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.

knew she would be sentenced but the death sentence was out of her

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

while those thoughts ran through her mind.

tried to cuff her hands but Maya wouldn’t cooperate. She started

Let me go, let me go! This is unfair!!!” She cried

at first but later burst into a puddle of laughter. She wasn’t laughing because she was happy that Maya would be dying. She was laughing because her name

eye and she wiped it before she stood up from her

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to your lawyer, he can save me, please, I don’t want to

as she was being dragged

her mouth as they were already approaching

The Miss has no intention to let you go!” She had thought that by saying that, the kind-hearted Jeslyn would tell the police to stop, but to her astonishment, Jeslyn was looking at her with a smile while waving

her tone and started

forgive me and tell the

faded away as she was dragged out of the

after Maya was gone and the

won’t break me but rather make me stronger.” She said before she followed Spid

when they heard Jeslyn was innocent. While some

a call while his eyes were on Jeslyn who was going out of the

her here.” He said into the phone before he disconnected the call and set his

the court preceding while eating

you

up

my sister-in-law? I have waited for so long and

Silence.

“A little, please!”