who framed me

Chapter Ten

"Amber are you okay?" I heard Mathew say as my eyes flutter open.

I felt a warm tingle in my left hand as if someone was holding it. As my vision became clearer, it was Mathew he'd placed his right hand into my left hand and with his left hand he cupped my left hand gently holding it. Like he's always done when we were together.

"Hello amber. I'm glad your awake." I heard my dad's voice as I looked over and saw my dad standing there with tears in his eyes.

"Dad?" I spoke softly and quietly.

My dad rushed towards me and hugged me tightly as the tears came streaming down his face. I buried my face into my dad's shirt and hugged him back and I pulled away when Giles entered the room with four cups of coffee.

I rolled my eyes at Giles knowing for well he's going to ask me to do an interview from my hospital bed. I looked at my dad and Mathew and Giles all getting along and for me.

"This is weird moment for me." I said as my dad and Mathew and Giles all started laughing at the same time like in unison.

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Two days later I was in the hotel suite. Sat on the bed listening to waterfalls stooshe on amazon music through my headphones. While Giles is looking through paperwork from an upcoming case while Mathew and my dad were talking.

I rose of the bed, I walked over to the door, opened the door and left the hotel room and I walked down the hallway passing people's hotel rooms, brushing my fingertips against the doorframes, I wondered how the walls could talk in a lot of hotel rooms. Then I started to remember how I could be surrounded by people and still feel lonely that sucks and the only person I needed was Elise, but she wasn't here anymore.

My heart started to ache as I looked at the door in front of me and I placed my hand on the door-handle and slowly pushed the door open, I stepped into the room where I last saw my friend in and how cradled her to stop the bleed but by then it was too late. I jumped a bit as I heard the door shut behind me and I turned around and saw that the window was open and I catched my breath and breathed out a breath.

I walked around the room that was now empty. But you could see the fragments of Elise's blood on the carpet and on the walls, I couldn't help but wonder what we be doing now if she was alive, I hadn't of left her that evening due to that stupid argument we had.

As I enter the courtroom, I was on view for everyone to see. There was nowhere for me to hide my emotions or my facial expressions. As I made my way towards the front of the courtroom. I focused on the statue of the bear holding the French flag and I sat down beside my lawyer Giles still looking at the bear.

Then the judge came in and me and along with everyone else had to stand up and waited to be seated, that was what Giles told me, the judge sat down and then everyone else sat down and I took a deep breath. My hands were placed on the table, and I had to have handcuffs on. Even though I was out on bail every time I was in a courtroom, I had to wear the handcuffs and foot cuffs around my feet.

"May we call on Amber Sandwell to the stand" the prosecutor spoke.

My eyes widened in shock at the thought of me standing up and talking about what happened. But it was happening I was being escorted up to the stands by a police officer and I did the signing on the bible where I would tell nothing but the truth. Then I sat down on the chair, and I could feel all eyes on me.

"Amber Sandwell is it true you and Elise had an argument on the night Elise was murdered?" the prosecutor spoke.

"Yes sir" I spoke while I was fiddling with my fingers.

"What was said during that argument?" The prosecutor said.

I took a deep breath and composed myself from getting upset.

"Elise wanted to go to a party, I didn't want to go instead I wanted to go back to the hotel and get an early night, but Elise didn't want to do that. She wanted to go to the party to forget about her fiancée Chris parker who she was going to be marrying in the fall." I said calmly

"Did you say anything else to Elise...Something along the lines of 'Go and ruin your life by getting drunk and then fucking some Phat boy' or was that paraphrasing what you said Miss Sandwell?" The prosecutor said

My eyes widen in shock, and I felt the ground was swallowing me hole and I didn't want to show a sign of weakness, but I couldn't hold it much longer and tears came streaming down my cheeks as I felt everyone was judging me and some were shaking their heads at me.