The Morrison Scandal

Chapter 12- ᔕᑭᒪITTIᑎG TᕼE ᗪEᗩᒪ

-12pm, Saturday, August 12th-
"Alright, today we gather here today for the divorce settlement of Evony Lefebvre and James Patterson, along with Jimmy Nelson and Florencia RodrÃguez. Both men are here to divorce their wives because they believe that the wives are having an affair with eachother. Today bringing up the evidence for the cases is Private Detective Isabella Delaney, who has done amazing work on her previous case of the 'Drug Dealers of The Hollywood Sign'. And with that, court is now in session." explains the judge, sitting down.
Isabella remaims standing as everyone sits down, and she looks back to see Jaydee sitting there with a wide grin on his face holding two thumbs up. She smiles at him before looking back towards the judge.
"Ahem, ladies, gentlemen, and people who don't identify as either. Today might just be the first of it's kind in Hollywood history, for tonight it's the first ever double divorce court session of it's kind. As no one knew until now, I was hired on by Jaydee Morrison to help him in the original case where he would be law suited for supposedly sleeping with Evony Lefebvre, which the charges were later dropped. I now would like to call him to the stand to give us the details of the night of Saturday, August 4th."
     Jaydee looks surprised as he slowly rises from his seat, and makes his way towards the stand, as the jury members watch his every step. He sits down as Florencia's lawyer stands up to ask him questions.
     "Mr. Morrison, tell us, what happened the night of The Scandal?" the lawyer asks, looking Jaydee dead in the eyes.
  "Well, Ms. Lefebvre had just finished her test screening and private screening of her new romance movie, 'Playing in the Hay', and she had invited me to go get some drinks." Jaydee explains.
         "How long have you known her and who else was there?"
   "I've known her for going on three years, and it was just us that night until the ride home."
          "Who was this person?"
      "At the time I did not know a gender or a face, due to me sitting behind them on the ride to drop them off by Evony's house, where they said they'd walk home."
    "Did you hear this exchange between the two?"
           "No sir, it was over the phone. I didn't hear a word from this person."
      "Fair enough, that's all the questions your honor."
            Jaydee leaves the stand as Isabella gives him a smirk while he walks by.
      "Alright, I'd like to call my client to the stand." The lawyer says, going to sit down.
   Florencia walks up the the stand while getting a few peaking eyes from the jury. Isabella walks up to the stand and waits for her to sit down.
    "So, Ms. RodrÃguez. Where were you last Saturday night?" Isabella asks, crossing her arms.
          "I was out on the town with a few of my friends after working as the main lead in Evony's movie. It lasted until the early next morning, where I arrived home around three."
      "Okay, how close are you and Evony?"
   "I say we're friends, we didn't know each other until we have stated filming."
       "Alright, and now so we don't waste any time your honor, may I ask Jimmy questions from here?"
    "You may." the judge says.
          "Alright, Mr.Nelson. Where did Florencia say she was going that evening?" Isabella asks.
     "She said she was going out to do 'stuff' before leaving without another word." Jimmy explains.
           "Alright, were there any problem's with either of your marriages?" she asks both men.
      "OBJECTION! You can't ask multiple people to answer questions while not on the stand." the lawyer cuts in.
    "Sir, you do realize every judge and lawyer of the past few years know that Isabella has worked herself a amazing and unique reputation in the world of law. She's the only person who can take things into her hands like this." the judge explains, giving the lawyer a glare.
   "Right... My apologies, continue."
        "Thank you, so tell me guys. Within the last few months, have there been any troubles with your marriages?" Isabella continues.
     "Well, we've both found out that when either one of us aren't home or they say they're going out, both of our wives seem to go out at the same time." James says, the jury seeming interested in what could happen.
      "In our defence, it could be pure coincidence. We've been friends for a while now and we do sometimes hang out at each other's houses to get some quality lady time." Evony adds, looking Isabella in the eye.
     "I'm with her, she's being completely reasonable!" Florencia exclaims.
           "Oh look who's talking now-!"
   The judge hits her desk with her small hammer.
"ORDER IN THE COURT! I see we're gonna need a break, we will reconvine after a brief recess." the judge explains as everyone listens.
   And as that happens, the jury begins to talk as both couples storm out of the room. Isabella then follows, grabbing Jaydee on the way out. She brings him into a private bathroom to talk.
         "Alright, we need this to end soon. If they keep this up, the jury will see nothing wrong and won't press any charges for the affair!" Jaydee grabs Isabella by the shoulders, "Please tell me you got a plan?!"
      Isabella has a calm look on her face.
