Underneath My Skin (Obsessed Teacher Series Book #2) (Teacher×Student)

Chapter TwentyEight

"Mr, Joseph Lopez. How do you plead?"

"Not guilty" his attorney stood up, sending my attorney and I a quick glare.

Joseph leaned back in his chair, sending a small grin my way.

I didn't react however. I just turned towards my own Attorney who looked bothered as well.

Behind me was Joshua, Seth and Andy's parents.

The judge ordered His attorney to sit down.

He was already found guilty of murder. But now we were going to trial for harassment, assaulting, breaking and entering and nonconsensual sexual relationships with a minor.

That's when I had to go up to the podium and give my side of the story.

I've been going to therapy with Seth for a little over two weeks. Mentally, I am still not okay. But I was at least okay enough to talk and say what happened.

"Um well" I spoke softly into the mic.

I sighed deeply then began with my story. With how I met Joseph, the stories he told me about myself when I was younger, how he would protect me and how he used to be so sweet to me, but how he became jealous when I began to date Andy, how he kept telling me I made the wrong choice, how all of a sudden I saw Andy with Nikki but how he was so afraid and hurt for some reason. How he took me to his home, how we had a small thing, but how quickly his mood escalated to possessive. And how I was hinted he had something to do with Andy all of a sudden cheating on me.

Then I told everyone about the memory of that day. How Joseph broke into my home, chased me then held a sharp object to my neck when Seth tried to approach me. How Andy came by and tackled him, then how my brother also came back home. Telling us that Andy had told him what Joseph did because he wanted me back.

"... he wanted me back... and I wanted him back more than anything in the world.. and now he is out of my reach" I spoke, my voice cracking as I sobbed.

I felt embarrassment crying in front of everyone but I missed Andy.

Soon Joe's attorney came by to cross interrogate me.

"Is it possible you took Joseph's acts of affection and twisted them in your mind to make him look bad, because you regretted getting involved with him?" He asked.

"No" I simply answered.

"It's not possible that your mind played tricks on you with your history of having depression, anxiety and paranoia of course" Joe's attorney said showing the jury some papers. I paused then looked at my attorney who stood up. "Objection! He had no right to obtain my clients medical records!"

The judge dismissed my medical records as any type of evidence because nor joe or his attorney had the right to obtain that.

"Miss Eden, did you have any idea my client too suffers from mental illness?" The attorney turned to me.

"Yeah. I'll say" my attorney stood up too, claiming as well that they just made that up just so he can get off the hook.

"If he has any mental illness why was it never recorded in his medical record?" I finally spoke out, before it got any crazier.