Echoes of Heart (Duology of He's Pregnant?!)

Chapter 23

Note: I will be using a fiction here when it comes to this part. That is pulled out due to my imagination. I have a little information and it is based on my research. This part does not display in a real life situation.

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"Attorney, You may begin your questioning," narinig kong wika ng judge.

I sat uncomfortably as I looked at the court of law, I could feel all the tension that was rising. The defendant that Nico is protecting is sitting there with hand cuffs, she looks so worn out.

While the step daughter was sitting there, it seemed like she's living so well despite losing her father. You can see it in her aura, she's looking at her mother with different emotions in her eyes.

Nico stood up from the chair, holding a paper. She doesn't have any emotions in her face, as she's walking towards the witness. Her aura screams different, like a black leopard that is moving so fiercely.

She's wearing formal clothes but it screams expensive. Her hair is in pony tails with few hair strands on. She looks so different. It's another version of her.

"On that day of murder, what have you witness that day?" she asked in serious mode. It seems like even the prosecutor is scared of her because it keeps shifting uncomfortably.

"Here, she comes again. Starting her question like that before going so hard. She literally screams as the lieutenant of Brook's law firm," bulong ng mga katabi ko kaya napatingin ako sa kanila. "I don't even know why she keeps accepting these types of cases, knowing how expensive she is."

So, she's in high position.

The witness looks at her and suddenly, tears starts to pour out from her eyes. Nico just smirked because of that, like she's happy seeing how the witness act.

"I went..." She hiccuped. "I went outside, using the back door of the kitchen that leads to our garden... Nagpi-picture lang ako that day para matapos ang project ko, at noong natapos ako, I went back from the back door." She cried to everyone. "I see Mama holding the knife, m-marami siyang dugo sa kamay tapos si Papa nakahiga na sa sahig at m-maraming dugo, wah! I don't want to remember! How could you do that?!" sigaw niya habang nakatingin sa Mother niya.

Nico once again smirked. "But didn't you say last time that you are just running for errands before you went back to the house, isn't that different from what you said last time?"

"Objection, your honor—" Napatingin ako sa Attorney na tumayo mula sa upuan.

"Sustained. Sit down, Attorney," sagot ng judge kaya nakahinga ako nang maluwag.

"I guess it will start now." Narinig ko na naman ang bulong ng katabi ko.

Napahawak sa bibig ang witness at kalaunan ay umiyak nang malakas. Kitang kita mo na masakit para talaga sa kaniya lahat.

"I-i don't know! I just remembered what I have seen that day! Hindi ko na makalimutan! P-paano ko makakalimutan ang trauma sa nakita ko?!" sigaw niya kay Nico at nakita kong tumaas ang kilay ni Nico.

"If it's called trauma, why are you smiling and shopping during the funeral of your beloved Dad instead of being in the funeral?" Nakita kong natigilan ang witness. "I'm sorry, your honor. I have seen her in the mall while I am running for an errand, I wish to submit the evidence of the photo that day."

"Objection, your Honor, it's too late to sumbit any evidence!" asik naman ng Attorney ng witness.

"Sustained."

Natigilan ang witness at wala ng luha sa mga mata niya. She starts murmuring under her breath and she's shifting. She's shaking her legs, clenching her fist and keeps looking around the whole place.