Chapter 166: Chapter 166

The next day, at the appointed time, the court sat again and Jason Campbell was asked to take the stand and he answered the questions to the best if his ability after he had taken the oath.

His lawyer had asked him not to display any unwarranted emotion and apart from the anger seen in his eyes, his voice was devoid of emotion until it got to the stage of Nancy calling out to the police to help him which led to her head injury and why she had Amnesia.

Mean we hike because of the events at the hospital, his lawyer had advised them to take drastic measures and Rodney, when he was called, though still seething from the row he had had with his wife in the car, had remembered that Phoebe had always been of help to him, not because she was his f as n but because of her selfish purposes.

He told the lawyer of her and the lawyer in turn spoke to Phoebe and they both came up with a plan.

After Jason's testimony, Alfred was called to the stand and his testimony almost in line with that of Jason's.

Mr. Hoberman, Jason's lawyer was surprised that the defence attorney did not want to cross examine his witnesses. He became weary because he knew that something was in the offing.

'What could it be?' he wondered.

He decided that he would play it smart and not call any other witnesses.

'That is all me Lord. No other witnesses'.

'Does the counsel for the defense have any witnesses to present?' the Judge asked.

Cobberson did not know why Jason's lawyer did not call any of the hospital staff to testify on the hospital scene but he needed to use the trump card he had because he knew that if he didn't use her that day, he may never have the opportunity to use her again. So, against his normal cunning tact, he announced, ' I have a special witness, your Honour'.

'Then call them to the witness stand and stop wasting the court's time'.

'I call on Miss Nancy Jones, to take the witness stand'.

All eyes turned round to see the woman who was the cause of the ruckus for which the court was sitting.

Jason could not believe it when he heard her name.

His lawyer threw his a questioning glance and he struggled showing astonishment and puzzlement.

How had these people got to Nancy? Then it occured to him, who else but Phoebe would be responsible for this?

He felt furious. He could strangle her.

He also knew that whatever testimony Nancy would give was going to be doctored. She was going to say exactly what she had been brainwashed into saying but why would a woman do this to another woman who was pregnant at that?

It was amazing the jealousy some women could have for each other.

And these probings are not good for her mental health.

He had told his lawyer everything and wondered what he would do but he was not going to sit around and allow Nancy to be used as a pawn in this cunning game of theirs.

As soon as Nancy took the stand, looking so pale and thin but beautiful, Jason stood up.

'Your honour, she cannot be made to go through any form of cross-examination. She is in no fit health for that. She had Amnesia and her doctor had asked her not to force her memories because it could be detrimental'.

The judge was shaking his head when Nancy herself spoke, 'But you do not have to worry Jason, I have regained my memories and that is why I am here. I wouldn't be otherwise'.

Phoebe was not present. So no one for Jason to vent his anger on and he had been asked not to speak angrily to Rodney or his men because it wouldn't help their cause but would portray him in a bad light and would not be good for their case. But he was finding it difficult swallowing this because he knew it was a lie.

When Nancy had said she had regained her memory, he had looked towards Rodney expecting to see shock but though he had not been laughing outrightly, there was something like a smug satisfaction in his eyes before he had looked away, wearing the mask of someone who was being wronged.

If Nancy had indeed regained her memory, why did she not say so this morning? She had been her quiet self as always and before one fully regains their memory, he had been told that they had flashes. The flashes gradually become regular and then the full memory comes back and the patient understands and recalls what had been eluding them. But there had been no flashes even once.

His lawyer came over to him to speak to him and asked him to call Nancy's neurologist.

Jason's lawyer in a bid to prevent what he knew was about to take place, stood.

'I object to the presence of the lady my Lord. She might think that she has regained her memory or has been asked to say that but she hasn't. There had been no previous flashes of memory and even this morning according to my client, she was the same as always. How come that the memory suddenly returned?'

Before the judge could sustain his objection, Cobberson, the defence attorney shot up to his feet.

'We have a doctor here who had examined her before we allowed her here. And these are the papers to show that she is as fit as a fiddle', he said producing some medical documents and calling on the doctor to atest to the authenticity of the documents.

The doctor was a well known and respected neurosurgeon Dr. Pork Farmer.

'Doctor, are these documents, issued by you after examining Miss Nancy Jones or not?'

In his distinguished voice, the doctor replied, 'After examining Miss Nancy yesterday, I drew the following conclusions. Which was that her mental health was okay and cannot be made worse by any questioning but would rather help her strengthen her mental faculties and she could remember things that she had previously forgotten at will because her amnesia was not totally due to the injury she sustained but her desire to forget the traumatic experiences she experienced which may have been committed by the people she trusted the most'.

As the doctor spoke, to he lawyer presented the documents to the judge who though did not know anything of the medical terms there was willing to take the word of the renowned doctor especially after reading some English words which didn't sound medical.

Jason came back from calling Nancy's doctor and confided with his lawyer that the doctor had had to travel out of the states on an emergency and would not be back till next week and had shifted all his appointments to another Neuro surgeon.

Things were not looking good at all. Jason had also heard what this imposter of a doctor said and knew he was lying'.