Sinners and Saints

Chapter 24

"Just in case you didn't hear me before Ms. Silver, I asked what happened between you and your husband on the night of the AMA awards. Some witnesses say they saw you both leave early and from the look of things, it was like you both had just had a fight."

"Nothing happened besides the usual." Olivia continued. She wasn't going to let this lawyer make her lose her confidence. "Andrew saw me talking to a mentor, he got upset and accused me of flirting around, we went back to the hotel room before he started a scene."

"And what happened when you went back to the hotel room?"

"He hit me a few times and called me a slut and then he forced himself on me." Olivia rushed her words quickly, hoping no one had actually heard that. Rafael froze for a second.

He heard her, and he knew what she meant by it. He slowly raised his head to meet hers.

"When you say he forced himself on you, do you mean he raped you?"

Olivia shut her eyes for a second. She could tell Victoria was sneering as loudly as she could from the crowd and Austin looked away like he didn't want to hear anymore.

"Did your husband rape you Ms. Silver?"

"Objection my Lord."  Rafael tried to stop him.

"Sustained." The judge said

"My Lord this is a really sensitive subject that does not need to be addressed in court." Rafael continued

"It would only take a minute my Lord." The lawyer interrupted.

Olivia bit hard on her lip. For a second she felt so helpless. It was like all the air in the room wasn't enough for her anymore. She felt so embarrassed especially with the way everyone in the room began to whisper to themselves now.

"Please answer the question Ms. Silver." The judge told Olivia.

"Yes." Olivia blurted out, trying to hold back the tears in her eyes but it was almost impossible now.

Rafael held his breath.
God, she had never felt so humiliated in her life. She just wanted the ground to open and take her in at that moment.

"So you're saying the victim, who also happened to be your husband was not only a woman beater but a rapist too?"

Olivia didn't answer. She just couldn't.

"That's enough reason to want him dead."

"What? No."

"My lord, I think we have a motive here."

"Objection my Lord ." Rafael got up quickly

"My Lord, the accused here just confirmed that she was abused a number of times by her husband. This must have been her motive to want to kill him."

"No." Olivia's voice was shaky just as the crowd began to talk too.

"We've seen a lot of cases like this my Lord, this is more than enough reason for the accused to commit such a crime." He quickly turned to Olivia "Just admit it."

He walked up to her

"No." Olivia whispered, shaking her head continuously as tears began to fall from her eyes.

"You loved him at first, you loved all the benefits you were getting from being one of them, from being a Silver. A poor orphan, who had lost both parents in a car accident and lived all her life being cared for by the Silvers, it must have been so much of a big deal when he asked you to marry him, you just couldn't wait to jump at the opportunity."