𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬- 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

-𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 & 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬-

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Court, Delhi, India

"Ms, Singhan-sorry, Ms. Amira. Why did you finished your education in London as opposed to here? " Rajeev asked.

Amira straightly answered, "I had always had the dream on going to Birmingham Law School since I was a kid. Unfortunately, I could not bring the law school here, so I went to London."

Rajeev stiffened while Amir, Daniyal and Zahir laughed amongst themselves. "Why have you not contacted your family in the past 10 years? "

Amira steely looked in his eyes, "Who says I haven't? That isn't the only number I use, Mr. Mehra. I am a criminal lawyer. Do you only use one phone Mr. Mehra? " At that Rajeev was tongue-tied, having nothing to say in defense.

In his research he hadn't considered the fact that such a reputable criminal lawyer would multiple phones. He, himself, used more than one phone.

Then she looked at the judge, "Your Honor, now that we have cleared that Mr. Mehra cannot prove I am not in contact with family, it would be best suited to get on with the case at hand."

The judge nodded. "Please proceed." Once Amira stepped out of the witness, she called upon Monika again. "So, Ms. Sharma, you said that your dream is to be a doctor. Which department are you specializing in? "

Monika looked confused at her line of questioning. Here she thought that she would have to lie! "Clinical Psychology." Amira smiled at her, "And can you please tell the court what your desired profession does? "

"Clinical psychologists assess and treat mental, emotional and behavioral disorders. We notice symptoms in people's behavior patterns in detail and earlier than most and diagnose them as such. We also deal with mental patients that can have unpredictable behaviors." Monika explained. Amira listened carefully with every word she was saying.

Then she shook her head in apology, "I am sorry for wasting the court's time. I happen to have a aspiring to be in the same profession, so I wanted to know about it. Anyways, you mentioned that Mr. Singhania got violent and started to throw things around before he raped you. Can you describe around he behaved and for how long before he raped you? "

"He- was completely out of control. Whatever came in his mind, he threw around. He shattered things around for around 15 minutes and I got scared of his behavior, wanting to run away." Amira swiftly interrupted her, "Does your job also scare you? "

Rajeev, who had been wondering where Amira was going with this, widened his eyes in shock. Amira was picking out minute details and using them against them. "Your Honor, Monika Sharma is a senior Clinical Psychologist who is about to complete her residency. She herself mentioned that she deals with mental patients that can have unpredictable behaviors."

Amira shot Monika a mocking look, "Yet when Mr. Singhania got violent, she got scared, wanting to run away. It seems a little strange doesn't it? I have passed a file with all of Ms. Sharma's patients details on them. Some of these people get seizures regularly and Ms. Sharma is the one who treats them. Doesn't that scare you, Ms. Sharma? "

Rajeev intervened, "Your Honor, this has nothing to do with the case at hand, rather my client's profession." Amira sternly shut him up, "Of course it does, Mr. Mehra. If I tell you I started crying because someone fought with me, it would seem a little weird since my profession itself includes fighting. Your client deals with violence on a daily basis."

Then she turned to the judge, "Your Honor, even if we give her the benefit of doubt for being scared, it would still raise a question of what she was doing in those 15 minutes? As a professional that deals with this everyday, did she not find any way to escape from there? Or call someone? "