Appealing 14
Chapter 14 If Not You, Then Who? Elsa leaned against the hospital bed, her fingers absentmindedly brushing the oxygen tube. Rain poured outside the window, but her heart was sunk at the bottom of a well. +8 Pearls She’d been in the hospital for quite a while now. Other than that one fake visit from Quinn early on, not a single person from the Moore family had shown up. Her head bowed low, Elsa let out a cold laugh. So much for clinging to the idea of family–it had vanished long ago. Meanwhile, due to Elsa’s hospitalization, the trial had been abruptly halted. But the incident had stirred quite a storm online. Some netizens even launched a petition demanding that the judge hold the trial inside Elsa’s hospital room. They didn’t want her walking away unpunished. The judge, reading the public uproar, rubbed his temples in frustration and slammed a stack of documents on his desk. “These people act like they’re watching a circus. She’s in the hospital, and they still won’t let it go!” His superior sighed beside him. “I get where you’re coming from, but this case has made waves. Higher–ups want us to wrap it up quickly.” “There’s really no other way.” The judge looked at Elsa’s medical report, his eyes filled with helplessness. She’d only just been snatched back from death’s door. Couldn’t they at least give her some time to recover? After all, memory retrieval procedures were extremely taxing on the human body.. “Start preparing,” his superior said. “This can’t be dragged out any longer.” “Got it.” Not long after, the official Twitter account released a statement: “Elsa’s live–streamed trial will resume in three days, with full nationwide coverage.” Within minutes, the comment section flooded with responses. “Been waiting forever–finally happening!” “The…