The Traps of Black Swan

Sean sometimes got carried away and finally, he blurted out in anger, "Brother Leon is the one who is attacking Aarvi from the beginning. He even tried to attack her when she was with me at dinner. I am glad she was able to escape and be safe. How does that make her scheming?"

The courtroom: "..."

Leon wasn\'t angry at Sean but his lawyer. He had specified that Sean loves Aarvi and he might start beating them if they force him to speak against Aarvi. He couldn\'t believe James tried to confuse Sean and ended up lifting the wrong card.

Aarvi wanted to bury herself deep into the ground. The more Sean spoke, he was just saying he likes her without actually using those words. She was getting weird gazes on her back and she had to ignore them.

Nikun took the chance and requested for questioning Sean. He handed sean, a water bottle that was on his desk and asked him to calm down.

"Sean Harmon, when did you get to know Leon Harmon means harm to Aarvi Evans?"

"About more than a month ago. I was having dinner at ABC restaurant when his people were waiting at the gates to kidnap her. He even sent a bouquet with a card saying he will kill her if she stays around me. I-I actually didn\'t believe it. So I dressed like her and went out. His men kidnapped me. My friend…"

Leon realized where Sean was going. He suddenly stood up, jarring the chair to fall back. He roared, "Sean, stop spouting nonsense."

Not just Sean, many felt their heart skip a beat at his voice. Sean who was standing in the center of the witness box cowered aside in fear.

"Silence… Silence…" The judge shouted but Leon shrugged off James. The latter had no idea why Leon was reacting that way.

When Leon rushed towards the witness box, many stood up. The cops were a little late to react. Although Leon couldn\'t do anything to Sean, Aarvi instinctively commanded, "Sean, jump…"

Sean heard her voice while staring at Leon in fear. He knew Leon could kill him easily with any of his simple tricks. So as soon as he heard \'jump,\' he leaped over the witness box and went away. 

The cops caught Leon who struggled to break free. After seeing the handcuffs on Leon, everyone breathed in relief. Judge Rowlatt, James, and his team were the most shocked ones.

It took five minutes for the court to maintain the decorum. Nikun looked at Aarvi, she hadn\'t told the plan to Sean yet she mentioned Sean would be the one to rip off Leon\'s every ounce of remaining dignity. The same thing happened. Like every time, he found her terrific. He had no idea his one question could turn over the leaf which was going to bring disasters on Leon.

If Leon was found guilty of attempting to kidnap and attack Aarvi, he would have been sentenced to only 7-9 years. Now a new case was opening up.

Nikun dug further, "Sean Harmon, please continue."

Sean bit his lips, he knew this might send him to prison too but he had already come so far, he couldn\'t turn back. He hesitated to continue, "I was kidnapped, my friend followed the kidnappers. He was caught on the way and we were both beaten. They thought I was Aarvi. When Brother Leon came, he saved me b-but k-killed m-my friend, r-right in front of m-my eyes." He stumbled at every word in the end as his head lowered.

None were shocked as much as James. He looked at Leon who was glaring at Aarvi. He looked at Aarvi and saw her fiddling with Aaron\'s hand.

James: "..."

Two years!!

He was foolish to think she was going to send Leon to prison in just an attempt to kidnap and attack. She was well prepared with so many cases and James could make a count. The final countdown to the destruction of Leon just began.

Nikun could put some blame on Sean but he knew the culprit was Leon and if the case takes any turns, Dylan would be added, not Sean. So he quickly asked a question in a way that could save Sean, "Why didn\'t you report to the cops? Were you scared?"

Sean heard Nikun\'s voice as if he was asking him to nod his head. He trusted Aarvi so he went with Nikun\'s words as it was the truth, "Yes. If he could kill somebody so easily, he would kill me too. So I started staying with Brother Aeon."

Nikun didn\'t ask him more and concluded as "Your honor, it is very clear that Sean was mortified and hid in Aeon Harmon\'s villa afraid of his brother. Please also make a note that Sean never left out, or had an active life in the fear of Leon Harmon. I request for further investigation on this case, to bring justice to the dead."

Open Leon\'s another illegal act - Checked.

Then the case returned about the attempted kidnap so that Aarvi doesn\'t have to attend trial again and again.

While the questioning continued with Dylan, Elder Harmon, Aarvi looked behind again and again while checking her wristwatch.

"What\'s wrong?" Aaron whispered.

Aarvi uneasily responded, "Aeon mentioned Eliza Lane went to meet somebody and she will come soon. She must have been here a long time ago. She is Leon Harmon\'s wife, they won\'t stop her if she is late, right?" It had been more than an hour.

Aaron gently pinched her backhand, "Nobody is allowed to enter or leave once the session starts." He whispered. "Unless the Justice permits."

Aarvi: "..."

\'Why is this so complicated?\' She thought, cluelessly looking at him.

As if somebody was fulfilling her wishes, suddenly they heard a commotion outside at the door. There was a voice of a lady and an argument from a man.

A cop rushed inside and bowed in apology, "Your honor, a woman named Eliza Lane is here, asking to enter the courtroom. She is the wife of Leon Harmon."

The Judge permitted to bring her inside. Nervous, panicked Eliza ran inside the room. She looked around confused for a few seconds about where to go. Then she ran ahead and cried out looking at Judge Rowlatt, "Leon Harmon has kidnapped my parents. I-I can\'t find them…" Her tears finally rolled out that she was holding back.

A hush fell over in the courtroom.. Aarvi had no clue about it either.

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