Chapter 86
Ella and a dead body were taken to court. Clinton’s dead body, died that instant when he was shot twice as he tried to escape.
Ella had cried her eyes out till they got to the courtroom. She didn’t know what was going on anymore. She was led inside the courtroom but her mind was far from what the judge or the lawyers were saying.
Cold filled her body as she thought of Clinton dead. She didn’t want that to happen to the man, they had just gotten married. Her eyes sting with hot tears as she sniffed.
She felt a piercing gaze digging into her, she turned to see a woman staring hatefully at her. She wondered who the woman was and why she was looking at her that way.
Ella blames Clinton for everything that’s happening. If he had told her earlier, she would have found a way out of this mess. She had been able to silence the whole thing before, she would have been able to do it again
Lost in thought, Ella was jolted out of her thoughts when she saw a very familiar scene being played on the screen in the courtroom. She froze as cold sweat broke out.
This video had been long deleted and buried. How on earth did it come back? She began to panic as she shook in fear
“My Lord, this is enough proof that the two students had killed Mr. George and the school was aware of it and buried the truth”
It was shown in the video as someone also interpreted what was being said by the students in the video. It seems that George had told Ella that he liked her and wanted her to be his girlfriend but Ella had gone to report George to Clinton who couldn’t accept the fact that some weirdo was hitting on his babe.
This was what led to the killing of an innocent intelligent boy.
Immediately the video stopped, the woman who had been shooting daggers at Ella screamed as she rushed like a mad woman towards Ella who stood there frozen
No wonder Clinton had killed himself, he knew there was no way out.
“You murderer, you killed my son!” Mrs. Margret screamed as she attacked Ella violently.
The security men had rushed to hold her, but Ella didn’t make a fuss. She couldn’t even if she wanted to. She was in shock. She didn’t mean to kill George, she didn’t plan for his death. She just happened to be the girlfriend of a very possessive boyfriend at the time
The judge sentenced Ella to twenty-two years in jail with hard labor. She wasn’t killed because the main culprit Clinton was already dead. While the school was shut down, the head of the school at the time the incident happened was arrested also for hiding the truth and taking bribes.
When Ella heard her fate, she collapsed as she couldn’t take it anymore.
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Henri came into Bruce’s office, Bruce was busy with work and didn’t look up at Henri but he knew Henri would not come without a reason. He would not disturb him if the news wasn’t so important
“Tell me,” he said still looking at his computer as he typed away
Henri stood there with his lips sealed. He didn’t know how he could break the news to Bruce. What would become of his boss if he finds out about it?
When Ella broke up with him, he was so devastated that it took him a long time to recover a little with the help of his son of course. He wondered if Bruce could take this blow
Bruce, when he did not hear any words from Henri, raised his head to look at the man. He had a drop of sweat on his forehead, Bruce frowned
“What’s the matter, Henri?” His heart was beginning to palpitate as he wondered what would make the man this way.
Henri opened his mouth to say “I just got a message and was asked to relate it to you” he began. Bruce nodded urging him to continue as his full attention was now on him
“Ella got arrested” Bruce’s eyes widened
“For murder”
“She got married a few days ago to the man at the hotel, Clinton. It happens that they’ve known each other for a long time now” he began to explain to Bruce who sat there listening
“It happens that Ella and this Clinton had killed a student while in school. According to the news, they had killed the boy because he claimed he loved Ella. The parents of the boy being poor could not do anything about this but the case was reopened two weeks ago again. Clinton and Ella were caught this time around because a video of the crime was found. Clinton tried to escape and was killed on the spot while Ella is sentenced to twenty-two years in jail with hard labor” Henri explained like some detective.
Bruce’s eyes dimmed as he used his hands to support his chin with his elbows on the desk.
‘Ella, what have you gotten yourself into?’ he thought.
He gestured for Henri to leave without saying a word. Henri didn’t know whether it was okay to leave Bruce in this state but he did anyway. An order was an order.
Bruce stood up and walked over to the mini fridge in his office. He brought out a bottle of whiskey and a glass. He walked into the inner room of his office and poured himself a glass as he went deep in thought, thinking of his past with Ella.
All these while, while he was fighting to get Lyra out of his life, Ella had someone in hers. She had a lover right from day one. She cheated, betrayed him, and also lied about loving him
He thought she changed but she had always been that way. One with the dirtiest heart and deepest secrets.
He felt pain like he was pierced with so many arrows when he remembered how he treated Lyra who loved him for someone like Ella, a slut.
All Lyra ever wanted was to be loved but he gave it to someone undeserving of it. He cried bitterly alone in the room.