A Shattered Hearts Dreams

[dolly-999]

Ok everyone, calm down. here's the next chapter.

Chapter number 11. Three months later

3 months later, 20th of September 2012.................

“All rise”. Everyone around the room stood silently as the judge entered from the back of the law in forcing court room. The atmosphere around the room was tense, and an uneasy vibe was going round the room making the audience painfully uncomfortable.

“Please be seated” The judge ordered, taking his seat at the front of the room. His face was straight and harsh, his eyes were filled with concentration on the case that was in front of him that he would have to decide on a verdict for. “Please bring out the suspect”. The guards did as the were told, bringing in a very lost Jack, usually it would be him that was escorting people with hand cuffs, but now he was the one with hand cuffs on, the last three months had been by far the worst months of his life, he'd let down the people around him, the people he loved, the people that he cared for, he was ashamed of that, and if he could then he'd take back that one second of blurriness in his head that had caused all this.

“Today we are all here to witness the trial of Jack Holden, being charged with the murder of Sean Loyd” the judge began. In the front row of the audience was Serena, Martha, Dylan, Tony, Beth, Lucas and Maddie, they still were coming to terms with the whole situation, this was Jack they were talking about, the love able Jack Holden, murdering, it just wasn't like him. “There will be a few things that I will be keeping in mind during this trial, This is not the first time this man has been the cause of death, and keeping in mind that this man is in fact an inforcer of the law himself, if found guilty, these charges will not be taken lightly. There is many things in this country that can be tolerated, but I believe as I'm sure you all do, that murder is not tolerable in any shape or form”.

The trial was mainly a blur for Jack, only a few things stuck out in his mind, all he could think about is how stupid he'd been.

“Your honour, I believe this matter, should be taken more seriously, you see, the suspect, at the time of the murder, we in his police uniform, not only is this murder, but it's taking advantage of his position in the police force” the opposition explained. Jack looked back down at the hand cuffs around his wrists, he had a feeling that he wasn't going to get away from them any time soon, he stopped himself from looking into the crowd, he'd looked at his dad briefly on his way in, but he just couldn't bring himself to see the pain in his wifes eyes, he loved her so much, she deserved better than a murderer.

“Your honour, I believe that there are a few more things that should be taken into consideration, yes the suspect was in his uniform at the time, but that could only mean that the suspect was doing his duty and had no choice but to shot” the defendant started.

“Objection your honour” the opposition interrupted, “he did have a choice, Mr Loyd didn't have a gun”.

“Over ruled” the Judge spoke. “We'll have a fifteen minute recess while I decide my verdict”.

“So what's the worst case scenario now?” Serena asked the lawyer nervously.

“Well it's possible that it could, on a very small change turn out like the last time and it just being seen as his duty to shot Sean, but don't get your hopes up”.

“And if they find him guilty?”

“Well that can range drastically depending how the see it all, him being in uniform could make it all the worse”.

“Ok, thanks” she said softly before excusing herself to go to the bathroom, she promised herself she'd stay strong, but she needed a good cry now, 'only another fifteen minutes now and his future will all be decide for him' she thought to herself, which frightened her even more than before.

[dolly-999]

Ok finished the chapter sooner than I thought.

Thanks for the feedback through this story guys I love reading your reviews, heres the next chapter. It's the last one for this story, but I'm going to write a sequel after that if anyone wants it, please review.

Chapter number 12. Complicated life

“Serena” Martha called out as she opened the door of the girls bathroom, “oh there you are”.

“Hey” she said weakly. Martha gave her a friendly hug for support, it was obvious she wasn't coping well.

“Look, it's going to be ok Serena”.

“Yeah and what if it's not? Just the though of him behind bars scares me”.

“But there's still a chance that he'll be found innocent, at least that's more hope than we came with”.

“I keep telling that to myself, but then the thought of him behind bars comes back into my head, I'm trying to stay strong, I really am, but I can't, I love him so much” she cried.

“I know, I know you do, and I know he loves you too” Martha told her, “If you wan to see him before the verdict, then you've only got about a minute”.

“Ok” she answered, grabbing her bag from beside the sink.

“Hey little buddy don't look so sad” Jack said talking to his son in the time he had with him alone before the fifteen minute recess was up, the little 2 year old didn't know exactly what was going on, but he new it was sad, “daddy's going to try his best to stay around for you, I promise” he whispered as Serena and Martha came back in, he could see the tears in Serena's eyes, they'd been the reason he couldn't bring himself to look at her through the whole trial, he hated seeing her like this, especially when it was his fault.

“Hey” Serena started when she got to him.

“Hey” he replied giving Dylan back to Martha, “I'm so sorry, this is all my fault”.

