Chapter 25
25 Final verdict
“I can’t be in your shoes, Miss Maya…” he stretched her name while his mindpleted 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.
Mayaposed 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 whileter, a youngdy 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.
Maya couldn’t believe her ears. She knew she would be sentenced but the death sentence was out of
her expectation! 3
How could they give her a death sentence? Wasn’t Jeslyn used of the same crime? Why wasn’t she
given life imprisonment? 6
The cops approached Maya while those thoughts ran through her mind.
They tried to cuff her hands but Maya wouldn’t cooperate. She started to struggle while screaming at
the top of her lungs.
“This is injustice! I refuse this verdict! Let me go, let me go! This is unfair!!!” She cried as she fought to
be freed.
Jeslyn was surprised at first butter burst into a puddle ofughter. She wasn’tughing because she
was happy that Maya would be dying. She wasughing because her name had been cleared and she
was a free bird now.
A teardrop slowly fell from her right eye and she wiped it before she stood up from her seat.
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“Jeslyn, Miss, please save me! I’m sorry, please I beg you, talk to yourwyer, he can save me, please,
I don’t want to die!”
She begged frantically as she was being dragged away.
Seeing that Jeslyn wasn’t feeling concerned, she hurriedly opened her mouth as they were already
approaching the entrance.
“Jeslyn, they are lurking around you. They don’t intend to give up. 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 at her.
Her desperation grew stronger as she changed her tone and started to beg for her dear life.
“I’m sorry for betraying you… please give me onest chance… forgive me and tell the judge to take
back his verdict! Please Jeslyn, Jeslyyyyyyn!!! 2
Maya’s voice faded away as she was dragged out of the entrance.
Jeslyn looked at her family after Maya was gone and the corner of her lips curled into a sneer.
“Whateveres, I’ll face it 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 court.
The people were excited when they heard Jeslyn was innocent. While some were crying, others were
rejoicing.
Meanwhile, in another country, Maverick who was sitting beside Rex picked up his phone and made a
call while his eyes were on Jeslyn who was going out of the courtroom with Spid. 3
“Bring her here.” He said into the phone before he disconnected the call and set his phone aside.
Rex, who had been watching the court preceding while eating popcorn, turned to look at his brother. 1
“Huh? Who are you bringing here?” 1
Maverick ignored him and picked up a magazine to read.
Rex drew closer to him and beamed. “Brother, who is my sister-inw? I have waited for so long and
my organs are no longer stable. Just tell me who she is, please.” (3
Silence.
“A little, please!”
Silence.
“Ok, the first andst letters of her name.”
Text property ? N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“Has the goods been seized from them?” Maverick asked without looking at him.
Rex’s lips slowly covered his teeth and his face changed. He formed ws with his fingers and made a
strangling gesture, like he was imagining himself chocking his brother.
“It’s been a long time since you strangled someone. The CEO oftex needs to be strangled, go do it…
I want the result tonight.”
“Ah?!” Rex was startled by his brother’s order.
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“Rex?”
Maverick turned his gaze from the magazine to look at the astonished-looking Rex.
“B-brother,” he swallowed. “T-that guy is a tough one.”
“Hmm, that’s why you have to be the one to go strangle him. Kill him with your ws. Don’t use the
gun, nor employ a seductress.” With that said, he got up and left. 3
Rex almost cried as he watched his brother’s back. “Who is going to save me from this monster? I
have lived a sorrowful life for so long!”
At the front of the court, Jeslyn who was now wearing a white gown instead of prison uniform stood by
the ck car as her mind wandered around.
She remembered she hadn’t bid her friends in prison a proper farewell. She bit her lips as memories
yed in her mind. Those few days with Pink and Yellow were one of the greatest days of her life and
she didn’t wish for days like that to end.
Secondly, she thought of how her life would be now. Everything has been taken from her and she has
no ce to go.
She didn’t bring up the matter of the inheritance in court because she knew that whoever the young
Miss was, she wouldn’t give up until she ruined herpletely and to achieve that, her grandfather’s
reputation will be ced on the line.