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She paced around nervously in the marbled foyer, she could see her reflection in the freshly polished floor. "It would be alright madam, its an open and shut case , I still do not understand why this case has even reached this far", said the man in a black overall to her. She did not look up to him ,she knew what she had been charged for and she knew even if she escapes from the hands of the court , she can never escape from the crime she committed.
"All Rise, the Supreme Court of India under the special chair of Chief Justice of India is now in hearing for the case , Ivan Saint v/s Cadence Emphito", the bailiff announced the arrival of the judge and the case in one breath. It was said to be the case of the century, for never had such a case ever been filed by any person anywhere in the world.
The scribes had gone crazy working overtime on every single factoid they could find about the case, the complainant , the plaintiff and most importantly the mysterious man who was the lawyer of the complainant. No one knew of this lawyer and even though he was said to be the world's oldest practicing lawyer , it was hard to believe that such a lawyer ever existed.
Many people believed this entire case was a waste of time and wanted the world to concentrate on more serious issues like death, plague etc.
"In 35 years of my practise , I have never heard of such a case and I feel both honored and frightened in taking the chair of the man who decides the fate of this case, I feel it is my moral obligation to ask the complainant if he would like to withdraw this case, for it is such a case where I can do nothing but ask the almighty to guide me",the judge spoke in the microphone with all the courage he could muster in his small framed body.
"My client refuses to take withdraw , your honor", the mysterious lawyer spoke as he walked into the court wearing an all black suit with a black shirt and a red tie. He limped a little and had a red wood stick to support his limp. The complainant walked in, almost dragging himself as if he had no life in either of his legs. He had not taken a bath in days and smelled of urine. His hair was sooty and his shoes were torn and one could see his blackened toes.
"W..well, then let us call in the accused"replied the judge.
She came in wearing a white knee length dress with yellow polka dots and wore huge whit sung lasses over her eyes. She was accompanied by a man who wore a traditional lawyer's uniform. He was the best lawyer in the country and she gave him every single penny she had to fight this case.
Two years ago when this case came first to sessions court, it was ridiculed and thrown in the garbage and then when this mysterious lawyer was hired by the complainant , things moved faster and faster and now the case was in the Supreme court of India.
"I would like to inform your sir , that the complainant has refused to withdraw the case", the judge explained quite apologetically to the plaintiff's lawyer.
Before anyone could speak further the mysterious lawyer spoke "I would like to examine Miss.Cadence". The judge asked her to step in to the witness box and she was made to take an oath on the Holy Bible. "Miss.Cadence, do you believe that you did not kill his soul! , you are under oath may I remind you", he said to Cadence in the harshest voice any man could take out from this throat. "I... just don't get it, I mean how can I do such a thing, a soul is mythical, he is just deranged " she replied to the mysterious lawyer. "So he is deranged!! he is a retard now for you!! what next do you want , that we finish his body too, isn't killing the soul enough!!" he shouted back at her and then looked to the judge and said "They say your honor , that the soul never dies, but here in our case, this woman killed a man's soul, she ripped his heart and trampled his mind and brutally bludgeoned his soul, she should be punished my lord and not only punished the law should make an example out of her".
"I object your honor, this man is making a case of a man losing his nerves in to that of murder , no not murder even more than murder sir!!", Cadence's lawyer shot at the judge. "Objection overruled", retorted the judge who some how did not know why he even said that when he wanted this mysterious lawyer to stop himself.
"She made this man become her friend and then used her own grief to make him lover her, care for her and then when she felt she was bored , she threw him out of her life and accused him for being a liar and cheat. Her acidic turned poured... no not poured in fact she drowned him in the filth which came from the acidity of her words. Words which no human shall ever use for another and yet she used it knowingly that this would burn him. She is a cold blooded murderer, she did it all to satisfy her own ego." the mysterious lawyer made a long statement and then paused and walked over to her and glazed in to her teary eyes and then sat down on his chair.
Ivan urinated and the stench made it unbearable for anyone to stay in the room and it had to be cleaned before the case proceeded. This time Cadence's lawyer bounced into action "My lord, my client did no such thing, this man who is now no more than a living vegetable did this all to himself, he was the one who lied to her about his sorrow's when my client told him so much about herself. He wanted to her to love him and was allured by my client's beauty. She did not want his love and simply had asked him to leave with the fruits of passion which she did not long for, she is innocent."
"Innocent enough to unknowingly murder a man's soul my fellow!! she murdered a soul and not a body , the blood is on her hands but we can't see them with the eyes of physicality! We need to peer in to this woman's face and see the blood stains all over acidic tongue. " retorted the mysterious lawyer.
The girl cried even louder and now she was trying to go eye to eye with Ivan , she longed for Ivan's forgiveness, but she could not get it, for she knew she had killed his soul and it was only a matter of minutest before the judge would sentence the killing of her own soul.
Cadence wanted redemption and at last she spoke " I do not know what came over me ... I liked Ivan a lot ...Maybe it was the DEVIL", she knew now somehow people might believer her as the devil always played such tricks and in this case as her lawyer had said this was her Trump Card. " The devil has no hand in this my lord", said the mysterious lawyer. "How can you be so sure ?"asked the judge.
The clouds outside covered the sun , the lights inside the rooms went off and then the lawyer's face glowed in the dark in deep red and he said "for it is I the devil who is defending this man and also my name, for even I cannot do such a condemned act, a wretched soul is only tortured by me , but never killed, she is beyond me !", the clouds cleared and the lights were back on , everyone now knew that this was not any ordinary case anymore and the girl was not an ordinary criminal either.
"Miss. Cadence I do not have any doubt now that you are guilty but I still give you one last chance to speak the truth and pray for mercy", the judge said to Cadence in a stern voice.
Cadence wiped her tears and let her fangs out from her mouth and said, "He loved me, I hated it, how could he love me, he looks so ugly, I am a princess and he is nothing more than a peasant , I used him for I had work from him , if he thought my pity was love then who am I to blame, his soul did not die from my hands, it died because he was foolish enough to love a woman who love no one but herself.He caused too much negativity, what could I have done!"
The judge looked at Ivan who had been foaming from his mouth and said "Ivan speak now and decide this case , I shall do as you say." Ivan got up and dragged himself over to Cadence and looked into her eyes which were bright red and said "I forgive you Cadence, you are not a bad person" and he collapsed on the floor, the devil went to help him up but he could not , Ivan was foaming from his mouth and his eyes sunk in. He was dying.
The sky parted and the sun went bright , brighter and then it became so bright that it felt as if the sun was on earth. The light parted and a man walked in to the court room, the devil bowed down and everyone else followed suit except for Cadence who was still sitting on the chair and Ivan who lay on the floor clutching his stomach and foaming from his mouth. "I bless you my child and like the devil said the soul never dies, yours did not either, come get up and embrace your soul" , Ivan got up and embraced Cadence. The body and the soul were one again.
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