Chapter 9: Court Hearing

was scared. I felt a great fear. Liam was sitting in the back. I turned and looked at him. He smiled at me. The judge came in. We all stood up.

"I am opening a trial for the theft and property conviction of the accused Daisy Fly. The prosecution may read the motion to remand the accused,"

"The accused Daisy Fly has committed the offence of theft and property conviction. She stole a ring from her parents Mark Fly and Emma Fly worth £300,000. She stole it and cashed it. She has thereby committed the offence of theft, property conviction, good morals. We propose a heavy sentence of 20 years imprisonment without parole and that she be banished from London. In addition, we propose that she be stripped of her medical licence,"

No. That cannot be true. I grabbed my hair. This is like a bad dream. Oh my God. The lawyer looked at me and stood up.

"The defendant did not commit the crime she is accused of. She lived with her parents but she did not steal anything. Her parents threw her out of the house and she wandered around the city. She found a job but her father arranged for her to be thrown out. She was on the streets for a while. She had no place to live and if she had the ring she would have cashed in on it and run away. There is no evidence that she actually did it and her family is the witnesses. Why should we ruin a young woman's life? Her future? Her career? I ask why?"

"Mark Schmith will appear in court," the judge said. I closed my eyes. He looked at me with immense hatred.

"What was your relationship like with your daughter?"

"She's not my daughter and never was. She's not my daughter anymore. I threw her out of the house. She's been a problem since she was a little girl. She stole and when she was older she slept with men for money. She was a slut. All she cared about was money,"

"According to the records, you threw her out of the house. Is that right?"

"Yes. She stole. What was I supposed to do? Luckily I only have one daughter and that's Zoe. I want her to get the worst punishment possible for what she did,"

I grabbed my hair. I looked at Liam. He smiled at me and Chris sat down next to him.

"Are you sure she stole the ring?"

"Yes. I'm absolutely sure of it. There was no one to steal it. Our Zoe certainly wouldn't do it,"

But yes, she did it, and only so she could ruin my whole life and my career. Just for that.

"What sentence would you like for her?"

"If it were up to me, I'd suggest the death penalty by hanging. But since that's not an option here, 20 years in prison. Taking away your license,"

Tears streamed down my face. Why, Dad? Tell me, why do you hate me so much? What did I do to you?

"Okay. The defendant's sister is coming to court, and that's Zoe Fly," the judge said, looking at me. I felt terrible. How could they lie so horribly?

"Do you swear to tell the truth?"

"Yes. I swear,"

"What is your relationship with Sister Daisy Fly?"

"None. It's like she wasn't even my sister. She's been playing tricks on me since I was a little girl, putting spiders, cockroaches, and fights in my bed. Daisy was always the popular one and I was bullied at school. I didn't say anything to anyone. I kept quiet. She was dating my boyfriend and he found out what she really was. I caught her stealing the ring,"

"So tell us how it was,"

"It was very early in the morning. I couldn't sleep. I went into the living room and saw her stealing it. She noticed me and started arguing. She almost kicked me to death. Then she ran away,"

,"Did you tell your parents?"

"Yes. I told them. You know, that ring means a lot to my mom. Dad got really angry. It means a lot to them and she just took it. I think she deserves to be punished. This can't just stay like this. Where are we?"

I didn't understand how she could lie like that. How? She did all those things on purpose. She put spiders, snakes, cockroaches in my bed. Everything she just mentioned, she did to me. How can she be like that?

"Would you like to say something to her now, at this moment?"

"Yes. I want to tell her that it all came back to her, how she hurt me, abused me. Now it's all going to come back to her and she's going to prison for a really long time. I want to tell her that everyone has completely forgotten about her. She has no family anymore. Everyone has given up on her because they found out what she really is. A slut,"

"Objection! What the witness said is not based on any truth, Your Honor! Where is the evidence that she did this to her? Where is the evidence that she was bullied? There is no evidence of that. But there is evidence that the witness consciously attacked the defendant all the time. She threatened her and that is the evidence. Text messages," said my lawyer

"Come in,"

The judge looked at it and I noticed that she smiled. How is that possible?

"Yes. This is indeed evidence that the witness threatened to kill the defendant and not just once. How are you going to explain that to us?"

"I defended myself. She wanted to kill me first. I wouldn't hurt a fly," she snapped

"Okay. "We'll take a short break and then we'll continue," the judge said. Everyone left. I looked at Liam, who had come over to me. Chris was there too. There were police in the back, guarding me.