Switching sides

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Camila

I was called back to my seat when they called Taylor up. Her questioning would be simple- what happened the night on the roof?

"Ms. Swift can you please explain your point of view on what had happened that night" Luke asked

I knew he was going to go east on us- the story was there so it was up to the jury to decide who they believed.

"Yes- I went up to the rooftop to talk to Camila, she seemed off and I wanted to console her. When I got up to the top she was alone so I sat next to her. We talked for a little bit before the mood shifted and we were going to kiss- that never happened though because I was assaulted" she spoke with peace. Hee face was stone hard.

She gave me hope that this was going to turn out okay, that she knew what was going to play out.

"And Mr Mendez was the one to grab you?"

"Correct" she stated

"What happened after he tore you away from Ms. Cabello?"

"I was attacked, he started punching me and tackled me to the ground" he stated

" did you fight back" he asked her

"Yes to get him off me," she said

A few people on the jury shifted in their seats while giving her full attention.

I'm so ready for this to be over so we can leave.

He asked her a few more questions and took a seat to let the opposing party ask questions.

"Ms Swift, is it true that you knew Ms. Cabello was with Mr Mendez at the time that you attempted an advancement towards her" he asked

What a dumb question.

"Yes," Taylor stated not backing down from the question.

"So you knew they were together and you still chose to try and hook up with her?" he asked

Taylor just sat there and didn't even try to respond to his question. They did not add up nor did I see them adding up.

"Did you try and get with Ms. Cabello to try to take a stab at Mr. Mendez?" he asked

"No, there's plenty of other ways to voice one's disagreement with how they treat people"Taylor sneered

He struck a nerve, now he was going to follow through. I wiped my hands on my dress and calmed down. She needed to calm down.

"And so you wanted to break them apart then course her into suing him" he smiled

"Your mistaken- he's suing us, we're just countersuing his bullshit" she snickered back

"That is all," he said before walking off.

•••••••••••

Shawn was called up to the podium to do the same thing we did, it was a bunch of bullshit questions and he said she said crap. Taylor was back at my side as this took place and she instantly wrapped her hand around mine.

I felt like I was on the fence about to fall off, one side a freak-out and the other a breakdown- yet she was the one who kept me still, she kept me sane. Her thumb rubbed the back of my hand- it created a calming effect on my body.

I looked back io at Shawn and I could tell he was stressed- he knew they were going to ask him insane questions.
Our lawyer was the last one to question him.

"Hello, I just have a few questions for you," Luke said as Shawn just nodded his head in agreement

"Would you say that you didn't want Ms. Cabello to have a job?" Luke asked

"She could have a job as long as it didn't interfere with mine

"Right, so could she have her income then?"

"If she helped me out and had me like 2/3 of it, sure" Shawn rolled his eyes

What a prick

"Understood, so since she didn't have a job what did she even do then to help out"

Why was Luke making it sound like I was the bad guy?

" she would help me on tour- and keep everything clean, but she did a shifty job at that" he scoffed

"So why did you beat her when she refused to clean your garbage up"

WHAT

I'm holding back a laugh as I realize what he's doing.

"I didn't hit her- she loaned her pussy to me," Shawn said getting mad

"Loaned or forced" Luke shot back

"Why the shit questions man" Shawn yelled out

"Did you force Ms. Cabello to provide for your sexual needs when you student hit her?" he raised his voice

"NO, she's sleeping with FUCKJNG TAYLKD" Shawn screamed

"ORDER" the judge yelled hitting the gravel on the desk.

The room got quiet and Taylor squeezed me.

" Continue"

"You knew she had to hide the marks so you hit her where nobody could see " he pushed

"Fuck no"

"And when you thought that wasn't getting through to her then you forced her for you could have a good fuck-

"THAT NOT TRUE YOUR MAK-

" and when she SRILL found hope and help in someone else you shoved her down the stairs to kill her," Luke said dropping his hands.

"THATS BULLSHIT- I didn't think it would have killed her!!" he yelled

The whole room went silent and the realization of what he said set in he admitted to it.

"No, you just pushed her to get her quiet about everything you did to her" Luke whispered loud enough for everyone to hear.

Shawn sat there in a bundle of nerves- he knew he messed up big time and no money could save that.

"I didn't rape her" he screamed

"You need to calm down" an officer raised his voice and Shawn sat back in his chair.

"That is all," Luke said and backed up.