My Beloved Arana's

Chapter 132: Not A Child Anymore

Sitting on a long bench in the courtroom, Arana looked at Amber sitting on the victim's seat with a look filled with hope. The court room was empty, only a few people had come to be spectators. Only her second-party family, Amber's aunt, including Arselyne, Arana and Alva and Alva's men, witnessed the incident.

"I didn't do it."

The first one was spoken by Exel who was sitting on the suspect's bench, which made Arselyne almost squeal if Arana had not restrained Arselyne and calmed him down.

"Swimming, Ly. This is the court, don't act like it. We're gonna prove he's guilty." Arana's revelation made Arselyne calm her irregular breath and close her eyes before nodding.

"I'll try it."

"You should, Ly." Arana muttered again looking at the scenery in front.

The judge looked at the kneeling Prosecutor who shook his head, indicating that Amber had not given the slightest loophole to take the path of peace. The judge stared at the two for some time before then letting the plaintiff sue, and the defendant denied. The session was tense between prosecutors and lawyers. Amber who sat on her lap occasionally looked at Arana and smiled as Arana nodded, channeling her spirit through the smile she shared with Amber.

Amber's gray bead stared at Exel, who was also staring at her. The two eyes meet. Amber was undaunted by the gaze, and calmly looked at the young man with an equally flat gaze. To be honest, Amber had never been afraid of him. The young man had never hit him, and almost thought of him as non-existent. Instead, it made Amber comfortable and respectful although not with a good view as well.But Amber was more comfortable in such a way than she acted like her crazy half-sister.

But he did not think the young man was more dangerous than Ansel. Although Ansel often insulted and shouted, but Amber could deal with it easily and could guess. But Amber could never guess what kind of person Exel was, until she ended up pregnant.

The young man's green bead slowly descended, staring at his cotton-coated stomach, before looking back at Amber and pulling the corners of his lips up.

Amber held onto her stomach and coldly looked at Exel. If the man tries to take his son in the future, he must confront him first. Amber will make sure of that.

Time goes on so long and so long. The mood became tense when the judge asked Amber to provide convincing evidence that Exel was right to commit the act of abuse. With the judge's permission, the prosecutor stepped forward and gave the judge an iPad. The footage shows footage from a hidden camera in Amber's room showing Exel clearly how she was half-conscious because of the effects of the drug.

"We can prove the authenticity of the video. We have the results of experts if you don't believe. We also have a medical record and have matched the dna left in the body of the plaintiff and the results match. The doctor can be a witness also to this problem, that the pregnancy experienced is due to this incident when viewed from time and situation." Said the Prosecutor also gave some files that were immediately examined and made the Judge speechless and contemplated for some time.

"The evidence is very clear. But we'll negotiate this first. We have to determine the time of his sentence."

Ansel glared and stood up. "But my brother didn't do it!"

Exel stared coldly at Ansel and flatly said, "Shut up."

Seeing the sharp gaze that the elder sister directed at him, Ansel flinched and immediately sat back down. His lips were silenced, yet he still had dissatisfaction and disapproval in his eyes. The judge was about to stand to discuss the terms of the sentence with the other assemblies when Amber opened her voice.

"I'll drop my demands."

Amber's statement left everyone in the room shocked. Arana widened her eyes and looked at the confused Amber while Arselyne stood up and shouted, "Amber! What do you mean by withdrawing your charges?!"

"Don't joke Amber!"

Amber did not listen to Arselyne being pulled back to calm down, while herself stood up and said to the judge who was focusing on Amber. "I will withdraw my demands and take the path of peace. But I have one wish as a condition of peace."

Amber turned her gaze and looked at Exel who was also looking at her and said, "In the future, I want the custody of this child to fall into my hands, and will never fall into the hands of the other party. That's my only hope."

Arana Mencelos heard Amber's statement. In an instant, Arana also imagined many possibilities that could happen if Exel was really imprisoned. What about the fate of Amber's baby if it has a father who is a prisoner due to abuse cases?

Amber willingly took the path of peace because she did not want to make the baby feel that his presence was really a disaster so that even his biological father was imprisoned, and his mother imprisoned the father. Amber is willing to lose her free time, willing to lose her dream of winning consecutive taekwondo tournaments, because she is determined to take care of her baby. As someone who knows Amber's past, Arana realizes that Amber does not want to make her son feel Amber, where he is in a position where he is not wanted by people who should hold him with maternal love and affection.

Amber didn't want her son to feel it, because Amber knew how painful the unwanted feelings were.

Arana looked at Amber and the girl slowly sobbed. Arana felt it too.

Amber had grown up without even knowing it.

The judge and the assembly immediately negotiated, and firmly determined the outcome. "Request granted. The custody will belong to the mother, and the formal charges are dropped. As a form of compensation to the victim, the court ruled that the defendant must carry out his obligations as a father by providing facilities and fulfillment of needs to the victim and the victim's son until the victim's son is able to generate his own income."

Geck! Geck! Geck!

Then, there was the sound of a hammer being knocked three times, along with the sound of Melody sobbing.

Amber relaxed her shoulders, and turned to look at Arana and Arselyne. Despite still displaying an annoyed face, Arselyne actually also understood Amber's decision. So the young man snorted, crossed his arms and threw out a face while Arana cried and nodded her head. Alva who was beside Arana gently grasped Arana's hand.

Seeing that the people he cared about supported the decision he made, Amber smiled gently.

He involuntarily touched his flat stomach and whispered in his heart, "Mommy loves you, son. Don't ever think you'll be like an unwanted mommy. Look, kid. There's Lily's uncle, Nana's aunt and Alva's uncle and Melody's grandmother who accepts you and will love you like mommy loves and wants you."

"You'll grow with love, son. Mommy promised."

...***...

Someone was standing in front of the mirror. His hand reached out to grab a vase and he ruthlessly threw the vase into the mirror until it shattered into pieces. Replicas of many faces with one look appeared in front of the mirror, faint shadows made the figure blurry and indistinct.

"Damn it! I have dared to pay so much for the services of those people. How could they refuse just to make one weak little girl suffer?!"

His voice was cold and cruel. The dusty, dark room vaguely featured photos of someone who looked as hazy as the darkness.

"naval ... Alana ... Alana ... Alana! Hannah!" He kept repeating the mantra until he murmured coldly, "I'll make sure you suffer. I'll make you suffer!!"