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What Are You Holding On To?
In another one hour, she was brought out, she had been told that she had a visitor. When she saw Ottar, she let out a sigh. At least, they both came for her.
“Ragnar Marshall is busy and couldn’t make it here but he has sent me. I have asked for the details of the case and our lawyer would be attending to it shortly, you will be out of here soon, trust us,” Ottar said.
“Thank you, Mr. Ottar and please thank Mr. Ragnar Marshall for me.”
“Sure,” then Ottar walked away after which she was returned back to her cell.
All these while that she had been inside the cell, she couldn’t help but wonder if she was set up for murder. She missed her children greatly.
She didn’t know how many hours had passed since she wasn’t with time but an officer walked up to her after a long while that she had another visitor to which she went to visit, she was stunned to see Cassie and her father.
“Oh my days! My poor daughter…” Her father pitied her but she knew the man didn’t mean it.
“Did you set me up?” She asked as soon as she got before them.
Langbrók and Cassie exchanged an ignorant look then Langbrók looked at Brigitta, “what do you mean by that, my child?”
She buried her nails inside her fist in anger and looked away for a few seconds, trying to calm herself down. Then she looked at her father, “the last thing I remembered was that I was leaving your house then someone hit me on the head, all of a sudden, I am being accused of murder.”
“We know it’s been tough on you, Brigitta but if you cooperate with us, we can take you out of here,” Cassie said.
“What do you mean?” Brigitta asked.
“Don’t pretend as if you don’t know,” Langbrók brought out a paper and said, “see… we have helped you to design a divorce paper, it has both your name and that of Ragnar Marshall. All you have to do is sign them, tell him to come here and sign. Once the divorce agreement is settled, trust me, you will be out.”
Brigitta scoffed, “you set me up for murder cause you want me to divorce my husband?”
“What in the world are you talking about Brigitta, nobody set you up. We love you, we are only trying to help,” Brigitta’s father said.
“You are trying to help me but you placed me on a condition. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be out cause the truth will always win.” She said. “But… is my grandmother really dead? If she’s dead, I’ll make the both of you pau.”
“Are you threatening to murder us too?” Cassie’s voice was a little loud so the officers nearby could hear.
“We better leave before she harms us,” Langbrók said and turned to leave.
“We’ll come to check on you later, sorry my poor bestfriend.” Cassie then turned and walked away with Langbrók.
She gritted her teeth in anger, this people literally has no heart. Do they think all these will break her? No! They need to try more. The only thing she misses greatly here is her children.
A week passed by quickly and it was the court day, Ragnar Marshall’s lawyer spoke up for Brigitta while the state lawyer stood as the accused. At the end of the court proceedings, the judge adjourned the case.
When Ragnar Marshall was informed, he had to take the matter seriously. He came by himself to the station, as at the time he came, Brigitta had been returned back to the cell.
Soon, Brigitta was made to sit before him at the visitor’s room, “what exactly happen, you must tell me the truth if you want me to help.”
“My father unusually asked of my presence so I went to his house, he said I must divorce you and let Cassie marry you to which I refused. While I was walking out, I noticed someone was approaching me from behind, as I turned to have a view of whom the person is, something heavy hit my head and I lost consciousness.” She swallowed. “Only to wake and find myself being accused of my grandmother’s murder. I don’t even know if my grandmother is truly alive or dead. I don’t want to believe she’s dead.”
He showed her pictures of her dead grandmother and tears rushed down her face. The old woman was truly dead. Her heart broke into sadness and she lowered her head dejectedly. She could not help but sob quietly. She felt a great pain for the death of her grandmother.
Ragnar Marshall only observed in silence, after many minutes had passed, he said, “if I knew it’s that serious, I would have paid off a few people before it gets to court. But now, it has reached the eyes of the public and the public will want to see the end of this case.”
He handed over his handkerchief to her and she used it to clean her face.
“You have so many enemies, that I can see,” he said. After watching her clean the tears on her face, he asked, “your relationship with your father has never been pleasant, you should have suspected he was up to something when he invited you to his house.”
“I should have. I keep making foolish decisions.” She admitted.
“I’ll get you out of here,” he said and stood. “be strong at heart, okay?”
She nodded and watched him walk away.
About two weeks later, a day before she went to court, her father and Cassie appeared again.
“Tomorrow, the court may sentence you to death. Shouldn’t you strive to stay alive for the sake of your children?” Her father, Langbrók asked.
This time, she had grown weary and lean, she knew that she would either be sentenced to death or to a lifetime in prison since her lawyer didn’t have any substantial prove that she didn’t kill her grandmother.
“Brigitta, we are so sorry but if you want us to get this case off, you have to sign. If you die, I’ll automatically become Ragnar Marshall’s wife anyways so what are you holding onto exactly?” Cassie asked.