Re: Shawn and Raquel's Roppongi Hills Residence...

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:41 pm

Shawn nods and walks in with his family to the courthouse. About an hour later...

Lawyer: The defense calls Alejandro Cortez to the stand.

Shawn stands and straightens his suit out. He is sworn in and takes a seat on the stand....and as soon as he does, his father stares right at him with a small smirk...

Lawyer: Mr. Cortez....in your own words...would you please regale us with these allegations about your father....

Shawn's lawyer stands and objects on the grounds of badgering the witness...

Judge: Sustained. Mr Cortez...please answer the question.

Shawn: A....alright. I was the middle child born to....

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 8:44 pm

Ewan and Erin have positioned themselves directly in Shawn's eyeline so that he can see them the entire time.

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:03 pm

Shawn: When I was about....5 years old....I was already the stop gap for my family. Dad would beat Aaron...and I'd step in. He would look at our sister, Ashley, with....bad sexual intentions...

...and I would take her place to spare her that.

Lawyer: You willingly submitted to sexual molestation....to save your sister?

Shawn: Yes. I was already my father's favorite boy to begin with. He....um....couldn't resist his little....'Alejandro'. I um....would spare the court the details of...

Lawyer: Mr. Cortez, do remember you are under oath.

Shawn: Alright. My father....was a sadomasichist. He would 'punish' me one night....and other nights he would...ahem....um......he....

Shawn's dad winks at him and licks his lips...Shawn freezes...

Shawn: Um....could I....have some water please?

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:07 pm

Erin can be seen clenching her teeth stifling a snarl. Ewan has his hand on her shoulder to try and calm her

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:10 pm

Raquel focuses her attention on Shawn, taking a seat towards the front. However she almost instinctively wraps her arms around her stomach as if to protect the child growing within from what might be said and the present company in the room.
This motherly protection is just enough to help her keep composure as she listens in silence.
For a split second her eyes break away from Shawn and turns to his father and for the first time since her father hurt her mother, she feels pure hatred.
So much infact that a piece of her secretly wanted to see Erin rip his heart out and shove it up his ass before he died.
She turns back to Shawn

Pockets Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:12 pm

Kat has taken Aaron's hand, and she glances over to see how Raquel is taking the testimony.

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:20 pm

The aide gives Shawn a glass of water. Shawn drinks it slowly, composing himself. He clears his throat and continues his story....telling about the witnessing of the murder of his mother, the seventeen children his father molested, his own molestation from the age of 5 to the age of 15, until his father's arrest. The children were split up. Ashley went to live in San Deigo, Aaron went to live in New York and Shawn was sent to live with their grandmother in Miami....

Shawn: When I was there...my grandmother showed me no love. I was usually locked out of the house at night and constantly berated as to how her 'lovely son would never do such a thing. YOU must have made him do it...devil child." I'd get into fights, go to raves, underground street racing....anything to...just....forget.

Shawn's father licks his lips again and rolls his neck, almost reveling in theses...memories....

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:25 pm

Ewan shoots shawn a look he's given him a thousand times when they were tagging, a look to show that he was there for support no matter what.

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:27 pm

Raquel closes her eyes for a moment, forcing the tears welling in the lids to come out. She wipes her eyes and glances over at Kat, sensing her glance.

Pockets Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:31 pm

Kat watched the look that Raquel gave her father-in-law, bringing a tight lipped smile to her face. The emotion on Raquel's face was one that she herself had felt many times. When Raquel turns to look at her, she gives her a slight, understanding nod.

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:34 pm

Raquel smiles faintly at Kat. It's strange to her but she feels like she can view Kat more and more as a sister.

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:35 pm

Lawyer: Mr. Cortez. Is it true...that even though you claim to hate your father....it was his influence that has garnered your....reputation today?

Shawn: What do you mean?

Lawyer: Playboy, homewrecker, cheating husband. All these things you claim your father was and is....so you are. So, in a way...your father...made you everything you are.

Shawn: W...what?

Lawyer#2: Objection!

Judge: Overruled. Mr. Cortez....please respond.

Pockets Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:37 pm

Kat overhears the conversation on the stand, and looks back over, hissing slightly between clenched teeth.

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:39 pm

Raquel bites her lip so hard it nearly breaks skin. If Erin gets that bastard old man, Raquel claimed dibs on his lawyer.

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:43 pm

Erin glances over to Raquel with a look that says. "Don't worry I'll save some for you."

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:50 pm

In this room was a man so hated that even Erin and herself could see eye to eye in his destruction. Raquel can't help a slight smirk on her face at the concept.
She gives Erin a slight nod as if to say "I appreciate it."

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:51 pm

Shawn: Sir....I've loved two women in my life. Only ever two...and I've hurt them both. My Ex wife, Erin, was the first person to really...love me for who I was. She made me a better man...and I threw that out the window. My fathers' influence? No. That was my fuck up and I will have to live with that shame the rest of my life knowing how deeply I hurt her. My current fiance, Raquel. I hurt her as well. I was mean spirited to her, wasn't there for her when I said I would be...and she went through some of the toughest parts of her life alone. My fathers' influence....no.

Sir....everything I've ever done was my fault. Maybe my thought process is skewed....but I'm man enough to make decisions and stand by them. My father didn't teach me that. My best friend in the world taught me that. So I attribute none of my failures or my successes to my father. That man...is not my family. Ewan, Erin, Aaron, Kat, Raquel, Jayden, Gabriel, Alexis, Alex, Jillian and Nathalie. They are my family....and I wouldn't trade them for anything in the world.

Lawyer: Um....I um....no further questions.

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:58 pm

The expression on Raquels face quickly goes from one of hatred for Shawn's father to one of pride, affection, and love for her fiance

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:00 pm

Ewan nods towards Shawn mouthing the words "you did it."

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:31 pm

Judge: Thank you Mr. Cortez, you may take your seat.

Shawn nods and leaves the witness stand and walks out of the courtroom....over to a water fountain where he starts to dry heave...

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:35 pm

Erin follows Shawn out, moves his hair out of his face and rubs his back.

Erin: Shhhh..... it's OK..... it's done.....

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:43 pm

Shawn: It's...over....it's....over......thirty years......thirty fuckin' years....and it's over....

Cruel Britannia Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:45 pm

Erin smiles.

Erin: I always knew you'd get this chance one day.......

Jabberwocky Thu Nov 10, 2011 10:48 pm

Raquel follows out into the hallway, heading right for Shawn. Her eyes red and her cheeks wet from tears. She looks at Shawn as her eyes water again slightly and she smiles

Cryonix Thu Nov 10, 2011 11:00 pm

Shawn finally takes a deep drink and another one...and another one. He finally stands up takes a deep breath....

Shawn: I could see it all again. I'm such a fuckin' mess because of him.....

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