Chapter 10: Decision

,,Daisy. Calm down. Please. You're shaking. I think it looks like it's on the right track," Liam whispered and smiled at me. Chris had gone somewhere.

,,I'm going to jail. They'll lock me up Liam. They'll lock me up,"

,,No. Don't worry Daisy. It looks good. You'll see that we'll be together tonight. We'll go out to eat and everything bad will go away. You'll see,"

,,Did you hear what they said Liam? They want to destroy me. They want to kill me. They hate me from the bottom of their hearts. I know it very well,"

,,I heard it. But you can do it. I won't let you go to jail. I honestly love you,"

,,I won't be able to work for you anymore,"

,,Not as a doctor but as an assistant. Daisy. You have to calm down. You'll see that everything will be fine," he said and people started coming inside. Liam smiled at me and kissed me on the forehead. He went back to his seat. The judge came in. They stood.

,,So. We continue the hearing against the defendant Daisy Fly. Do you have any questions for the witness?,," the judge asked.

,,I certainly do,," said my lawyer

,,So.. You claim here that your sister has been doing you wrong since early childhood, right? Why did you threaten her then and not once? There are witnesses to it,,"

,,Look. She provoked me,"

,,Provoked me and with what? She left home to be alone with you. She lived on the streets. She had nothing to eat. She had no money. So what then? Is it true that Daisy Fly was dating James Schmidt?,,"

,,Yes it is,,"

,,And is it true that you are dating him now?,,"

,,Yes. But where are you going with that?,,"

,,You wanted to destroy your sister, right? To the point that you decided to lie so that your sister would lose everything. Is that true? She was dating your current partner. You hated her and that's why you decided to lie. Is it true that a few days ago you had a fight with her and your father.. Specifically with Liam Schmith. With James' father. Did you have a conflict with them?,,"

,,Yes she did but that doesn't belong here,,"

,,But it does. Mr. Schmith is here. In this room and if you don't tell the truth, he can explain to us what happened. You attacked her. You insulted her and that was just because he offered her a job and gave her an apartment. Is that true?,,"

,,But she's just using him,,"

,,Even if it were true. This is none of your business. You want to destroy your sister and you decided to destroy her by stealing the tracks ring, is that right? How could she do it? How? When she was in the hospital at the time you think she should have done it?,,"

,,You're getting the time wrong,," said Zoe

,,No. I'm not getting the time wrong at all, just so you know. Daisy Fly left home on 28.09. Your father kicked her out. She lived on the streets. And from 30.09 to 12.10 she was hospitalized in the hospital with pneumonia. Very serious pneumonia. I have the doctor's report with me. You said you saw her on 30.09 at 07:00 in the morning. But Daisy was immediately hospitalized at 06:00 in the university hospital with serious pneumonia. Passersby found her on the ground in the park, with no signs of life,,"

,,I got the time wrong,,"

,,No. You didn't get the time wrong. You lied and that was just to accuse Daisy of theft. It's easy to accuse someone who can't defend herself. Who can't speak. Your Honor. Daisy Fly, at the time she was supposed to steal it, she was in serious condition, with severe pneumonia in the hospital, and here's the medical report about it,"

"Come in," said the judge and began reading the medical report here.

"I can confirm that it was indeed severe pneumonia. How do you explain this to the court? You said that on September 30th she stole the ring from your house at seven in the morning. But Daisy Fly was hospitalized in serious condition in the hospital at 6:00 on September 30th. So did she steal it or not?"

"That report is false. She was fine. She stole it,"

"Your Honor. There is a doctor in this room who treated her and can testify,"

"I am ending the witness's questioning and have the doctor who examined her come to the court," the judge said

I turned and Chris walked towards the court. I looked at Liam. He smiled at me. Chris smiled at me.

"When was she brought to the hospital and in what condition?"

"It was very early in the morning. I was standing in for the hospital director at the time because he was sick. They brought her to the hospital at 6:00 in the morning. It was 9/30. She had very severe pneumonia. She was really, really bad. I had to give her antibiotics right away and put her on a ventilator. She couldn't breathe. Meanwhile, there were a few incidents at the hospital,"

,,What incidents are these?,,"

,,So James Schmith and Zoe Fly came to the hospital. James Schmith is the son of the director and owner of the hospital. They wanted to disconnect her from those machines so that she would die. You know. I couldn't let that happen,"

,,Did Liam Schmith know about his son's actions?,,"

,,No. He didn't know. I couldn't tell him. He always saw himself in his son. I couldn't tell him that he wanted to disconnect the girl from the machines. A young girl who had her whole life ahead of her,"

,,In what condition did they bring her to the hospital?,,"

"She was dirty, thin and malnourished. The paramedics told us they found her on the street, with no signs of life. It was cold outside. She almost died but luckily she made it out and she's here,"

"What do you think of her? As a person?"

"I don't think she would be capable of doing that. I know there's little evidence, but she's young. I don't think she deserves to go to jail. If they want to take her license away, fine. But I think she should be released on bail,"

"No way," my father shouted

"Silence!" the judge shouted loudly

"Thank you to everyone who testified. We'll take a short break and the court will decide,"