ALIKANSYA

The love and justice of a father

And the trial continued, the subsequent hearings were difficult for Pen because of the lack of evidence to identify against the Mayor's son and everyone was silent on the crime, with the brief stoppage of the court, in far away, the attorney saw pen sitting and thinking far away and he approached him, held his hand and said "just about to get justice for Teresita" "Is this how the attorney attorney is" said Pen "It's hard do you really want justice for poor people like me?" He continued saying "not in all things Mang Pen, not in all cases money buys the justice maybe it's hard and sometimes the law is blind but we have a God who is ready to help us and guide us, just believe in him you will get it justice is ours too" said the lawyer.And at the last hearing, the judge asked if there was anyone to testify on the side of the complainant, the lawyer and Pen just looked at each other, just as the judge's judgment was about to be closed, a man suddenly entered the court "I am ready to testify against to the Mayor's son" everyone looked and it was a man who was selling near the scene of the crime, he told the court everything "I saw you that night, a car was going fast and ran over a girl and at that same time, I was on my way home from my shop" "Can you point out to this court the driver of the vehicle that hit Terisita?" to Attorney Dian's question "yes" the man answered and he pointed to the Mayor's son "he is" the man pointed "how sure are you do you have evidence that he is the driver of the car" asked the lawyer I have a video of what was done, I know who that man is, so I hesitated to stand as a witness in the case, but my conscience wouldn't let me sleep" and the trial ended, the Mayor's son was accused in the hit and run crime and Reckless Imprudence Resulting to Homicide and Pen's camp was happy because they got justice for Teresita's death. While leaving the court, the Mayor said that the case is not over yet and threatened to come back to him, but Attorney Dian said "You are right Mayor, we will meet again because of the case against you for all the illegal things you have done in this town, You thought maybe no one would stand up and fight you so get ready for all the bad things you did to my father and to this town" the lawyer said threateningly and the Mayor left with an annoyed look on his face. Pen thanked the lawyer and the police officer Martin because with them Pen got justice for Terisita. A week ago, it was the day of Teresita's school ceremony, "Mang Pen, Mang Pen" a voice called Pen's house, he went there and saw teacher Bet, "where is that for?" asked Pen, "We hope to have you at our recognition day, to attend and accept the award for Teresita" and Pen did go, while accepting the medal for Terisita was also awarded a unique award which was called the Terisata Gawad Award, a recognition of the unique sacrifice and love of a father to his daughter , Pen burst into tears and looked at the teachers who applauded everyone that day. While looking at the people below the stage, he noticed Terisita, his daughter looking at him smiling and clapping and Pen burst into tears.