[ Sinking ] || A Colby Brock Fanfiction

Chapter 26

Note: This fanfiction does not follow the timeline of the TFIL videos or the videos from the channels from the mentioned YouTubers. In this fanfiction, they already live in that big mansion as roommates.
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Third Person POV

In the entire duration of Francine's time on the witness stand, John and Cassidy would scream protests about her statements. Francine, did her best not to waiver, and looked among the crowd to searched for two particular pairs of eyes that she knew would give her strength to not back down, one with a pair of brilliant blue eyes that gave her reassurance and strength and one with a pair of aquamarine eyes that gave her the courage to stop everything just to get him back in her life.

Colby and Levin were her strengths.

She did her best not to break down when her own documentary about her wounds were played. Although not all were shown, the videos that were shown were the ones where she presented the worst injuries she got. The brand was the worst of them all for she was asked to show it in person to the jury. When she went back to her seat beside Julianne who rubbed her arm gently, silently telling her that she was there for her.

"Do you have any more witnesses?" The judge asked.

"Yes, your honor." Atty. Kenneth replied.

"Proceed."

Atty. Kenneth nodded and introduced his second witness, "Will Miss Penny Pierce and Mr. Cole Robbert Brock come up to the stand?" While the two mentioned were being assisted to the stand, Cassidy was not able to keep her mouth shut once again. However, this time, her words shocked the jury and the judge.

"You traitor! I paid you to keep your mouth shut!" John's eyes widened at his wife's outburst and he paled when he noticed how the jury and the judge looked at them. Cold sweat formed at the back of his neck and at his forehead while trying to calm his wife down.

"Forgive her, your honor. She's just mentally unstable after knowing that her own daughter filed a lawsuit against her own parents." John said, trying to save their honor and their freedom, however, deep down, he knew that they were fighting a losing battle. He never knew about those video documentaries and the medical records she had. Apparently, the cops that looked after her when she snuck out at night always take her to the doctor in the station and kept medical records of her injuries which accumulated and is now dragging the couple down. He didn't even know how Francine got Penny to be one of her witnesses, or how she got the Hendersons at her side.

Despite his attempt, the way the judge and the jury shook their heads told him that the odds were not in their favor. The judge then told Atty. Kenneth to continue with his witnesses.

"Ms. Penny, please tell us where and who you used to work for." Atty. Kenneth stated.

Penny glanced at the broken girl that sat beside her aunt, Julianne, and spoke, "I've been working in JC Tech as Miss Cassidy's personal assistant for a year and a half now."

"Could you tell us what you saw about how they treated Ms. Francine whenever you are around?"

"Yes, uhm... The first time I saw them get mad at her in public was during a charity event when Ms. Francine was rumored to cut herself on the wrist during the event. Ms. Cassidy gripped onto Francine's wrist and by the way she winced, her grip looked pretty strong. I sneakily took a picture when they pulled her out of the event and there was a bruise forming around her wrist." Atty. Kenneth then projected an image of Francine getting dragged out of the even and true enough, her wrist was starting to bruise.