Locatlie: The Lie. (Book 5)

Chapter 11

The moment that one word left my mouth; the realisation hit me that I had not answered the question I was asked. No, I had answered the question that I had asked myself. It was my stupidity that made me say it out loud, not that I had had any control over it. It was as if my body reminded me of what I had to do. As if something programmed in me, made me say that word out loud.

I had made a choice now. I had said the word 'no' out loud, for the whole world to hear. This meant that I had to follow through with the course that it would now lead to. I didn't know what they had asked me, as my mind was just too full.

There was a murmur in the room and I saw that Dirk was surprised by my answer, even the side of the League of Nations was surprised it, hell Judge Jozo was surprised by this answer. I was even surprised by my answer.

"I don't quite understand your answer, do you know why we are here?" Dirk said and I took a sip of my drink and I nodded. Right, that was the question. I took a deep breath, with that breath any worry that was in my body disappeared. The moment that I had said 'no' out loud, it was as if my body realised I had made my choice, and I had to go further with that choice. I had not said no to their question, but rather to the question if I could betray my husbands. I took a sip of my water and took three stready breaths as I straightened my shoulders, looked away from my water and stared into the eyes of that guy.

"I know why we are here, but I do not understand why we are here." I clarified for him and he looked at me for a second and he slowly nodded looking at me.

"Why is that, Julia?" he asked and I couldn't look at my husbands too much anymore, because that could be seen as a weakness.

"I don't understand why Locatlie is currently on trial for the reasons they are." I said calmly looking at him. "I was in the UK with my husbands at an international summit and we were attacked by a country I don't know, those specifics I don't know. I wake up and people tell me that I'm safe now and that I can't see my husbands anymore. I just don't understand why I had to be taken away from my husbands, why my husbands are under investigation, when from the moment I woke up, I told everyone whom walked in that it was a misunderstanding, that it wasn't what the world thought." I said looking at him and he stared at me with a bit of fear.

"I understand your concerns. I hope you are pleased to hear that the men that attacked you, have been arrested and prosecuted."

"And the people that ordered them?" I asked and he gave me a small smile and he gave me a nod. "Good."

"The reason why your husbands are currently under arrest" God he was so fucking patronising, it was fucking disgusting. "Is because after you were hospitalised, the United League did a DNA test and it came out 99% a match with Willow Jefferson." He said and I knew that this information was brand new for the rest of the world. I gave him a curt nod at that. "Willow Jefferson, you, were taken when you were 10 years old outside of your fathers home. You were held against your will for years. Your DNA came up in a case that your husbands planted, meaning they tampered with a leading domestic terrorist case in the United States. They forced you to marry them." He said and I frowned at that a bit and then shook my head as I took a sip of my drink.

"That's not true though. Like I tried to tell my parents and the people in the hospital, it was all a misunderstanding. But nobody wanted to hear it." I said looking at him with a bit of panic now. "It did not go that way at all. The total opposite. They did not take me, they saved me." I explained.

A woman then stood up from the United League and gave Dirk a look and he sat down. "Hello Julia, my name is Lana Gastea, I'm from Russia." She said and I gave her a nod and a thankful smile. "Can you tell us your side of the story then? I have this feeling that you have not felt heard at all?" I nodded looking at her as I took a sip of my water again.