Sebastian swallowed a lump in his throat before he uttered, “Not in recent years.”
“Hm. When did your relationship with him turn sour?”
The prosecution jumped out of her seat and exclaimed, “Objection, my Lord! The question is irrelevant!”
Mr Clark explained, “My Lord, the proximity of the accused’s relationship with his son will explain the likelihood of him helping in the acquisition of assets.”
The prosecutor argued, “Mr Cummings had already denied aiding the accused in those acquisitions!”
Mr Clark counter-argued, “My Lord, it is clear that the accused and the present witness’s testimonies are in conflict. In light of this, we must assess the credibility of their statements. The whole purpose of a cross-examination is to assess the truthfulness of their assertions. The truth can only be found if we assess whether the present witness has a motive for providing the conflicting evidence.”
Judge Cook uttered, “Objection dismissed. Mr Clark may proceed with his line of questioning.”
With an arrogant smirk, Mr Clark repeated his question to Sebastian, and Sebastian answered reluctantly, “About a year ago.”
“And what is the reason for the strain in the relationship with your father?”
“We just…stopped seeing eye to eye.”
what in particular?
“No, just certain…life decisions.”
he pressed on with a louder voice, which echoed through the courtroom walls, “Perhaps asking ‘what’ reason isn’t accurate. Perhaps it’s
arm tightened on Lucianne’s shoulder as her thumb stroked his
turn sour after you met the Queen-to-be,
in the room were cut off with the judge
“No.” Sebastian answered.
that your meeting with
question you’d have to ask him, not me. I’m not privy to how he saw me after I met the
close would you say you are to Her Royal
prosecutor shouted from
judge responded in an angered voice, “Sustained! Mr Clark, leading questions to challenge the character of a member of the royal family are barred by law, unless they are
given the history between the Queen and the witness, I felt the need to explore the likelihood of the witness providing false oral evidence to
Mr Clark, who refused
pondered, his fingertips pressing his forehead before
Clark’s face as he explained, “The
were bonded mates a year ago, prior to a rejection shortly after. Even so, the witness was seen speaking
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