THIS IS HOW IT ENDS

CHAPTER 41
NARRATOR
“My Lord, I am Lawyer John Samed for the accused” John announced proudly as he winked at Rosa who sat beside him in the court.
“I am Lawyer Charles for the plaintiff” The other Lawyer stated as he stood up ad sat
“Can the accused come out?” The judge asked and Rosa stood up , now in a different cloth that Angela had brought for her.
She went to where she was supposed to sit for questioning. She glanced around as she saw Angela, Francis and Romeo beside Luke. Luke! He smiled as their eyes met and then he signaled to her to relax. Peri and Ella were beside Debby who was wearing black..Frank had died the previous night as Francis had told her that morning. She could also see some other people from the mansion who had come to support her.
Debby had just finished her own questionings out of which she had lied about not calling her or sacking her.
“Can you tell the court how it all happened Miss Rosa?” John asked as  Rosa narrated how she was called that night by Debby and how it had happened.
“Were you and Miss Debby on good terms before then ?”
“No”
“So how was it possible that she called you when you were not on good terms?”
Rosa shrugged. “I was surprised”
“How close were you two before?”
“very close. like sisters”
“What  caused the little rift between you two?”
“I was given the award she so much wanted and I also got the man she abandoned some times back”
There was noise from the court as the Judge shouted’ Order! And it was silence again.
 “My Lord..” continued John, “I don’t want to keep wasting our time because a dear friend and a boss just died and I still need to mourn. We heard all that happened from both sides, we don’t need to dig into their past or waste further time so let me just bring in my testifiers. We are dealing with murder here and we need to go straight to the point. Through the testifies, we would know who is lying and we would see thr truth”
“Bring your  first testifier, the accused can go back to her seat” The Judge ordered.
Rosa went back to her seat while John signaled to Francis who was now close to the entrance.
As Debby sighted the man  that came in with Francis, she gasped.
After the man had taken the oath, he sat for questioning.
“Please tell the court your name and how you are related to this” John asked.
“I am Honorable Miller and I was in a relationship with the deceased.”
“So, can you tell us where you were on the day and in the night of the murder?”
“Earlier that day, I was at Jessica’s place. We were eating when she said someone was in the living room. She left her food and didn’t come back for a while and as I went to see what was happening, I began to hear strange noises as if in a quarrel”
“Can you please tell the court some things you heard?”
“Yes, I heard Jessy saying she disowned her daughter some times ago and they were exchanging words”
“But you heard the word ‘daughter’ meaning, she was addressing a daughter she had disowned?”
“Yes” replied Miller.
“Thank you , go ahead”
“I was hurt cos she didn’t tell me she had a daughter and I had craved for family since I lost mine. So I left angrily and said it was over”
“Okay but will you recognize the daughter if you see her?”
“Yes she is sitting there” Said Miller and pointed to Debby.
“please continue”
“So later, I went to somewhere to cool my head because I really loved Jessy and I knew she must have a reason for not telling me so as I was contemplating on going back that night..I got a video message from her. You see we usually video chat a lot..”He sounded a little embarrassed.
“Wha t was in the content please”
“She ..urm…she was taking her bath and she was recording it live..”
Another noise started and the “order!” from the Judge silenced everything.
Luke and Francis came out with a transparent bag containing a phone which  was handed to John . They plugged the speaker  to the flat screen in the court room where everyone could see .
“My Lord, this is Honorable Miller’s phone” John announced as he brought out the phone and Luke gave him a cord which he attached to the phone.
Francis put on the screen and John scrolled on the phone making the thing s in the phone appear on the TV screen.
Jessy was taking her bath, they could see foam all over her body , it was obvious she was naked and some people in the court had to cover their eyes
“baby I love you, please don’t leave me. Come back to me,,just then something shattered on the floor..which got her distracted, she had probably thought she had paused the video, she wrapped a towel and stepped out of the bath. The view rotated to the left with the way she handled the phone and then they could see the beautiful chandelier .
“Debby..what are you doing? Why did you come back?”
“I want that phone mother”
“You cannot have it!”
“Mother give me that phone!”
“Leave me alone and get out you bastard”
There was a little struggle..”you are going to kill me you this child..stop it..stop it..” and then they heard what seemed like s push and the older woman screamed and there was a thud! And then silence.
“Oh my God..oh my God,,what did I do’’’
The scene came to end as everyone gasped .
“So what did you do next Honorable?”
“ I ended the chat immediately. I was already far from her house and it was raining and there was traffic. By the time I got back to her house, I saw policemen swarming out of the house, holding a lady”
“Thank You Honorable, you can please go back to your seat”
John faced the Judge.”My Lord, this was because of a phone which we tried to look for. I guess Miss Debby had taken it with her. But aren’t you a little bit curious as to what could be so important in the video? Let me call my second testifier”
Someone stood up from  the far end corner of the court room. White hat, big glasses, all white jumpsuit and a stiletto shoe. As she walked to the front and got to where Debby sat, she turned and removed her sunshade.
“You missed me? Bitch!”
Rosa wondered who it was until she sat down at the front and removed her sunshade while taking the oath.
“ I Vera Smith, promised to say nothing but the truth…”
“Can you tell us who you are ?” John asked.
“I am Vera smith. I used to be Debby’s bestfriend she stole my man”
“Okay thank you Miss Vera. Please, how are you related to all this murder scene”
“First, your honor, Debby is a big son of a bitch who would do anything to get what she wants. Hell, she killed her own mother! All because of her stupid ambition! You see, when she stole my man, well, a man that wasn’t really mine to begin with..thank God she did though. I would make a terrible widow! I told her moth
So her mama gave me a call after so many months, and told me everything that has happened and how she disowned her and all. Later she gave me a call few days back and sent a recorded video to me. She said Debby had come that day and she was afraid she may come and od something stupid so she sent it to me incase anything happens to that phone”
“May I have the phone?”
“Sure> There is nothing I would love more” replied Vera as she handed him her phone and he did same thing he had done earlier. Just that this time, they could only see the mirror, where the phone was facing when it had dropped.

