With all eyes still on Lizzy who had just finished talking, it was no surprise that Jace also had his eyes on her.
He was shocked as well. Although he didn't really expect all to go smoothly..but he didn't expect that Lizzy Would be the onto stagnate all the progress that was being made. And this made him think of something that must have gone wrong.At this point Jace was already more than sure who had done this. And he was certain that the two ladies had a hand in it. They must have made his sister say whatever she was saying. And the thought of it pissed him off more...He stared at his sister with a pathetic stare as he watched her go back to her seat. And the hearing continued. But this time it wasn't going in Jace's favour anymore.The victim herself has spoken and testified against it herself so there was no point in pushing it all forward. And like that the hearing was postponed to a non definite date. Which almost meant that the hearing w
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AN ACE RETURNS 151: Hearing session
Jace wasn't the judge in Mr Albert's hearing or anything like that. He was only being a witness to the case. Standing before the people there and confirming all that he had done, especially against him.And that was what he went there to do. No matter how good Mr Albert's lawyer had proves to be, he couldn't save the situation at all. He also couldn't save Mr Albert from the trouble he was in. Because soon enough, the hearing was over and Mr Albert was stamped Guilty and ordered straight to jail.It was Over for him so he didn't see the point of trying at all. With everyone leaving the hearing that had come to an end, he too was being taken away. By the police men and taken to jail.Jace had casually walked out of the court house. Following or Albert who had been taken away. And as he sighted him being taken into the car, he approached them.With the police men still there he took a brief permission from them and then smiled at Mr Albert. Mr Albert was glaring at him. Furiously. If l
AN ACE RETURNS 152: A Heartfelt talk
As he walked towards the dinning table, Hana looked up at him. Jace came to sit down besides her at the dinning table.. both with drinks in their hands.Hana stared at Jace who had taken some gulps from the drink in his hand."How's the business going? The new place. Have you checked it out yet?" He asked her.Hana sighed "Yeah. I've gone there and looked around. And as expected, it looked too good to be real" she smiled as she had some sips "I still can't believe that it's mine at the moment. So I suppose what's left is to Start the work of making it mine. I've already connected and spoken with those whom you've connected me with "She said as she looked at him "They're gonna help me start the business""What do you planning on investing more in the business? What line are you heading to more in the business?" Jace asked, staring at her."I think it's pretty obvious. Medicine " She said with a smile as she continued "My father h
AN ACE RETURNS 153: Marriage Proposal
"oh yeah. I remember something. " Hana said as she stopped drinking and looked at me.Jace Paused as she looked at her "And what's it?""it's something I've been meaning to ask you for a while now. but I never got the opportunity to do that. And now I remember I think I should do that..I was talking to my father. and he brought something up" she said as she looked at JaceJace paused for a while as his mind went to different places in thoughts. And then he raised an eyebrow and asked "And what's it about? Specifically about?""Well even I was confused... because he said something like...me and you being in love or something" She looked at him "Something like you wanting to ask me out or something?"Jace stiffened as soon as she brought that up. He had felt a Heavy sense of second-hand embarrassment as he smiled and instantly looked away."No. Forget about it, it's not important at all. So don't don't think much about it " He Smiled it off while drinking."And why would I?" She smiled
AN ACE RETURNS 154: Where it Hits
"And what's the idea?" Becky asked Nora as soon as she said that.Nora smiled. She stared into thin air for awhile as if she was thinking about something. "Since he's going to hold a hearing soon, then I don't think we should simply underestimate him. Because for some reason I feel like he's going to come up with something Grand for it. Something he could use against us. So we'll have to do something of course. And I think I know what we should do""And what's it?" "His secret"Nora had casually said as Becky stared at her, confused "His secret? And what's that?"Nora smiled "I have something on him. It may not be too much of a secret. But it's something that we can supposedly use against him.. especially in court. And I think I'll bring up some spark to the atmosphere.""And at least it could divert all attention to him and have people question his integrity. And that's the idea of him being a murderer "As Nora said t
AN ACE RETURNS 155: The Hearing
As soon as Jace got down from the car, he was instantly surrounded by the media. They had gathered him with endless questions, curious to know his answers. And also hoping he would answer."Why did you call for another hearing as soon as today? Do you feel like the first one wasn't effective Enough?""Did your Perhaps feel like the first hearing you had didn't reflect the card you have well and now you have a better way to win this one? Is that why you called for another hearing as soon as possible?""How confident are you about this hearing? Do you think that you're going to win this time around?""What should we look up to from this hearing? Anything special?"They asked endless questions but Leo didn't even bother replying. Rather he walked away from them and beaded into the Court room. As expected, he wasn't going to give them any answers.In the same way The car for the two ladies arrived. Becky and Nora had arrived with Lizzy. And they were also surrounded by the media who was a
AN ACE RETURNS 156: The Hearing II
"How the hell did they get something like this??" Becky questioned."I don't even know! I'm also confused as to how this video came about!" Nora snapped. also feeling shocked and Uneasy. They were both mumbling to themselves."This is bad. Really bad. We have to do something unless it's going to get all bad and even Worse. Because with such evidence like this we might be knocked off to jail soon!" Nora stated.Their lawyer looked at them, confused. He asked them what all these was about but the ladies had expressed they had no idea about it. They had even glared at Lizzy who was sitting down besides them and asked."Did you take this? Do you have anything to do with this??" Becky questioned her."No. I promise I don't " She explained.They sighed as they looked away. Now thinking of a solution to the mess that had popped up before them.After a while of discussing, the lawyer had turned back to the judge. At this time Ja
AN ACE RETURNS 157: Witness
With the lawyer announcing that he was going to bring the witness out to the stage, Everyone grew more curious. And even Becky and Nora were anxious at the same time.They looked around the audience to look for who this could be but they couldn't see anyone who had the possibility of being this So-called witness. And while they were there looking, Jace's Judge looked at the crowd and said."Madam, please come forward to the stage" And just as he invited, the lady in question got up from where was sitting down and all eyes fell on her.At this point, Becky and Nora were shocked beyond speech. All they did was stare at them as the lady walked out to the stage. The lady they Knew and had employed. It was no other than Mrs Karen.They all stared at Mrs Karen who walked out to the stage where she was called and took a seat. After promising to tell the truth, she looked towards the direction of the two ladies who were glaring at her. Shocked. And then she looked away towards the judge."You
AN ACE RETURNS 158: Another Case
At this moment the courtroom had gone silent with all eyes on Jace now. Jace too heard it. And as he did his smile slowly faded away.He couldn't believe they had brought this up and he didn't believe that they were going to use this against him in court when it doesn't even have anything to do with the case! He really didn't see that one coming at all."What are you talking about?" The judge asked Becky's lawyer. "What do you mean by a murderer?"" Oh... didn't he tell you? Our so-called Opponent is a murderer here who went to jail. But only served 5 years and someone got out. He is a selfish ruthless murderer. So how on earth can his words be trusted? I mean...How can he even be considered valid here?" He questioned.Now all eyes have gone to Jace. And just like they had hoped for, the attention was now being shifted to Jace who calmly sat there without doing anything. He too was stunned about the steps these ladies had taken to shift attention
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