Kelly’s innocence.“Your Honor, I call our witness, Mr. John Cruise.” said the defense lawyer.The witness has sworn in and sat down after on the witness box. Then, the defense lawyer began his examination.“Mr. Cruise, you said on your sworn statement that you were with Ms. Young and Ms. Wilson when they went to the mountain, could you tell us what did you observe and why did you carry Ms
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In a short while, Sam answered tersely."Yes, I have."Accordingly, the prosecutor stood up and handed a flash drive to the courtroom officer.The defense lawyer and Kelly were stunned by Sam’s answer. They could not believe that she has evidence in hand.Kelly suddenly felt cold throughout her body. She was bothered about what evidence does Sam has in that flash drive.Although she was very sure that there’s no CCTV camera at the location where she abducted Sam, she could not help but worry.The courtroom officer inserted the flash drive in the laptop connected to the projector in the courtroom.Then, she clicked the file saved in it and played thevideo.Everyone in the courtroom was silent and watched the video attentively.Kelly started to feel nervous when she saw the familiar place on the screen. Cold sweats formed on her forehead.
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Thereafter, Mrs. Wilson passed out.Sam nervously got down and picked up her mom. She still checked her body but she did not see any wound from her.“You have nothing to worry about, Sam. Your mom just fainted due to shock,” said Charles calmly. He was certain that Kelly was not able to fire the gun. The gunshot heard was from the police who shot Kelly the moment she pointed out the gun towards Sam.Meanwhile, Kelly’s face was in deep pain as tears fell down her cheeks. She was shot at the back. Then, she collapsed right after the police officers reached her.“Are you sure?” asked Sam, worry was written all over her face.“Yes, the gunshot heard was for Kelly,” said Charles then he looked at the door where Kelly was lying.Sam turned her head and saw Kelly on the floor with the police officers who were performing first aid treatment to her wound.“Call the ambulance
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Sam was saddened by what she learned. It only means that Harvey does not really want to see her. She turned around disheartened and about to leave but she turned back to ask the security guard.“Since when did they leave?” Sam asked curiously.“Yesterday afternoon, Ma’am.” the guard answered casually.“Alright, thank you,” Sam said bitterly before she turned and left in a daze.She got in her car dumbfounded. She was thinking why the family suddenly left their villa.She took a deep breath before she drove back to their house.On the way, she was occupied by Harvey. She was unhappy that she could not talk to him before he left.‘Am I so bad that he does not want to talk to me? That he did not even inform me that they're leaving?’ Sam asked herself.When Sam came home, she was surprised to see a bouquet of sunflowers on the porch. She smiled while she held the f
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Sam was startled that she turned around instantly to look who touched her. Then, she was surprised to see Charles.“Charles!” She sighed while she held her chest.“Sorry, did I startle you?” asked Charles when he noticed Sam’s nervous expression.“Yeah. By the way, I thought you’re busy. What are you doing here?” asked Sam.“I just told you that because I want to surprise you. Aren’t you surprised?” said Charles with a grin.Sam was confused. She was wondering how did Charles know that she was coming. “Surprise me? I was supposed to surprise you but- wait, all my things left here are gone.”“I’ll tell you where your stuff is but you need to answer my question first,” said Charles staring at her.“What is that?” Sam asked curiously.Charles became serious. “Sam, you know how much I love you. Do you still love me too?” He asked in a magnetic voi
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Steve smiled innocently at Charles which made Charles more annoyed.While Sam was flattered by Steve's remarks. She felt warm inside with their praises.Mrs. Davidson continued chatting with Sam. It seemed that she was so interested in Sam's life. She did not pay so much attention to Steve and was not noticed Charles's indifferent reaction.After dinner, Charles and Sam rest for a while before they prepared to leave.“Charles, what if you spend overnight here? It’s been a while since you last slept here. Besides, Sam and I have a lot to talk about.” Mrs. Davidson suggested as she enjoyed Sam’s company.“Mom, there’s still next time. Sam was tired from travel earlier. She needs to rest,” said Charles as an excuse. He really does not want to stay with Steve as he felt uncomfortable especially that Sam was with him.Although Sam was really exhausted that she wanted to go home as well.
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"Alright, I'll pick it up this afternoon," Sam replied.Last year, Sam was not able to attend the reunion because she went to the southern suburbs. Thus, she planned to attend this year sinceit's nearly six years now when she graduated from college.“By the way mom, I moved to a new house.” She continued.“Moved? Why so sudden? Didn’t you just paid your apartment last year?” Mrs. Wilson was puzzled.“It’s a long story, mom. I’ll tell you later when I get there. I’ll hang up now. Bye!” Sam ended the call.She could not tell over the phone that Charles gave her a house that’s why she intended to go there to inform her mom.After the call, Sam took her favorite novel from the bookshelf and sat down on the sofa. She read it until she unconsciously fell asleep. It appeared that she needs to sleep more.Sam suddenly woke up due to the tone of her ring
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