Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

Chapter 10

Ray was supposed to be happy that the man who stole his bride and assisted her to humiliate him in public was not richer than him, however, all he felt was a burning rage to destroy the man.

”Christine, your sister is something. She not only humiliated my brother and my entire family, but she also became a murderer and now, she had the guts to bring that wild man here. Wow, just wow. ” Rays older sister clapped in amazement.

With the commotion that just happened, the funeral was hastened and the people appeared to be upset, but not the reporters and media personnel that were present.

…

They arrived at the station, but before the groom could follow them in, his phone rang and he stepped aside to answer it.

”Master, its little Valen, his condition has relapsed. The doctors need you to be here, quick. ” The nanny sounded anxious the whole time.

”Ok, ” he ended the call and dialed Rexs number. When he heard the programmed voice of the lady, he pinched the middle of his brows.

Thats right, he made Rex phoneless a while ago.

When he walked into the station, he saw Jeslyn being taken to the cell. He strode to her and said: ”Miss, something came up, Ill send someone over. ”

Jeslyn only nodded. She didn have much hope that she would be freed from this trial, but she was happy that there was someone who stood by her when her family and friends deserted her. ”Thank you, ” she uttered before she stepped into the cell in her hospital gown.

For some reason, he didn feel like leaving but he had to, his son is more important than the woman he just met– his wife now.

He walked out of the station and dialed a number. ”Get Jeslyn Lee out of this mess. ” He said before he disconnected the call and got into the car to leave for the airport.

Jeslyn stayed behind bars for two days before she was charged to court.

In court, she had no lawyer. Her bank account was frozen, so she couldn get herself a competent lawyer and had to stick with the waste she was given.

Ever since she was arrested, nobody paid her a visit, not that she was expecting many people, but her sister was the only person she badly wanted to see, but she never came. However, to her surprise, Christine came to court to testify against her!

What could be worse than a person you trust so much giving false testimony to a case they knew would ruin your life completely?

Even the lawyer she was given by the court was no good. He sat there and watched as allegations upon allegations were leveled against her by those people she had given her heart to. Like, Ray, Maya, Rays sister, Christine, and a few other celebrity friends.

Jeslyn closed her eyes. Her tears had dried off but hearing her tell the court that:

”Grandfather loved Jeslyn a lot, however, Jeslyn constantly fought with him, and on that day that grandfather died, I was just coming in as they left me behind at the wedding venue… ”

A teardrop slid from Jeslyns eyes and that was the last tear she promised to reveal in front of these people.

She didn wait for Christine to tell more lies and opened her mouth. ”Im guilty, please close the case and sentence me accordingly. ”

She looked at Christine after that, but Christine had her face turned and refused to look at her. Jeslyn smiled bitterly. This was the sister she loved and cherished so dearly.

She looked around the courtroom and saw her father and his wife sneering at her.

Ray had a complicated look on his face and his sister was all smiles. Maya had no visible emotions on her face but she didn look like she was being forced.

”Is that your decision? ” The judge asked her.

”What else can I say or do to prove my innocence? Those who want me to be hanged won give up, and neither will you and the court believe that Im innocent without sufficient proof.

The world hates me now and even my fans must have thought I did it too, after all, my dear sister didn believe me. To please you all, Ill take the blame. Its the death of my grandfather. Since I cannot give him justice, then what good would I be in living freely? ”

She threw the questions at the judge who stayed silent for a while before declaring his judgment.

”On the 15th of October, Jeslyn Lee was charged with first-degree murder. The court finds Jeslyn Lee has no prior criminal history and has no health issues. Although there are cases of her taking hard drugs as some leftovers were found in her blood.

The court finds the evidence presented by the defendant to not hold substantial proof of her innocence and hereby sentence Jeslyn Lee to life imprisonment without parole for the murder of her grandfather, Mr. Lee. ” The judge struck the gravel to finalize his words.

Jeslyn looked from the judge to her sister who had a deadpan expression and then, to Ray and everyone else she knew, including her father and stepmother.

”Are you happy now? Of course, you will. ” Then she looked at the cameras and smiled bitterly. ”Thank you everyone for ruining the life of an innocent person. I don wish you to be in my shoes one day, but when you eventually do, you will understand how it feels to be condemned when you are innocent. ”

She doesn take drugs, but they were miraculously found in her system. She knew it was from that drink she had before her wedding.

She stretched her hands out to the police officer who was coming towards her with handcuffs.

Once the handcuffs were placed on her, she followed the police officers as they escorted her out of the court and shielded her from the angry mob standing outside the court, ready to tear her into shreds.

Meanwhile, the judge was seen in his office, sitting there in deep thought, wondering if he had wrongfully sentenced a person. Then he shook his head. The evidence against her was too enormous and real.

So many people testified against her, including her family members. From her stepmother to her sister, friends, ex-fiance, assistant, and even her grandfathers workers, so it can be a lie, but why was he feeling restless after her parting words?

The judge couldn help feeling frustrated with this case he just concluded.

me me too much for what Im about to do to your face. You should blame the lady who seduced that asshole that turned me into a mass murderer. If only she didn seduce my man with that pretty face of hers, I wouldn have tasted heartbreak and I wouldn have killed all the guests at their wedding. ”

Jeslyn froze in shock, fear, and disbelief consumed her senses. She was brought into a cell with such a sick person?

”Do you want to know what I did to the cheating duo? I took them out of the church and boiled them alive until they– ”

Jeslyn subconsciously dry heaved. Her innocent mind captured the scene and she couldn help but retch.

”Hahaha… Shes really a bunny, a cute bunny. I was just joking… ” Pink laughed out loud.

Jeslyn was a little relieved when she heard that, but then, Pink said this.

”… I didn boil them in a pot though, I poured hot oil on his d*ck and her p*ssy. ”

”Hahahah. ” Yellow laughed seeing Jeslyns widened eyes.

”Ok, now that is another joke. But your expression is priceless, I love it. ” Pink said with a laugh and let Jeslyns jaw go.

She rested her back on the wall and asked: ”So, what brought a little bunny like you here? ”

Jeslyn sat on the floor, feeling pains in her knees. ”I– I was framed… ”

”For a murder? ”

She nodded even though she didn know how Pink knew.

”Don be shocked. These prison units are for murderers. So, who did you kill? ”

”I didn kill him… ”

”It doesn matter, little bunny. You were brought here, so accept you killed him. ”

”I didn . ” She shook her head. How can she boldly accept she killed her grandfather?

”Thats your problem. You better man up and be brave. If you show the queen this bunny side of yours, youll be dangling from the ceiling the next day. ” Pink threw the warning nonchalantly. ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

Jeslyn blinked her long lashes in confusion.

”Ah, you don know who the queen is. Shes the– ” Yellow was about to explain when Pink stopped her.

”Forget it. Shell find out tomorrow. She just came in, let her rest. ”

”Thats right. You should rest first. ” Yellow said before she lay on the floor with her back.

Jeslyn climbed to the top bed with difficulty due to her aching knees and lay down on the bed, trying to block off their words that didn seem to make sense as they looked at her. It was obvious they were talking about her, but she wasn in the right frame of mind to care.

How again did she have such wicked people in her life?

Her sister, Christine, wasn really her biological sister. Her mother had seen little Christine roaming around the streets without a grown-up to watch over her, so she made the authorities take her away.

The authorities placed Christine under their care for some time while looking out for her parents. Christine was only three years old then. So when nobody claimed the child after three months of daily adverts and awareness to the public, the authorities decided it would be best to send her to an orphanage but little Christine held on to Ms. Alice and refused to let go.