Goodbye Means Beginning [PW:AAJFA&PW:AAT&T] [xOC] [2]

Misunderstandings and Collisions

"That girl...the one wearing a suit and tie. Your better off with her. Don't see Dahlia anymore...she's no good for you.." a man told a spiky haired guy who punched him and he landed on the ground, dead.

[Courthouse 「A Few Weeks Later」]

"Mia...what should I do...?" A girl with dark brown nearly black hair in a crop cut and slate gray blue eyes surrounded, by an amber colored glasses frame asked as she teared up at her friend, "I didn't mean to cause this!" She pat her shoulder with their mentor who had told her, "Calm down, Ms. Li. We know you had no culpability in this case. But your testimony about Dahlia's behavior may be the key to saving Mia's defendant." She appeared troubled until their client had snuck up behind her and startled her with a sneeze, "Good morning everyone!" With a shriek and jump, Mia was holding her (barely) as she shivered, "Oh, you're... it was..just you Mr. Wright. Sorry..."

He seemed surprised at her quiet disposition and asked, "Aren't you that really famous independent online singer? I never imagined you'd be so small and quiet looking...thanks for uh..getting my name correct." She seemed confused and hopped out from Mia's arms at the right time (she was about to fall over), "I'd think anyone would get it correct, Mr. Wright. It's just like saying the word "right" but with a "w" in front of it." He seemed surprised by her reasoning but kept talking with her to ease his nerves and she handed him something before going in, "Here, a cough drop. I noticed you were recovering from a cold and these usually help. Good luck, I'll try my best too."
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Courtroom No. 2 [Court is in Session]
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"The defense is ready your honor. Mr. Grossberg had an emergency...er that is to say...he wanted me to take this case." Mia stuttered as Payne not so subtly trash talked her with the facts of the case coming afterward, "The defendant had fled by the time the other students found him and called the cops. The only one they could think of as witnesses to the crime were Marie Li who was there with her cousin who was checking out the campus, and Dahlia Hawthorne who was Phoenix's girlfriend." He then spoke about a potential motive and he spoke, "Phoenix was appalled by Doug's audacity to step in on his relationship and recommended another girl so he could have Dahlia."

"That is sooo off-base. Are you sure he's a lawyer?" Marie whispered to Mia who had nodded and said, "Yes. He's just very flamboyant and probably insecure." When Payne had mentioned Marie, the judge had stiffened but rejected Payne's request for Phoenix to testify, "Fine, the prosecution calls Marie Li to the stand. "Name and occupation." She stammered out shyly, "M-My name is Ma-Marie Li and I-I'm an independent songwriter." He asked her, "What were you doing at Ivy College the day of the murder?" She stuttered and tried to speak but it was jumbled until Payne told her to take a deep breath and then continue.
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Marie's Testimony: Why I was At Ivy College
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"My lil cousin...er older cousin technically..I call her lil cousin because we're close. She's crazy smart and wanted to check out Ivy College as a possible option." She seemed non-enthused for her next statement, "I didn't expect that so many of my fans would be there so I was really overwhelmed and ran until I lost them. It was about noon when I took a breather and calmed down." Payne asked her, "And did you see the defendant?" She responded, "I caught a glimpse of his hair but I didn't really know him, so I paid no mind to it and decided to find my cousin." He raised a question about that, "My cousin, Ondelia. She's very clumsy and I've probably saved her from dying or getting injured a bunch of times. I was actually running away because she was the one who called attention to my fans about my presence by accident."

Mia pressed on her, "You ran until you lost them? Did you bump into anyone around that time?" She seemed to be thinking, "No...not that I can remember at present." Payne tried to object to Mia's follow up question but the judge overruled him, "Please think hard, Marie. Are you sure you didn't meet anyone?" She suddenly stated, "I ran into two people within the time I stopped running and started searching for my cousin. First I ran into Dahlia around 12:45 but she seemed really irate and angered about something. The second was Phoenix who had been trying to find someone, that was around one forty."