Seduced 5 by P.A. Jones Page A

down, eyes scratching the ground, neck bent like it was broken. But I couldn’t do anything. Her son, our son was going away from us. It was the fourth day of the hearing and the judge was hell-bent on giving custody to the Shaun’s firm. Peterson tried hard; he showed profound pictures of Nikki and Stephen’s love and how much Stephen needed his mom. But nothing worked against the argument of Shaun when he opened the case file where Nikki went to jail for drug addiction. That single file grew past our all defense and the case collapsed on us.
    Today was the last day of the case and everybody knew what the result would be.
    She opened the door and I followed her. The courtroom was small; only a few people were allowed in. It was a special hearing and Shaun had made sure that press wasn’t there. Maybe he was trying to hide everything.
    “Good evening, Nikki Jordan.” Shaun came forward and greeted her.
    “I know what you did with the help of Gerome. Now don’t act like you did nothing.” Nikki frowned at him.
    He smirked at her. “It doesn’t matter if you can’t prove anything, Nikki. At the end of the day, the money is in my hands.”
    “Don’t forget Stephen will get that money when he turns eighteen and you can’t stop her meeting him wherever he is.” I stormed in to save Nikki’s sanity. If that person spoke a word more, Nikki would have slapped him. And that would put our side in more trouble.
    “We will see about that. Sixteen years, Nikki, Stephen will be in my custody. If I can make your company lose everything and wind up like this, I can put a restraining order on you anytime.” He laughed like a wicked man.
    The money and power was at the bottom of all of this. But the complete Jordan business was so big that I could never think of offering that kind of money to Shaun. In other words, I'd failed her. I'd failed her big time.
    “Gentleman, let’s sit down for the hearing.” Peterson came from the other side. Even he looked hopeless.
    The judge came in and everybody stood. Though I wanted to walk out of there, I stood up. Because I wanted to be with Nikki and support her in every downfall, every bad time. I had’ to make sure she got out fine from this.
    “The defense may proceed, "the judge declared.
    “Your honor, before you give your judgment, I want you to look at Nikki first. Look at her blue eyes, which haven’t stopped crying from the day this case was put on. I want you to look at the face of that kid, which has been so confused from the day he was put under the court’s custody. Look at them once more, sir, and then take your decision.” Peterson sat down.
    “I don’t have anything to add, but before looking at them, look at the case file, sir. This lady was addicted to drugs and who knows she will start taking drugs again…”
    “I won’t take drugs anymore. But for God's sake, don’t take my son away.” Nikki screamed in the court. She couldn’t hold it in anymore.
    Shaun looked at her for a moment.”“What if she sells the stocks of the company for drugs? What if she sells the kid for drugs? Please make your decision based on these points, your honor.” Shaun sat back on his chair. His lips held a faint smile. I knew he was happy for destroying Nikki. I wished I’d had a knife. I would have cut his throat right there.
    The judge looked at everyone . “Please be seated…”
    “Your honor, if you allow me. I would like to say something here…” A sound came from behind us.
    Everybody turned their eyes to that person. It was Gerome.
    “And who are you?”the judge asked.
    “I’m the father of Stephen, "he replied.
     
     

 
    Chapter 16
     
    Tristan
     
    I watched him in shock. His nose was covered in a bandage, and that was because of me. But why was he here and what did he want?
    I saw Shaun stand up. His face was tense and he didn’t seem to like the sudden entrance of Gerome.
    “Your honor, we should proceed with your decision. The gentleman doesn’t