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39: courthouse pt 1

Our lawyer sat back down and I let out a sigh of relief. Her opening statement was strong and eye opening. The Judge's face hadn't moved an inch with a flat line remaining for a smile. He nodded, thanked her and then invited Amy's lawyer up to present.

"Your Honour, it is no lie that my client has difficulties with learning - as all students do. Seeking help from the best students in the class is smart. Why would you not want help from the best? Amy was victim to these school boys' manipulative act of conducting a phone call with the intention of catching her in a lie. Did she deserve such treatment for trying to better her education? I do not think so. I do not think she deserved the verbal and physical assault either,"

What did he just say? Assault? I closed my eyes, rolling them in my head. What more could these people say to make us sound like dreadful criminals. We're high school students for crying out loud! 

"Thus, I argue that these boys receive a charitable punishment as they are adults that should know better. Thank you," 

The judge nodded but this time his expression changed. It looked sour, as if he had heard something that had pissed him off. His eyes wandered around the room before a frown built on his face. 

"Is there a reason why you have brought a high school quarrel to my courtroom?" was all he said and the room erupted in chatter. I almost wanted laugh at how out of character he seemed. Amy and her lawyer looked baffled and that in itself was fairly amusing. The good thing was that the judge could see how idiotic this whole thing was. 

Amy's lawyer stood up to speak. 

"Your honour. Since the boys are of adult age, their actions are punishable by law. They are criminals!" he argued, pointing largely toward us. 

"Objection!" 

"You can't call anything here woman we haven't even started!" he fought back.

Our jaws locked open as we witnessed the two lawyers bite at themselves in front of the judge. They were like two dogs fighting over a chew toy. The audience looked amongst each other in confusion 

Bang. Bang. Bang. 

The judge's gavel slammed down as it would on tv. They stopped bickering and the attention was brought back to what it should be. The judge paused and eyed everyone with fed up eyes, a look I could relate to.

"Your arguing is clear evidence that this case does not need a court hearing. Is there no manner of professionalism here?"

"If I may," a deeper voice boomed from the audience. There he was again, Amy's father. He stood up from the front row, just like he did at Sunghoon's house. He stood with such entitlement even though he was not the highest power in the room. The judge even looked at him funny. 

"The hearing fees have been paid in advance and as the primary payee, I would like to request the judge carry on with the trial," he ordered without a second movement. The judge scoffed at his demand but seeing as Mr Kim's stance didn't falter, he was taken seriously. 

"Very well. We will continue - professionally. I will not hesitate to call this off if I deem it unsuitable for my court room,"  

"I can assure you Sir, you will not need to do that," Mr Kim sat with a thin, evil smile. The rest of the room cowered at how he addressed the judge. Sir. This man really thought he held all the power. Well, we'll see when Amy gets the worst of things. 

"You may call your first witness," 

11:32am.

"We would like to invite Park Sunghoon to the stand,"