“It's ok, lets just concentrate on getting you out of this mess, ok”.

“Ok........ Look Serena, I can understand if you don't want to stick around if I get sent to jail-”.

“Jack don't even say that, I'm not leaving you ok”.

“Ok” he said softly nodding, “I'm glad, I love you”.

“I love you too Jack”.

“Order in the court” the judge silenced the room with his hammer. “Everyone talk your seats, our fifteen minute recess is finished, and I have come to a decision”.

“It's going to be ok” Martha whispered as Serena sat back down next to her.

“I hope so, I really hope so”.

“It's been a hard decision to make, but I believe a wise one, I find Jack Holden Guilty of the murder of Sean Loyd”.

“Ok maybe it's not going to be ok” Martha whispered to herself.

“However, I agree with the defendant in that this man may have been doing his duty, I also agree with the opposition that it may have also been taking advantage of his position in the legal system. These charges against a police officer would not normally be taken lightly, but I am also aware that Sean Loyd was a dangerous criminal himself, there fore I believe that his murder was for the safety of the community, but armed men are also a threat to the community, which gives me no choice but to give a jail sentence”.

“No, please no” Serena cried softly.

“My sentence is thirteen years in imprisonment” the judge announced, banging his hammer three times. As the security guards went to drag Jack out.

Three days later.......

“I never though it would turn out like this” Serena opened up to her father in law Tony, it was the first time in days that she'd said more than one or two words. “It was only a few months ago that we were both talking about having a family of our own and things like that, but now he's gone” she cried, Tony sat and listened as she talked, “I went an visited him yesterday, they didn't even let him out of his cell, the whole time he was behind those horrible bars”.

“Are you having second thoughts about still being with him?”

“No” she answered without even hesitating, “I can't leave him, I just can't”.

“Well if you love him that much, then I'm sure you'll both get through this” Tong told her giving her a friendly pat on the back.

“Yeah, we will, it's still not easy though”.

“Yeah I know, I know”.

“Ok ladies and gentlemen” a lady at the front of the dinning hall that Rose and Boyd's wedding reception was being held, “It's now time for the maid of honour speech” she announced as a very lost Martha made her way up the front, she didn't look lost, but she was inside, the outside looked happy, but it was all an act for her sister, she didn't want to ruin her big day.

“Once again congratulations Rose and Boyd, I'm happy for both of you”. She paused for a minute before she went on, she hadn't really decided what to say before she came up here, but now that she was speaking about true love, she couldn't help but thinking about her own true love that she had lost to many times to count. “Most people say that the biggest challenge in life is finding that one in a million that's out there for them, others say the biggest challenge is staying with them ounce you've found them, but which ever it was for both of you, I hope that you'll both always be happy together, and enjoy the great things in life that lay ahead for you”. As she finished, something hit her, all night she couldn't help thinking about Jack behind bars, 'I love him' she made a realization in her mind, 'I still love him'.

In Jack's prison cell he sat on his hard little bed in the corner, it was dark and the only light that he had was the light from the bright full moon coming through the grates near the top of the wall, the light shone on a photo that was in Jack's hand it was of Martha, Dylan and Serena just a day before his court trial. His eyes were watery, life was never going to be easy from here, he'd realized that yesterday when Serena came, he could still remember giving her a hug through the bars, it was the way it was going to be for a long time, a long time of hell.

“Hey sweety” Roo said approaching Martha, “that was a beautiful speech”.

“Thanks mum, look I'm just going outside to get some air”.

“Ok, do you need some company?”

“Um, no, I'll be fine” she answered trying to slip outside without her mum coming too, but she came anyway.

“This is about Jack isn't it?” Roo started, Martha didn't say anything. “The speech was partly too wasn't it? come on Martha, please just talk to me”.

“I don't know what to do mum, I really don't”.

“Ok, I'll take that as a yes then. Look sweety I know this is hard for you”.

“It's more than hard mum” she told her, “after I found out Jack was the father, I thought that maybe things would finally work out between us, but then-” Martha sobbed, “but then he went and got sent to jail. You know I could probably write a book or make a movie about my life, it's got enough drama in it”.

“Sweet heart-” Roo went to comfort her, but Martha kept going.

“I can just see the title now, 'A shattered hearts dreams', I'm sure everyone would find that really entertaining” she said sarcastically through her crying.

“Now you listen to me sweety, life might suck right now, but things will get better, your a princess in a lot of people's eyes”.

“A princess? For goodness sake, I've been a slave, I've found out I was switched, I've been raped, the one man I love is in jail and even worse he's married to someone else, and your calling me a princess?” she exclaimed, “some life for a princess” she added in sarcasm before breaking down in more tears in her mums arms like a little girl.

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