<h4>Chapter 311: The Trial</h4>


    Lana noticed Xander was breathing heavily. She could hear loud sounds of inhaling and exhaling of Xander inside the car.


    "Are you nervous?" she asked with a creased forehead.


    "Don''t be because you have me and Chad to back you up. Don''t you know that I have never lost any case I handled till date, not even a single argument with anyone, ever since I got my license as awyer? Trust me on this one… I will surely bring you home in one piece to be with your pregnant wife and you will have a peaceful family life ahead." she boastfully dered, easing up the mood in the car.


    Xander did not know whether to cry orugh with Lana''s encouragement.


    Chad was the one whoughed and turned his head to look at the people sitting on the back seat, Lana and Xander.


    "That''s one good assurance, Lana," Chadplimented her with a grin.


    Right now they were on their way to the private courtroom of Mirage Triad, the ce where all the disputes between any of the three ns were heard by an impartial judge and it waspulsory for them all to abide by the decisions. Today was themencement of the trial against Xander''s enemy.


    They had put a lot of effort in making their case strong for the culprit to not to escape. The courtroom of Mirage Triad was located at a secret ce. Their transportation would be handled confidentially. Their car finally stopped at the meeting ce where Xander and Lana would be handed over to Tai n''s security, who would lead them to the courtroom.


    "See you both in the courtroom. I''m just behind you guys," Chad reassured before Xander and Lana''s eyes were blindfolded to be shifted inside another car that would take them to one of the private areas of Mirage Triad where the trial would take ce.


    After a couple of minutes, the car stopped. Xander and Lana were escorted inside the said courtroom under heavy security. As soon as they were inside the room, their blindfold was removed.


    Lana looked around and noticed that the room looked exactly like a real courtroom except that the security was very tight even inside the room.


    She nced around to see who all were there and her eyebrows lifted seeing a familiar figure inside, who, like them, had just been freed from the blindfold. ''So that''s what he meant?'' she mused with a crumpled face looking at aloofly standing Liam who was acting as if he did not even know her.


    ''See me soon, huh? So this is that soon?'' she silently grunted. Her hunch was right then. She did not ponder much about Liam''s so called mission together with his cousins the time they were together because she wanted to spend at least a day of peaceful time on the ind with her husband without worrying about anything.


    "All rise…"


    Soon The Judge entered


    Lana had heard of this judge during her internship. He was a retired chief justice of the supreme court of that country, the one who was known for being ''fearless''. He was also famous for his very unbiased judgements, and Lana adored the man for being an upright man during his service in the country.


    She had also heard that the old man always kept receiving death threats, but he was someone who was not afraid to die in his line of service. He had always believed in that famous line of ''death''s going to happen sooner orter. What matters is you do the right thing before death knocks on your door.''


    "Mirage Triad is interesting," Lana could not help but whisper to herself. She presumed they would often hire the judge for hearings and for special cases like this. Good thing that they hired a good reputed and unbiased one.


    "The defendant is used of multiple murders of the family members for gaining power in the n…" the house speaker started and called out for the representative of the intiff to begin by stating their usations.


    Lana stood up and began presenting her case. She was already in the climax of defending Xander when…


    "I object, your honor," Liam''s voice interrupted her narration.


    But then she kept her cool, engraving Liam''s words to trust him. He kept repeating those words that night at Plumeria Ind… ''To trust him, whatever happens, and continue to fight for justice and what was right''.


    ''But why is he even representing the unjust side?'' Lana mused, but quickly cleared her thoughts from anything distracting to focus entirely on the trial. Then she assumed that this trial got something to do with his cousins, and there could be a connection somehow.


    It was almost lunchtime when Lana presented her other and then a break was announced, and the trial was postponed till after lunch.


    Xander and Lana were seated in a private room where Chad took care of their meals and apanied them for lunch.


    "Hey, Lana, I saw that man at Plumeria ind. Yun''swyer," Chadmented while they were eating.


    "Yeah… He is really famous. Liam Sy. He??s actually Ryu''s cousin." Xander interrupted. He knew Liam by name and his connection with the Kens. The man must have his own reason for taking up Yun''s case he thought but still was a little dissatisfied with his doing so.


    Lana was silent and felt the disdain in Xander''s voice for Liam. She hesitated for a while, but then after a few minutes she said, "There must be a reason he is doing it, a valid reason for sure. He''s a very just man and will not take any crappy case from a monster without any reasonable cause…"


    Lana sighed, she knew her husband well.


    "Is he your boyfriend?" Chad teased.


    "Yeah… you can say so...." Lana muttered. Somehow she still wanted to keep her marriage from the two so they would not tease her and she could prank themter on.


    "What?!" Chad and Xander eximed in chorus.


    "Couples don''t only fight inside the closed walls, you know, and a couple in the same profession are at loggerheads many times in their working areas, more so if they arewyers…" Lanamented in a jest.


    "What kind of rtionship is it between you that you both are at loggerheads with each other? Wait! Make sure you won''t lose to your boyfriend in this fight, Lana," Xander suddenly said in a worried tone that made Chadugh hard.


    "Why are youughing! Don''t you know Liam Sy? He could win even the most impossible cases that he takes up! He''s a veteranpared to Lana! To be honest, I first asked him to fight my case, but he turned me down." Xander mumbled, recalling how Liam turned down his request for an appointment.