Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

25 Final verdict

“I can’t be in your shoes, Miss Maya…” he stretched her name while his mind completed the statement, …because all those who bothered me are already 6 feet below, his eyes smiling at her. 1

“So, in other words, you don’t feel remorseful?” He asked again.

“I don’t.”

“Your honor, that’s all I have to say.” Spid returned to his seat beside Jeslyn while waiting for the court to carry out Maya’s judgment.

The audience watched the judge who was writing in his booklet, waiting to hear the judgment.

Maya composed herself although her heart was a mess as it beat chaotically. If it were in her she would choose to walk out a free person, but she knew it was not possible. 2

power,

A while later, a young lady walked out of a side room and handed some papers to the judge.

The judge looked through the papers before he cleared his throat and started to give his statement.

“On this day, 27 October, an appeal was filed on the case of murder carried out by the trial court of Rose City on the 15 of October 2022.

However, after new evidence was found and the court heard from both parties, the jury, having returned the verdict of guilty murder in the first degree on deliberate premeditation and extreme cruelty and atrocity, Jeslyn Lee was found… not guilty and is hereby discharged of all crimes leveled. against her.

Maya Wang, the court having duly considered your offense and your act of not showing remorse hereby sentence you to death by Lethal injection which will be carried out on the 31st of October, 2022!” 8

The second after the judge pronounced Maya’s sentence, he broke the nib of his pen and got up to leave the room.

sentenced but the death

death sentence? Wasn’t Jeslyn accused of the same crime? Why

those thoughts ran through her mind.

tried to cuff her hands but Maya wouldn’t cooperate. She started to struggle while screaming at

is injustice! I refuse this verdict! Let me go, let me go! This is unfair!!!” She cried as

of laughter. She wasn’t laughing because she was happy that Maya would be dying. She was laughing because her name had been

from her right eye and she wiped

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please I beg you, talk to your lawyer, he can save me, please, I

begged frantically as she was being dragged

opened her

thought that by saying that, the kind-hearted Jeslyn

as she changed her tone and started to beg

please give me one last chance… forgive me and tell the judge

was

was gone and the corner of her lips curled into a

head on. It won’t break me but rather make me stronger.” She said before she followed Spid who just came back from signing some documents out of the

was

call while his eyes

here.” He said into the phone before he disconnected the call

court preceding while eating popcorn, turned

Who are you bringing here?” 1

and picked up a magazine to

have waited for so long

Silence.

“A little, please!”