Between the Raindrops | ✓

Ch.30 | Guilty?

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As I stand up for Judge Shepherd, I look over to see Jared with his famous, expressionless grin resting on his face. I don't see how he is so calm after everything that happened on Friday with Jaxon.

When he looks up to his lawyers, he actually smiles as they smile back at him.

Something is not right.

"Please take your seats. Defendant, please call your first witness." Judge Shepherd states to the courtroom.

"Your honor, we call Jonathan Bishop to the stand please."

Everyone on my side of the courtroom looks confused as my dad slowly stands up and heads toward the stand. My mom looks confused as well, since she made it her mission to be here today.

Shane, Angie and Jax all look stunned to see Jared calling on my dad.

Once my dad stated his name for the record, Jared's lawyer began interrogating him immediately.

"So, Mr. Bishop. You'd say you're pretty close friends with Officer Bernard, yes?"

What does Officer Bernard have to do with this? I look over and notice him sitting in the far back of the courtroom.

"Yes, what is that in relevance to?" My dad asks.

"Well, it's been brought to our attention that you and Office Bernard go way back... in fact, you go all the way back to five years ago one Thursday afternoon after an incident at work." Jared's lawyer states and my eyes go wide.

I slowly turn around to look at my mom and her eyes are almost as wide as mine are. I take a glance at Angie, and her face is expressionless at the mention of her father's incident.

"What does Mr. Sage have to do with my daughter?"

"Can you please answer my question first?"

"Yes, I did know Officer Bernard five years ago. We actually met a little over seven years ago when he first started working in our town." My dad answers with a grim expression.

"And isn't it true that he was the current bailiff during the trial of a one Mr. Sage?" Jared's lawyer asks.

"Yes, but I still don't see how this has anything to do with my daughter's case against Jared." My dad has a genuinely confused look on his face now, and he keeps eyeing Angelica as well as my mother.

None of this makes sense. Why are they bringing up Angelica's father?

I look over to my lawyer, who shares the same confused expression as my dad.

"Well, it seems as though a lot of the evidence used by your daughter's lawyer, is evidence given by Officer Bernard." Jared's lawyer states.

"Yes?" My dad still doesn't seem to understand what Jared's lawyer is getting at.

His lawyer isn't wrong though. Everything we have on Jared has been ran through Officer Bernard and his team at the station. I even showed him my recordings before I showed them to my lawyer or Judge Shepherd.

"Your honor, I would like to release some documents on Mr. Bishop's behalf." Jared's lawyer states while handing over a bundle of papers to the bailiff to give to Judge Shepherd.