The witnesses hesitated. Steven was wiping his brows nervously and I could see my aunt and cousin squirming in their seats.
“Answer the question,” The judge chimed in “If you don’t answer, you’ll be investigated for criminal acts according to the law. Do any of you want to go to jail?”
The first witness immediately fell to the ground and pointed a finger towards the direction of Aunt Mabel
“It was Miss Mabel that asked us to do it,” he confessed.
The court room gasped as everyone turned to Aunt Mabel’s direction. Aunt Mabel turned white and in seconds she was on her feet advancing towards the witness.
“How dare you lie against me?” She screamed. “When did I ask you to give a false testimony? You agreed to testify on your own and now that you’ve been found lying, you’re trying to s
