Chapter 40
CHAPTER 40: THE VERDICT
JACE POV
I run over to E as soon as I see her start to sway in the witness chair. Bothwyers are too busy
arguing over this new evidence that they don’t notice E’s physical state. I get to her just as she passes
out, even with the securitying at me thinking I’m a threat of some sort. She was about to fall forward
out of the chair when I grab her by the shoulders and yell for help. The two security officers finally take
notice of what I was doing and one of them is calling for somebody over his radio.
I lift E up and then sit down in the same chair that she was just upying while I set her on myp.
Brushing her hair from her face, I rock back and forth, talking in a soothing voice to her. Her mom brings
me over a bottle of water for when E wakes up. and I’m assuming she will. I’m pretty sure that she
fainted from the shock of the news that the Defense attorney just delivered. I pray that he is talking out of
his ass, but I had texted my friend Finn about checking on it for me.
“Come on, baby, open those pretty blues for me.” I press my lips against her forehead as I continue to
rock her.
“Here, give her to me,” Ethan demands, “She is my daughter.” I love Ethan, but not even he can take her
from me at this moment, so I scowl, “No, she is my girl, and I will take care of her. I’m the only one that
noticed her state when you were too busy arguing!” When he goes to press the issue, ine pulls on his
arm and tells him to let it be.
“Jace will take care of our little girl, Ethan. Please have a little faith.” She tells him.
“Did you not hear everything he said he put our daughter through?” Ethan asks incredulously.
“People make mistakes, honey, and he’s trying to make up for it. E is forgiving him, so we must as
well.” She pleads to her husband, but he doesn’t want to listen. He does stop trying to snatch E from
my arms, though.
Paramedics arrive and all they do is wave some smelling salts under my girl’s nose and she wakes up.
After they check her vitals and makes sure she eats a candy bar because her blood sugar was low, they
leave the courtroom. I want to lecture her about not eating right at lunch, but I’m too relieved that she is
okay, so I’ll save it forter.
“How are you feeling, baby?” I ask, still holding her in myp.
“I’m better. I just got light-headed and dizzy, and then everything went ck.”
“I think you went into shock from the news that limp dickwyer told you.” I sneer toward the Defense.
E closes her eyes, “Oh my God, Jace. Are there really three videos of us up on a porn site?”
“I don’t know yet, I have my friend checking on it now.”
The bailiff interrupts our conversations, “The judge would like to know if you are well enough to continue
or if you would like to have a continuance?”
E gives the big guy a smile, “I think I’m okay to continue. I just want this over with.”
The bailiff nods his head and then heads back to the judge’s chambers to deliver the message. I stand
up and help E to stand on her own feet. She wobbles for a split second, but then gets her bnce. I
instruct her to sit back down in the chair and wait for the judge’s instruction on whether she can go back
to the intiff’s chair or stay where she’s at. I go back to my own seat and ine gives my hand a quick
squeeze.
I look at the woman that has always been a second mother to me, “I’m sorry that you had to hear all of
that, and I’m trying to make it up to her, but I need you to know that we have never made any videos, I
promise you that.”
She smiles, “I believe you, Jace. Let’s hope that the jury does too.”
We both nce over at the twelve jurors that are walking back to their seats. It’s hard to tell what they
are thinking. I saw sympathy when Kaylee was up there, but also when E was up there telling her
ount of the attack. I think it can go either way at this point, and that’s not good.
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The judge ended up allowing the Defense to bring in the three videos as evidence. Thankfully, Finn was
able to find them and hack into the site to take them down off the web, but they will still be shown here
since the videos were copied. For the life of me, I don’ t know what videos they would be, aside from the
one that was sent to E. Ethan did let it be known that she had received it, so that way if it is one of the
videos then the jury would know that it was not one that we produced and put up on the porn site.
