YM778.TV Chapter 174 - Transfer
Chapter 174 – Transfer
The court for Thomas, Jackson, and Jorge was held a week after new year eve, on 6 January.
I didn\'t come, of course, because I had zero visible connection with them, everything that I did was undercover, and I didn\'t want to get involved in the public as well.
But Noah went there, not as a witness, but a spectator because I told Elise to invite him.
Because he deserved to see Thomas getting sentenced, this whole thing was originally planned so that he wouldn\'t die after getting bullied over and over by Thomas anyway.
And I asked Noah for an update as the court started.
**
After almost the whole day, I finally got a text from Noah, and the first thing he texted was…
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Noah: You\'re not going to like this.
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I frowned, I didn\'t know what he meant by that, but I got a bad feeling about this. In my expectation, Thomas and his gang shouldn\'t be able to escape this because there were just so many proofs, and he did get caught red-handed. I expected at least 25 years in prison for everything, including the sexual assault.
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Emmy: How is it?
Noah: The trial is postponed until the police can gather enough evidence, but based on the accusation with hard proof, like assault to Miss Alba, the request note, and also the broken glass pane and door from the teacher\'s room.
Noah: But the sexual assault on a few girls cannot be processed because it\'s lacking evidence. He did accept the request note to do it to Miss Alba, but there was zero evidence about him and his gang actually attacking those girls before.
Noah: The defence attorney stated that the girls who got sexually assaulted suddenly came here with zero evidence, only pointing fingers at Thomas and his gang.
Noah: The jury already ruled the battery and assault charge, and Thomas and his gang would be charged for max to 10 years in prison, but since they were still juvenile, the sentence might be halved or even lower than that.
Emmy: What?!
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I couldn\'t believe what I had just read. Everything was set up perfectly and executed in an almost perfect manner as well. What made it unconvincing for the judge? Where did it go wrong?
It was just out of my prediction that I wasn\'t even sure how to react. It also gave me a new form of anxiety because Thomas might return after his short jail time and revenge on Elise and Noah.
If his words were true, that meant he truly wanted to repent for all his terrible deed to Noah and would start anew. They might date for real after this, which I doubted would end well, but I couldn\'t prevent Noah from ever doing it.
Because deep down, Noah also loved Thomas.
But Elise… I was afraid Thomas would try to kill Elise after being released with his short sentence in jail. Because Elise was the one who voiced her anger the most and the one who pleaded for Thomas to get jailed for life.
I texted Elise about what happened, and her answer was what I expected.
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Elise: The judge is fucking stupid!
Elise: 5 girls already came as the victim, but because the sexual assault happened a few months or years ago, then it wasn\'t valid anymore because there is no actual proof?!
Elise: Do you think it\'s easy to convince four other girls to come in and testify? What the fuck!
Elise: Now the police is still collecting more evidence before the judge could rule in the sexual assault accusation!
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Ah, that was seriously messed up. All our handwork to trap Thomas and his gang was put in jeopardy in this. And the worst thing was… I could do nothing.
Zero, I couldn\'t do anything when it already involved the court because I had no hands to grab that area, unfortunately.
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Emmy: Let\'s just hope for the best, Elise.
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**
The next week after the first trial, the judge finally collected all the evidence but found the sexual assault allegation was still lacking compared to the assault on Miss Brittany Alba.
Thus, the judge took the middle ground and sentenced Thomas, Jorge, and Jackson to 15 years in prison.
The news about them spread in school, and it was yet another bad publicity for DarthMorth High School.
Not that it mattered to me, though, because everyone in this school never actually cared about me who had been bullied to the hell and back, not the teachers, nor the security guards.
They treated me like air, probably because they thought I had no one to protect me.
The final sentence was far from my expectation of at least 25 years in prison, but at least that was still acceptable. I believed that Elise and Noah would move on from this problem after fifteen years, especially Noah.
That guy was a seriously hopeless romantic, but I couldn\'t blame him for it.
Everyone wanted to love and be loved, right?
**
Today was the first day of school after the long Christmas + New Year holiday. I was sitting inside the Pottery club room because Noah texted us that he had something to say.
Elise came soon after I arrived, and we were waiting inside the club room because the main star hadn\'t come up yet.
I looked at Elise and then asked, "So, how do you feel now?"
"Hm? What do you mean, Em?"
"I mean after you know that Thomas, Jorge, and Jackson are going to jail for fifteen years."
"Honestly? I don\'t like the sentence. I hate the fact that they only get 15 years after running so many people. But at least, in fifteen years, I hope everything will be well for me… and the rest of the victims," Elise replied.
"Em, I also want to say something, but only to you. It\'s about Barbie and Natasha," Elise said.
My eyes widened, and I was all ears instantly, "What? Did something happen to them?"
"Well, not really. But I did get information from Jorge. He said that he was sorry for what he did to me, and for the last compensation he could give, he told me who requested their service and how they were convinced to do that."
"Jorge gave me two names, Natasha and Barbara Cornwell. They are working as two, mostly because Natasha and Barbie were best friends. He said that Natasha couldn\'t accept the ridicule from me. That\'s why she asked Barbara, and Barbara forced them to do it to me."
"So, yes, Em. Your prediction is correct, Natasha and Barbie are working together to ruin my life before, and probably many others they don\'t like. Now their three guard dogs have been jailed, so… shall we?" Elise asked.
She stretched her hand, waiting for a formal handshake. This was the time I was waiting for. I had been thinking about any way to make Elise work for me because she would be a great asset. Now, it came true with this, I was absolutely delighted.
I shook her hand and said, "We\'re going to take them down. Don\'t worry, we will get our revenge."
"I\'m glad I met you, Em. You gave me the path to release the torment in my heart," Elise said.
\'The pleasure is mine as well. I need a good partner to take down Barbie. Because I know it\'s not going to be easy,\' I said in my heart. Because this would be a mutual partnership between Elise and me.
About ten minutes later, Noah finally arrived in the pottery club room.
"Okay, thank you for coming, guys. I know this is abrupt, but I need to tell you guys about something very important," Noah said.
Elise and I looked at each other, waiting for Noah to tell what was the important news he was talking about.
Noah took a deep breath and smiled at us, "Emmy, Elise, you two are the people I trust a lot in my life. I know this might be shocking for you two, but I\'ve never felt closer and calm when I\'m with someone else. And I thank you for that, really."
"I\'d like to spend more time with you guys, but… My parents are going through a divorce, and it\'s my Mom who decides to leave this city and go to her hometown. I will be following her, because of custody, of course. And I will be transferring school…."
"Transferring school!?" Elise and I looked at Noah in shock.
"Yes, actually, this has been my focus since the beginning. I want to escape the bullying by Thomas, Jorge, and Jackson. That\'s why I want to move out and transfer school."
"It\'s kind of unfortunate that I have to transfer school now since the case with Thomas and his gang has been solved, but I hope this will be a great, new start for me."
"I want to thank you two for helping me, especially you, Emmelyn Jones.. You\'re an amazing girl, and I hope we can still be friends even after I transfer school."