The Rose He Killed novel Chapter 220

Chapter 198: Jade’s Out bust

Bella pov

The room was silent.

“The jury will note,” Ms. Osei said quietly, “that the defendant has not said she is sorry for what happened to the child.”

Jade looked at me.

I looked back at her, I didn’t feel happy that I won. I didn’t feel sad. I just felt incredibly tired-the kind of tired you feel when you finally put down a heavy box you have been carrying for years.

The courtroom was completely silent when it was time to announce the judgement.

The court clerk stood up. “On the count of kidnapping, how do you find the defendant?”

“Guilty,” the foreperson said.

“On the count of child endangerment?”

“Guilty.”

“On the count of conspiracy?”

“Guilty.”

“On the count of directing criminal conduct?”

“Guilty.”

“On the count of attempting to flee when about to be arrested?”

“Guilty.”

Jade did not move, instead she looked eerily calm.

The judge looked down at her over his glasses. His voice was flat and cold. “Jade Hart, for these crimes, you have shown no remorse. This court sentences you to imprisonment.”

A sharp, choked gasp came from the defense table. It wasn’t an angry sound. It wasn’t defiance. It was a hollow, broken noise-the sound of someone realizing, for the very first time, that her life was completely over and no one was coming to save her.

Then she snapped. All her control, her acting, and her blank face broke all at once.

She stood up.

Her lawyer reached for her arm, but she pulled away.

“You,” she said, looking right at me. Her voice shook. All her control was gone. “You did this, you came back and you did this.”

<Chapter 198 Jade’s Cut bust

“Miss Hart” her lawyer started.

Claim

“Why am I receiving life imprisonment?” Jade screamed, looking toward the judge and then back at me. “I didn’t kill anyone! Even murderers don’t receive life imprisonment!

She slammed her hands on the table. “I know you bribed the judge, Bella! You are a devil! You bought them all!”

“Miss Hart,” the judge’s voice cut through the room.

Jade didn’t stop. She was crying now, but she didn’t seem to notice. The tears just ran down her messy face.

“I hope you rot in hell,” she spat. The words were low and trembling. “I want you to die. Everything bad that ever happened to you-I’m glad. I’m glad for every second of it.”

The courtroom went dead silent as people’s faces looked shocked.

“You whore,” she choked out. “You think you won? You took everything from me. My family, my name, my life”

“Miss Hart it’s enough,” the judge’s voice echoed trying to stop her but Jade didn’t stop.

“My parents should have killed you the night you were born, I hate that you exist. You lying bitch, I hope every good thing you have turns to ash.”

The guards reached her.

She fought them for a few seconds, but they grabbed her arms and began pulling her toward the exit. Right before they forced her through the doorway, she twisted around.

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