Because of the content, certain body parts were covered as the videos are shown. Just as we thought,
the one that was sent to E was the very first one. I actually got embarrassed over the video, not
because of what we were doing, but because ine was now seeing it as well. I’m more embarrassed
over her seeing it than I was when Ethan saw it in his office. I also wasn’t liking the fact that strangers
were seeing my girl this way.
I keep a close eye on Toby, Mason, and Brandon as they not so much watch the video but listen to it with
smirks on their faces. Kaylee is over there ring at the yback. When the next video begins to y,
my head whips towards the screen because don’t remember anything that’s going on in the video, it’s
unfamiliar to me.
to me.
.
Scrutinizing the screen, my eyes go round. Those little fuckers photoshopped the video, just like they did
the one of E and Brandon in the ssroom, only this one looks legit. I quickly tap Ethan’s arm and
motion for him to give me a pen and paper. When he does, I quickly scribble out one word, birthmark?
The body that has E’s head attached to it has no birthmark on the right side of her back. E’s
birthmark isn’t overly huge, but it is about three inches long, about an inch wide, and about six inches up
from her waist, making it impossible for it not to be seen in – this video. As for the guy, his dick isn’t
anywhere near my size, and I’d be happy to prove it to these fuckers!
The third video is the same as the second one, a fake. By the time it’s done ying, I want to do a happy
dance. E grins back at me after seeing the note I gave her father and realizing that they were fakes.
The Defense continues on as if they have us right where they want us, though.
“So, as you can see,” thewyer turns to the jury, these videos are probable cause for Miss Baxter to
want to set the defendants up.”
“Objection, your Honor,” Ethan stands up and faces the Defensewyer, “Did you even send these
videos in to make sure they weren’t altered?”
“Well, you saw the first video, it’s the one that Miss Baxter has on her phone.” Thewyer defends.
“And like I said in the beginning, she was sent that video a day ago. We can have it proven in no time. As
for the other two videos, they are fakes. That is not E in the video and so I can only assume that the
male isn’t Jace, either.”
“What makes you think that?” The judge asks Ethan.
“Because your Honor, E has a birthmark on her back that is not on the body of the woman in the
video.” He turns to his daughter and nods.
E nods and stands up before turning her back on the jury, and lifting her shirt, showing them that she
does, indeed have a very dark mark on her back. When the Defense asks about the male, I stand up
right away, bringing my hands to the waist of my pants.
“I can prove that isn’t me, just give me a moment to bring it to true size.” I smirk.
The courtroom erupts inughter and the judge ms his gavel down, “That will not be necessary, Mr.
Palmer.”
I shrug and then wink at the Defense before taking my seat again. ine ps me in the chest, yfully,
“You would show them, wouldn’t you?” she chuckles.
“Damn straight I would. There’s no shame in my game, ine.” I grin.
“Your Honor,” Ethan speaks up, “Another point to make is that E brought these charges against the
defendants a few months ago, and she was still a virgin up until a few days ago.” Thave to give to Ethan,
he never once winced while talking about his little girl losing her virginity, “So, her making these
usations because of said videos is preposterous.
“So, let me get this straight,” the judge speaks up as he scowls at the Defense, “You brought ‘evidence
into my court room that you hadn’t verified?”
“Your honor, it came from a very reliable source.” Thewyer states.
“And who is this source?” The judge asks.
“I cannot reveal their name, your Honor.”
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“Well then, I guess that settles it,” the judge looks over at the jury, “Disregard the videos. It is tampered
evidence and cannot be used.” He looks around, “Are there any more witnesses or evidence that needs
to be presented?”
Bothwyers shake their heads, “Prosecution rests, your Honor.”
“Defense rest as well, your Honor.”
*Very well. We will adjourn while the jury deliberates. If they don’te to a verdict before the end of
business, we will continue at nine tomorrow morning.” The judge ms the gavel down and then takes
his leave.
I can’t wait a second longer as I pull E toward me and hug her tight, “Thank fuck those were fake. I
don’t know what I would do if someone had more videos of us.”
*If you wouldn’t use my daughter the way that you do, then you wouldn’t have to worry about it.” Ethan
mumbles.
