new hope ? | yungi

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A week later

Yunho was one more time at the police station and was told that there will be a court case in which his stepfather is accused of his actions and Yunho has to testify against him in court.

He was very nervous and his old habit came back, he was often stuttering, shaking and having nightmares.

" Yunho, everything will be alright. We are going in there, you tell them what happened and don't look at your stepfather. " Said Mingi when they were standing in front of the court.

" I-I-I can't.. " panicked Yunho trembling, he felt like he could break down any second.

" You can, I will be with you in the room and your lawyer is also there to help you out "

" B-but I w-will see him "

" You will never see him again after this " Mingi hugged him tightly and tried to calm him a little down like that

" We are now allowed to enter the court " said the lawyer when he came over to them.

" Yunho, can we go ? " Asked Mingi softly and stroked his back.

Yunho nodded and let go of Mingi. When they were inside the court went Mingi over to the witness stand. as Yunho's therapist, he may also need to be questioned about a few things.

Yunho had to go with his lawyer to one of the tables and sat down. Just shortly later was his stepfather brought inside with his lawyer. He was trembling when he heard then walking in and tried to not look over to the other table where he was sitting down.

Soon came the prosecutor into the room and the trial began.

" We are gathered here today to judge the case of Jeong Yunho and his stepfather Lee Dowong. the accused, lee dowong, allegedly abused his stepson and murdered his wife " said the prosecutor. " the lawsuit begins with the evidence "

" your honor, my client was severely abused by his stepfather and his mother was murdered in a bloodthirsty manner in front of him. one of the proofs of this is this picture which the accused carried with him and showed the therapist of my client " said Yunho's lawyer and gave the proof to the prosecutor

" your honor, this photo can be a fake one. it's easy nowadays to fake something like that " protests the other lawyer

" Your honor, this picture is not faked. On the background you can see the date of when the picture was taken and at this point of time It wasn't possible to fake it because there were no programs that could do that at this time. Also, this photo is from a polarioid disposable camera. It is not possible to fake this photo " said Yunho's lawyer

" we object to the evidence " said the lawyer of Yunho's stepfather

" objection rejected. the evidence was accepted as real " said the prosecutor

" your honor, the photo may be real, but my client would not harm anyone. someone else could have taken this photo and planted it on him "

" I would like to call the first witness to the stand " said Yunho's lawyer " Mr. Song Mingi "

Mingi stood up and went to the witness stand.

" Mr. Song. You were Mr. Jeong's first therapist that was able to help him after he was suffering for years from the things his stepfather has done to him, is that true ? " Said Yunho's lawyer

" Yes "

" What was your first impression when you met Mr. Jeong for the first time ? "

" I noticed almost immediately that he was suffering from a kind of trauma. he was quite tense, intimidated, scared and when he spoke he stuttered a lot "