Chapter 128: The Courtroom Encounter

Alex picked up Isabella from Trisha's place. As he opened the car door for her to get into the car, he went around and sat beside her in the driver's seat. He told her, “You don’t have to be scared and you don’t necessarily have to tell anybody. Don’t act as if anything happened between the two of us. Just act normally like we used to be. Just act like yourself and if anybody asks you anything, you don’t necessarily have to answer their questions. Just act as you are.”

Isabella nodded her head and said, “Okay, it’s fine. I won’t tell anybody anything and I’ll act normally as if nothing is going on.”

She said to Alex. Alex moved closer to her and wanted to help her with her seat belt, but she shook in fear. Alex looked at her and said, “You don’t have to be scared of me, Isabella. I just want to help you with your seatbelts. I love you, Isabella, but you’re just making me act weird nowadays because of you hiding things from me. Very soon, I’m going to confront James myself and ask him what’s going on. I’m going to ask him the secret that you’ve been hiding from me. Very soon, I’ll know what you and James have been keeping from me. I hope by then you will come to your senses and confess to me what you and James have been hiding these days.”

He helped her with her seat belt and started the car, driving directly to the court. They soon arrived at the court, and as they alighted from the car, she saw her mom. Isabella saw her mom at the entrance of the court. Her mom immediately ran to her and wanted to hug her, but she moved back.

“Who are you?” she said to her.

Alex looked at her and tried to explain, “She’s your mom, Isabella. Just hug her.”

Her mom looked very distressed. She was unhappy that her own daughter couldn’t even recognize her any longer. Her mom started tearing up, but Alex immediately held her and told her, “Everything will be fine very soon. She will regain her memory, I promise you.”

He said to Isabella's mom. Isabella's mom just nodded her head and was already crying. She turned back from them and walked directly into the court, escorted by Isabella's father. Isabella looked at both of them in surprise and wondered why she felt bad reacting that way to her.

Alex held her and told her, “It’s fine. You are going to regain your memory very soon. I promise you. I’m going to take you to that nurse that promised us a good result. And I assure you, you’re going to regain your memory because I can’t just wait for you to regain your memories back. I miss the old Isabella so much,” he said to her, and walked straight into the courts.

As Lily got in, she was escorted by police officers and was handcuffed. They took her to one side of the court, and she looked in Isabella’s direction. They looked into each other's eyes, and she smirked at Isabella. She felt very assured that she was going to get out of prison today.

“Why?” Isabella was confused as to why Lily would smirk at her. She shook it off and just looked away. She didn’t care whatever she did.

So soon, the court hearing started, and everybody was told to rise and welcome the judge. The judge walked in and told them to proceed with the court hearings. Very soon, it was time for the fort. Lily was here. The hearing was starting already, and Alex noticed that Lily didn’t have any prosecutor. He was very happy because he thought they were going to win this case no matter what. Winning the case was inevitable, and he was very elated.

He thought to himself, “All the evidence was brought, and the defense prosecutor was nowhere to be seen.”

Lily was found guilty, and she started to fear that a lawyer wouldn’t show up. Alex was very happy, thinking that he was going to win this case no matter what happened because Lily’s prosecutor was nowhere to be found, and she was already found guilty by the judge.

At that moment, Isabella became very eager and did not know how everything was going to turn out. Even though she wanted Lily to face her crimes, she still felt like something was going to go wrong. Everything just seemed so easy. Ever since she lost all her memories, things were just so difficult, and this was like the first thing that was going so easy for her.

She did not understand why Lily’s prosecutor had not yet come. She looked at Alex, and of course, he was happy, but it was still obvious that he was anxious. Just then, she felt a presence beside her. She turned to see Tricia as Tricia motioned for her that she was there to support her. She smiled and felt even more confident.

The judge continued to scroll through all the evidence, including the voice messages that Rachel had recorded. He looked up at everyone as they were still silent. Then he looked back at Lily.

“It turns out that up until the last minute, your prosecutor never came in. Is he ditching, or did you not find a good prosecutor for yourself, and he bailed out after seeing that he could not win the case for you?” The judge said as Lily chuckled like a maniac.

“I don’t know about that. All I know is I employed a prosecutor, and he would be here. Maybe he got the wrong time or traffic,” she said, cheesing, as everyone felt like they were at the tip of a needle, all anxious, waiting patiently to see who Lily was going to employ as her prosecutor.

Just then, Isabella looked back again at Lily but was surprised and taken aback to see Lily staring directly at her as she mouthed to her, “You can’t win. I will get out of here before you know it.”

Isabella quickly looked away and was instantly frightened. What was Lily’s plan? Just then, the door opened widely, and Lily’s prosecutor stepped in.