The room was quiet except for the labored sound of anxious breaths and the ticking of the clock. Since the trial was between influential people, it was done behind closed doors in the judge's office.
Grace, her lawyer, and the children had arrived at the office and had been waiting for a while for the Judge, John, and his lawyer to arrive.
"You need to stay cool, calm, and collected Grace, John knows that the waiting will be tough for you, he's just trying to unnerve you before the proceedings begin."
"Haha," she laughed nervously. "Then the jokes on him because I'm cool, calm, and collected. I'm not rattled at all."
Her statement got a raised eyebrow from all present as a response.
"That's great because—" he started to say but couldn't finish his statement because John and his lawye