“Dad, don’t start please.” E lectures her father as ine says his name sternly.
Ethan remains quiet about the topic of us and begins talking about what we could expect and also, what
can go wrong. Of course, we are hoping for a guilty verdict, and they get thrown in jail for a few years,
but we won’t get our hopes up too high yet. Looking at his watch, Ethan studies the time.
“It’s already four fifteen. I highly doubt we are going to hear something today, but make sure you stay
close just in case.” He warns E.
“I will, Dad.”
Ethan spares me a brief nce without the usual re, and I’m filled with hope. E jabs me in the side,
bringing my attention back to her, “Were you really going to pull out your member and show everyone?”
“First of all, please don’t ever call my cock a member. It’s either my cock or dick, shaft is okay, but not my
favorite. Secondly, if you showed skin then I have every right to be able to show some too!”
“Well, I wouldn’t appreciate the women looking at my boyfriend’s penis!” she states, and I can’t help but
to cringe.
“I am not an adolescent, E. Cross the word ‘penis’ off the list as well.” I grab her hand and direct her to
the little swinging gate and pull her through it.
“So many rules! Can I just give it a name and call it that from now on?” She asks.
I moan and slide my hand down my face, “I have a feeling that I won’t like any names that you pick for it,
so no, you cannot name my cock.”
“Are you saying that I won’t be able to pick any names for any future kids that we may have?” She pouts.
“I think it’s cute that you are already thinking about having kids with me,” I wink at her, “but no, that’s not
what I’m saying. Naming your child and naming my cock are twopletely separate things.”
I hear her scoff, “I don’t think there is anything wrong with naming your attachment Goliath.” She
mumbles the words but, I still hear her.
I throw my head back andugh, “My attachment? Seriously?”
“What? Are you going to tell me not to call it that either?”
“Yes, yes I am,” i throw my arm over her shoulder and pull her into me as we stand on the steps of the
courthouse.
“I don’t feel right calling it the crude names when we aren’t being kinky.”
“Oh, Precious, when are you going to learn that our kink is twenty-four-seven? There’s no breaking in
between.”
“Too bad, because it’s hard being good every minute of the day.” She pouts, making meugh hard once
more.
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ELLA POV
Sometimes Jace is just too much, but he definitely knows how to take my mind off things. Having a
discussion about what I should be calling his ‘member’ is not something that I ever imagined myself
doing with anyone. I’m pretty sure my face has been tinged pink the whole time, but I’m serious, I can’t
make my mouth say certain things like that unless we are in the moment. I
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guess it’s just something that he’s going to have to‘spank’ into me, I smile to myself.
We are only sitting outside for about ten minutes when I get the text that the jury is back already, “Well,
that was really fast,” I
nce at Jace, “Is that a good thing or a bad thing?”
He shrugs, “I’m not sure, but let’s hope it’s in our favor. Come on,” he stands up and reaches his hand
out for me to take, “There is no use worrying about whether it’s good or bad, because the decision has
been made.”
“I notice a quick sh of worry cross his face before he puts his stoic expression back on and opens the
door to the courthouse for me. My heart pounds as we take the elevator to the third floor where the
answer awaits. I don’t think I’ve ever been as nervous as I am now, not even when I was being bullied by
Jace.
Jace suddenly grabs me by my nape and pulls me into his chest, “Calm down, E. It doesn’t matter
what happens or what the oue is, because it’s all over, and I’ll be damned if I let something like this
happen to you again.” He kisses the crown of my head and tightens his arms around for just a moment
before the elevator door open.
When he pulls away, I look up into his eyes, “Thank you, Jace. It means the world to me that you are
here, supporting me.”
“There is nowhere else that I’d rather be, Precious.” He tosses his arm across my shoulders and
maneuvers us through the people stepping into the elevator, and then out its doors.
