A New Beginning

Chapter 78: Desperate for Justice

Chapter 78: Desperate for Justice

"Emma, you're certain he shot you?" Peter asks in disbelief.

"It's all right here in black and white," she says, indicating the doctor's documents.

Jack sits in his cell as Emma and Peter walk around it, going over the evidence again to catch Mr. Jamieson up to speed on the case.

"That son of a bitch..." Jack hisses under his breath.

"That's what I said," Emma says.

"Hold on, we can't be sure of it, I mean there was a lot going on that night... Weren't officers firing their guns to stop people from crowding the boats?" Peter suggests.

"Yes, we cannot leave any room for doubt," Mr. Jamieson nods.

Jack swallowed and nodded. He'd heard from several survivor accounts that Tommy had been shot and killed by an officer. It was likely by accident and the officer ended up ending his life shortly after, but it was a possibility that one of those bullets hit her. He remembers the horror of running with Rose away from Cal as he shot at them with a final attempt to keep the two apart.

"But I wasn't anywhere near the lifeboats when I was hit," Emma counteracts. "In fact, there were no officers when Jack, Rose and I were trying to escape."

"I can testify to that," Jack agrees.

"It could have ricocheted though," Peter points out.

Emma stops for a moment. She knew she'd have to go back to the doctor and talk to him about it. She was 100% sure that Cal shot her with intent to kill. He may have been aiming at Rose or Jack, but it was likely that she was the target at that moment.

"I want to hear it from the doctor's mouth though," Emma says. "I hope we can secure him as a witness."

"It will be very likely," Mr. Jamieson says. "It will also add credibility to our case to have a medical professional on the stand."

"The doctor on the Carpathia however, will be harder to secure, he is likely at sea again," Emma adds. "But we still do have the medical records."

"If only we had the bullet to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that those bullets came from Cal's gun," Jack mutters.

"I'll ask the doctor, maybe he saved the pieces," Emma says thoughtfully.

"Let's hope so as that will make our case much stronger," Mr. Jamieson nods. He flips the pages to the incident on the stern. "However, proving that he shot you Emma will be harder. Remember we're trying to prove Mr. Dawson's innocence more than Mr. Hockley's guilt."

"But he is guilty," Emma protests.

"Regardless, let's focus on the strongest parts of the case. We have three eyewitnesses."

"It's our words against Cal's," Peter nods.

"But the problem of putting Jack on the stand is it will make the jury think that he's just trying to save his own skin," Emma points out.

"If only Ms. DeWitt Bukater was..." Mr. Jamieson trails off and swallows. He looks at Jack with concern. "I'm terribly sorry Mr. Dawson."

"It's okay," Jack shrugs miserably. "The sooner we can get me out of jail, the sooner we can find her."

"Which wouldn't be a problem if the police would do their jobs properly," Emma hisses. "They won't even question Cal."

Peter puts his hand on her shoulder and squeezes it. "We'll find her. Once we put Cal in jail for all the other things he's done, they'll force him to release Rose."