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Preparing For Court

Eric

Initially, I was quite skeptical about Luke and Liam Markson's intention to assist us in taking down their stepsister, Karen. However, they assured us that they have no emotional attachment to Karen as she is their step-sister.

According to them, Karen's actions have only brought shame to their family name, and are on the verge of destroying their family's legacy.

The conversation my father and I had with the Markson brothers gave us quite enough detail about Karen and who she is.

I knew that Karen had been harboring feelings for me for a long time. What I didn't realize was the extent to which she would act on those feelings, including harming other women who also expressed interest in me.

Luke and Liam provided a comprehensive account of the numerous reprehensible actions Karen had committed against various individuals over an extended period. Given the brothers' longstanding disdain for Karen and her mother, they were prepared to take any measures necessary to sever all connections with them.

Luke and Liam started gathering details from the individuals Karen harmed, to leverage this information against her. I'm relieved that they took this step, and I believe we can potentially utilize it as evidence in court.

If it's possible and if the individuals who have been victimized by Karen are willing to provide testimony in court, this could result in Karen being sent to prison, which is where she belongs. It's crucial to take advantage of this opportunity to prevent Karen from causing harm to anyone else.

Because of Karen's recklessness; my beautiful Sophia could have died and I wouldn't have ever known she was carrying my child.

Everything that my father, Luke, Liam, and myself talked about and our plans; I told Sophia just enough so she wouldn't worry. As Sophia gets further along in her pregnancy I don't want her to stress.

Since our court hearing date was postponed to a later date because it's now going to go to trial. It has given us time to gather everything we needed to win this case. We didn't know where Leo Markson stood in this situation and if he was gonna fight hard for Karen not to be sentenced to prison for her crimes.

Things went back to normal as possible and behind the scenes I was working with the Markson brothers and the lawyer my father hired to gather as much evidence as possible. I kept Sophia in the dark about what I was doing so she could just focus on being pregnant.

I know she might be mad if she knew how many things I was doing behind her back but it was for her sanity and peace of mind.

Today Sophia and I went to work late because she had a prenatal appointment with her OBGYN. Lately, after coming home from work, Sophia has been going straight to bed as she has gotten so tired.

Our company has gained more clients since the press conference. In these short three weeks, we managed to secure four new clients who needed help advertising their small business with a commercial.

Because of the large amount of work load Sophia took it upon herself to oversee all four campaigns. This is why she is so exhausted today.

Well, she is sleeping I had decided to go through the list of women that Karen had threatened or hurt over the years. Liam had provided me with the list of women. Our lawyer, Liam, Luke, my father, and I all had a list of different women who hated Karen.

The plan is to call them up a ask if they could testify against Karen or just by being present at the hearing would be good enough.

I picked up my phone and dialed the number of the woman at the top of the list. It was already after 5 pm so I hope she will be free to talk.

I placed my phone to my ear and the phone rang several times before it went to voicemail. I guess I will just try again tomorrow.

"Who was that one on the phone," Sophia asked me in a light whisper. I guess I was so focused that I didn't hear Sophia walk into the living room.

I motion for Sophia to come closer to me. I had my arms stretched out to her and she responded happily walking into my embrace as she sat on my lap.

"The list of women that Liam and Luke provided me; I was just getting started to call the women that Karen harmed, " I explained to Sophia.

"I feel so blessed that all of you are putting in a lot of effort to support me," Sophia had expressed." That is what family is all about beautiful," I stated to Sophia.

All of us have been working very hard for the past three weeks since we had our dinner with the Markson brothers. Luke and Liam have been very informative as well as helpful throughout this entire situation.

"Are you hungry baby?, Sophia asked as she wrapped her arms around my neck. "I can eat something right now. Also, that reminds me my parents want us over for dinner this Saturday," I informed Sophia.

Sophia stood up from my lap and grabbed my hand pulling off the chair. We both strolled into the kitchen thinking about what was on the menu to eat.

Since it was beginning to get late I didn't want Sophia to eat anything heavy that might upset her stomach. We settled on a grilled cheese sandwich and soup; which a grilled cheese sandwich is one of Sophia's pregnancy cravings.

We stayed up a little after eating to prevent Sophia from feeling nauseous. I've noticed if Sophia Kay is down after eating she will get nauseous.

After some time we finally went to bed to get needed rest to prepare for a long day at work tomorrow.

The days went by pretty slowly on top of that very busy as well. Being that it has been so much work and so many campaigns going on at once I had to get teams to work on each campaign so no one would be overwhelmed, especially Sophia.

The weekend came and Sophia and I were heading to my parent's house for our Saturday dinner. Usually, when my parents invite us over they always have some news to discuss I wonder what they have to tell us now.

What is this dinner about besides giving each other updates for preparing for court? Once we arrived at my parent's house Luke and Liam were there as well.

My parents, my sisters, Tina, and the Markson brothers were in the family room chatting comfortably.

Sophia and I greeted everyone and then found a seat to relax in. Everyone greeted us warmly and my mother was excited to see Sophia's baby bump getting bigger.

My mother Anna and Tina couldn't help themselves and had to rub Sophia's belly. While the women were doing their girly things I looked over to my father as he was having a conversation with Liam and Luke.

"Excuse me father, but what is this dinner about? I asked him. "Awe can talk about it at dinner son; until then that's discuss what the plan is for this court hearing, my father stated.

"So far we haven't had too much luck with getting in contact with the women Karen had sought revenge on; so we can't rely on them, Liam had expressed.

"However we do have Sophia if she testified in court and then there's also Rose who has the text messages of everything Karen had sent her that day of the fashion show," Luke spoke out.

"What about the lawyer; did he ever get a chance to visit Rose in jail to get a statement from her? I pointed out.

My father cleared his throat before he began to speak. "The lawyer had to get paperwork passed to be able to visit her. But he should be able to visit her sometime next week. Hopefully, we can make a plea deal with Rachel to lessen her sentence in exchange for any dirt on Karen.

"Great, it's about time Karen pays for her actions," Luke replied. "I just can't wait until this is all over with and I know it's taking a toll on Sophia," I expressed.