“Sorry, Madam, pardon me as I didn’t know you were in something extremely important.”

“By the way, what did you do to Vera?”

“It really pained her, I thought she would be proud of me. What did she tell you mother?”

“I remember just two words; backstabbing bitch and a whore”

Debby laughed. “She must have left ‘brilliant and ready to learn out’”

“Would you just tell me what you did and quit wasting my time?”

“Mother, I did nothing that was bad, I actually took to her advice. She told me the season is for the taking. We take what we want, no matter what it cost us?”

 “What does that even mean?”

“Mother, she had a plan to sleep with Frannicky…..it was a one time opportunity mother, I just had my own plans and I won”

“You won what exactly? A lotto”

“No, I met Frannicky, I got to him before she could..let’s just say I made sure he remembers me once he settles down.

“If I’m not stupid, you said you backstabbed your friend and stole a man from her right..”:

“Mum, he isn’t just a man, this is Frannicky and do you even know what he worth?”

“You, betrayed your only friend because of your own selfish interest, Debby?”

“She would have done the same thing.

“Was it just a fling?”

“No Mother. I cannot use my future to have a fling. I am going to have that man for sure.”

”Frannicky, that old man that everyone is talking about?”

“He is not as old as that Mother. No one has really seen his pictures.”

“SO, what will happen to Frank?”

“Frank can be let off the hook Mother.”

“Are we doing this again?”

“Ma, the mistake you made me do was going through that stupid plan with you. Let him go! I don’t want him, right now; all I want is Frannicky to have my attention”

“Why do you keep doing this?”

“Mother. I am not here to ask for your support or your advice. You called me here so please, skip all what you are about to start because, you made me waste my time with Frank all this while and I’m not willing to do this again.”

“So you want to marry an old man now, who is old enough to be your father.

“Yes Mother! Now that you even made me realize, I really need that man since my mother never gave me a fatherly care!”

“Well, since you are desperate for a fatherly care, I hope he doesn’t die on the night of your wedding”

“No mother, he won’t die until he has made me his wife and when he dies, I will have everything.” “You are really that stupid hun?”

“I know you meant clever mother.”

“No daughter, if you are clever with a good brain, you won’t be talking like a desperate gold digging whore!”

 “Mother, all I can see right now is jealousy. If you were a good mother, you would be happy for me and you would support me. How dare you call me a whore. Did you see what you were doing before I came home? Selling yourself cheaply all in the name of having a man. Do you see I’m the true daughter of my mother?”

“I am only protecting you so that you wouldn’t make the same mistake I made. Please, stay with the man that loves you so you won’t end up like me, lonely and miserable.” Her mother pleaded.

“I do not need your protection mother. Besides, the only difference between us is , I am clever enough to use what I have to get what I want and I don’t mind stepping over anybody..even my own mother!”

 “What are you saying?”

“I am saying goodbye to you mother and you can give yourself those cheap pieces of advice. I wonder why those advises never worked for you . I won’t come here again mother and I promise you, the next time you will hear of me, I would have become the “First lady of Frank Nicholas”

“Then go and never come back. By the way, I will be waiting for you one day when your tail will be hanging in between your legs”

“Keep dreaming Mother. Don’t bother to wait because this is the last time you will be seeing me here”

There was another noise in the court.
“Thank you Vera, you can go”
“Oh! It was a pleasure”
Vera stood up, collected her phone and walked back to where Debby sat cowering and crying.
“I told you bitch! You thought I was gone forever? I am glad to be the one that drove the last nail to your coffin. Rot in hell.”
“My Lord, that is all I have to say” Said John who walked back to his seat only for Rosa to throw herself at him and hugged him.
“So with these new evidences, this is my judgment. Debby you are guilty of murder and I am sentencing you to life imprisonment. Peri and Ella, 6 months imprisonment each for bearing false witnesses. Rosa, you are free to go. I rise.”

Hmmmmmmmmmm! Finally.....only one chapter remaining..thank God..I hope we love how it ends..