   "I had 9 hours to think this out, why else do you think I got this small earpiece in?" Isabella asks, pointing to the small earpiece in her right ear, "I've got Harold on the other end telling me what to do and what the jury thinks."
        "You can do that?!"
    "Of course, it's one of my special perks. So tell me Harold," she takes the ear piece out so they can both hear, "What's the jury looking like right now?"
           "Well, most people are still going with the ladies, though I think you can close this case quick with the evidence. What do you think?" Harold insists.
      "I think I will, and Jaydee is here so say hi to the poor lad."
    "OH! Hey there Jaydee. How're you feeling?"
            "P-pretty awsome right now. You guys are like the dream team for crime solving!" Jaydee exclaims.
     "I suppose you could say that, anyways. You two should be getting back to the court room, it's about show time!"
     "Indeed," Isabella puts the ear piece back in her ear, "Lets go do this place some justice."
         They both leave the bathroom, and back into the court room, where the lights are already off and there's a white sheet behind the judges chair. Jaydee sits back down as Isabella walks to the front of the room.
     "Dear Jury, what I'm about to show next is footage taken from the home of Evony Lefebvre, at her arrival time, and the time a person was seen getting out the window. And everyone here, please feel free to watch too." Isabella explains, as she plugs her laptop into a projector where the footage begins to play.
     As the court watches, multiple gasps come from everywhere. Isabella catches Evony begin to watch in horror, tearing up. The next clip with the window plays, as Isabella stops the footage with Florencia looking straight into the camera, revealing her face to everyone in the room.
     Jimmy seems heart broken as Isabella has a smirk across her face.
    "This is the footage caught the night of The Scandal, which with some help of my co-workers, we've made it easier to pick out what- or more like who- was happening. So tell me Evony," Isabella has made her way next to Evony and kneels down to get eye level, "what was Florencia RodrÃguez doing at 3am, Sunday morning, climbing out of you and James' bedroom window?"
      "Ms. Delaney, this could simply be a look alike. This couldn't be me!" Florencia exclaims.
   Isabella slowly stands up straight, walks back over to her laptop, and doesn't break eye contact with Florencia, having an almost evil glare in her eyes.
    "Well, don't worry, we made sure we know who it was. So we took the camera footage of everywhere you went that night until you got home."
   Isabella just presses a button as multiple snap shots of places Florencia was, including her getting into the same car Jaydee and Evony were in. The spark in Florencia's eyes quickly die out as Evony is now about to break down. The sheet goes back up and the lights turn back on as the laptop is unplugged from the projector.
     "So I'll ask you now Ms. RodrÃguez, did you sleep with Evony Lefebvre?" Isabella asks, a perfect smrik on her face remaining the whole time.
     "I-I... dammit Dammit DAMMIT! FINE! You've caught us. Are you happy?!"
   The jury bursts into whispers as Isabella looks back at Jaydee.
            "Not yet. I need to know why. Why did you frame Jaydee?" Isabella demands.
      "Isn't it obvious?! Ever since he's stepped onto the set of his first film, he's taken all my fame that's taken me years to work for! So while I was with Evony, I knew I'd have to get caught with the cameras one night and frame him for it all!"
      "Jeeze, that's just harsh." Jaydee says, walking up towards the two, "You know, we could've made a pretty good duo one day. But you just didn't want to wait."
     "I- CURSE YOU MORRISON! I WOULD'VE HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT TOO IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU AND YOUR DETECTIVE GIRLFRIEND!"
           As soon as she finishes, she's lead to the back room with Evony and the men. Isabella then addresses the court room a final time.
    "People of the court room! As being the meddling kid I've always been, I would like to formally announce that 'The Morrison Scandal' has come to a well deserved close! What do you say Judge?"
     The Judge gives Isabella a warm smile as she hits her desk with the hammer one more time.
   "I now call this case closed! You're all free to go home!"

      Isabella looks at Jaydee, who's got a smile spread across his face as he hugs her.
    "You did it! You really did it!" he exclaims.
            "Well, Harold did great too, but also." she looks him dead in the eyes, "I couldn't have done it if you never got me to agree to this in the first place."
       "R-REALLY?! Aww~ You're so sweet!"
    "Nah, after all." she brings his face closer to hers, "I'm just your meddling girlfriend in the end."
        Jaydee smiles as Isabella drags him in for a kiss, and the whole court room goes up in 'Ooo~'s and 'Aww~'s in reaction. He breaks apart from her smiling.
     "So I'm guessing we're not so secret anymore?" he asks.
       "Not anymore, though right now. I've got to make sure the divorce goes in my client's favours." she responds, leading him to wait by the back room the now divorced couples are.