My dad is waiting for me right outside the courtroom, but I can’t tell where his headspace is on the matter
either. What is it with – everyone having poker faces around here? When we walk up to him, he gives me
a half smile before going back to look at some
papers that he has in his hands.
“What’s going on, Dad?” I ask, drawing his attention back to me.
“Oh, nothing, sweetie. Just reading through some paperwork on another case. Are you ready?”
I study him for a moment and then nod, “Yeah. Let’s get this over with.”
We just settle into our seats when the bailiff asks everyone to stand once again for the judge. Once the
judge and jury are back in their own seats, the judge begins, “Has the jurye to a decision?”
A middle-aged woman in the first chair stands up with a piece of paper in her hands, “We have your
Honor.”
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“Proceed.” The judge orders.
“In the case E Baxter vs. Tobias Anderson, we find the defendant guilty. In the case E Baxter vs.
Mason Baker, we find the defendant guilty.” I feel as if I’m about to faint again as the woman continues to
read the verdicts in my favor, “In the case E Baxter vs. Brandon Feeney, we find the defendant guilty.
In the case E Baxter vs. Kaylee Simpson, we find the defendant guilty.
Murmurs erupt in the courtroom as family members to the defendants, gasp and mumble to each other. I
throw my arms around my dad, hugging him with everything I’ve got, “You did it, Daddy!”
“No, sweetie, you did it!” My dad hugs me back just as tight, but then lets me go when the judge’s gavel
hits his bench.
“I want to thank the jury for their service in this case. You all are free to go.” The judge releases the jurors
before turning to the defendants, “There will be a sentencing hearing in a couple of days for all
defendants. Yourwyer will contact you with the date and time. I’m releasing three of the four of you to
the care of your parents until then and I suggest you show up or else a warrant will be issued for your
arrest.” The judge turns to Kaylee, “Miss Simpson, since your parents put a plea in seeking help for you,
will be sending you to a treatment facility until the date of your sentencing. Please be advised that this is
not an option. If you leave the facility, a warrant will be issued for your arrest.”
Kaylee, who is sitting in her chair, bawling her eyes out, just nods her understanding. I almost feel a little
sorry for her, but I can’t allow myself to have any sympathy for any of them. When Kaylee looks up, we
make eye contact, and instead of seeing regret or remorse, all I get is a look of pure hatred. My body
shivers as a chill runs through it just from the look, and I have to turn my attention away from her.
Jace jumps over the little divider and pulls me into his arms. He holds the back of my head to his chest
as he buries his face into my neck, “i’m so fucking proud of you, baby!” he mumbles as he continues to
hold me.
There is a slight cough behind him and reluctantly, he lets me go so my mom can hug me too, “i’ll only
steal her for a moment, Jace,” She chuckles and then wraps me in her arms, “Oh, honey, I’m so happy
for you! Now you can move on with your life and try to forget all about this.”
scoff, “I don’t think I can ever forget, but I can move on. I won’t let it define me, Mom.”
“That’s my girl!” She says as she pulls away from me and holds me at arm’s length, “Now you can get
back to your life and start your summer sses without any of this looming over you.”
I smile, because it’s a huge relief to have this over with. I miss my small apartment, and my new friends. I
even miss both my jobs that are still waiting for me to get back to. When I turn back to Jace, I notice the
sad smile pasted on his face, and I know right away what it’s for. I’ll be leaving soon, and he has to stay
behind for a few more weeks at least. I go back to him and circle my arms around his neck. He isn’t
expecting my lips to press against his here in the courtroom for all to see, but they do, because in that
moment, all I could think about was tasting him, and so I am.
His hands squeeze my hips as I continue to kiss him in front of everyone. The world slips away briefly
while our lips are attached to one another. I think that nothing can break us apart in this moment, but
unfortunately, all good things muste to an end, and Jace pulls away first. Lust burns in his eyes as
he gazes down at me and cups my cheek.
“I love you, E Baxter…”
I bite my lower lip and grin, “And I have fallen head-over-heels in love with you, Jace Palmer…”
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