Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 159

The next day was the day of Hollie's case coming to trial.
Martha, dressed in casual clothes, brought her father and Bianca to the court.
Hollie had done so many wrong things and this day finally came. She must see Hollie convicted.
After the three had sat down, shortly afterwards, Stefan and Eden arrived.
The two sat on the other side of the court. Martha could feel Stefan stare at her for some time, but she did not look back at him.
Whether he came or not had nothing to do with her.
When the time came, the judge gravely rose from his chair and read the opening remarks.
"We are here on trial for Hollie Doyle's case. The plaintiff, Martha Doyle, sues Hollie Doyle for committing crimes."
"According to the civil litigation law, the party concerned has the right to apply for withdrawal. Does the plaintiff want to apply for withdrawal?"
Martha raised her eyes to look into the judge's eyes, shook her head seriously, and answered loudly, "No, your honor."
With that, she looked over at Hollie.
She saw Hollie standing in the defendant's place, with an indifferent giggle on her lips, and no focus in her eyes.
Martha frowned, and her instinct told her that Hollie was not in the right frame of mind.
But who knew if she was faking it?
After all, she was a fake. Martha looked at the judge, and waited patiently for her next words.
The judge had identified the materials. Though they were complete, there should be the judicial proceedings.
She looked at the plaintiff solemnly and asked loudly, "The plaintiff, will you state the facts and present the evidence?"
Martha rose and answered quietly.
"I am accusing Hollie Doyle of intentional injury and intentional homicide. She killed my mother, who drowned in the ocean. Besides, four years ago, she bribed a doctor and forged medical records, which almost got me killed on the operating table."
The judge struck the hammer, and her solemn voice rang through the court.
"Does the plaintiff have any evidence?"
"Yes, I have a video here, which was taken when Hollie tried to kill me."
An officer handed over the evidence. The judge and the jury were grave after seeing it.
They knew it was a major criminal case, but they did not expect the perpetrator to be so brutal.
After the judge finished watching it, she asked, "I have seen the evidence. Does the plaintiff have eye witnesses?"
"Yes, the chief surgeon."
Martha said calmly.
The judge heard it and turned to look at the witness stand.
"Can you prove that Hollie Doyle is the main culprit?"
The surgeon said, "Yes, your honor. Hollie Doyle bought me off and told me to kill Martha on the operating table."
The judge nodded and solemnly declared, "The evidence is solid. Do you have anything to say about it, Hollie Doyle?"
Everyone here looked over at Hollie.
But Hollie made no answer. She kept looking into space, and every now and then she giggled.
Hollie had become mentally ill since she found that she was not really the daughter of the Doyle family.
But since she looked fine, it was not certain whether she had become mental. On the day before the trial, a doctor went to check on her and there were no symptoms of schizophrenia.
Martha frowned and pursed her lips.
The judge waited for some time, but still heard nothing from Hollie. She took her silence as a confession.
She looked solemnly at the accomplice, Libby, "Hollie Doyle has confessed to the facts of her crimes. What do you have to say?"
When Libby heard this, she immediately argued, "Hollie did everything alone and I didn't participate in any of them... When she tried to kill Martha, although I knew what she was going to do, I didn't participate in it!"
"And I had nothing to do with Martha's mother's death. I really didn't know how her mother died, your honor!"
The judge took a look at her and asked, "Is there something else you want to say?"
Libby heard this, pretending to recall something, her eyes lit up and she added, "Yes, there is one thing I didn't confess."
When the jurors heard this, they were curious. Was there something more that they did not know?
"Not long ago, Hollie was working on a project of island development, during which she tried to murder Martha several times, but repeatedly failed. She mistakenly killed her companion, Joann. She told me after she came back. I promise it's all true."
Libby said, looking earnestly at the judge, hoping for a reduced sentence.
By now, there was no hope for Hollie. Libby thought if she wanted to live and walk out of prison earlier, she had to put all the blame on Hollie so that Hollie could face the death penalty.
Sitting there, Stefan frowned when he heard this.
In fact, he had guessed this before, but he found it hard to believe that Hollie would kill someone.
At that time, he told Martha she should not be hostile toward Hollie.
Now when he thought about it, he felt himself stupid and ridiculous!