Chapter 55
The judge who was responsible for civil trials in Trial Court No . 3 seemed rather experienced . Tina and Zhang Lisheng saw people walking in and out as they waited outside the door nervously .
"Looks like this judge's strict in his judgment, I'm so dead," Tina said hopelessly seeing everyone looking grim whenever they walked out the court . At that moment, the black marshal walked out and said immediately noticing they were still outside of the door, "Why aren't the both of you in there? It would be your turn a moment after the hearing . It's a civil case, don't ever let the judge wait . "
"Thanks . I…I've only visited a court following my school trip . I've never been on one, my dad prohibited me from being a lawyer… . forget about it, thank you so much, Mr . Marshal," Tina said and pushed open the heavy wooden door and walked into the court dragging Zhang Lisheng along .
The court was small, the few rows of wooden chairs could only take less than 100 people for hearing . Fortunately, there were still some vacant seats . The judge was approximately 50 . He wore a black robe, he looked cool and stiff . He was hitting the court hammer when Tina and Zhang Lisheng walked in . He said coldly to the exuberant middle-aged man who wore a suit standing in front, "Guilty, 2,000 dollars fine . "
The middle-aged man standing in front said in a surprise hearing the judgment, "Your Honor, but I…"
The judge hit the court hammer again inadmissibility, "Marshal, please bring the sentenced defendant out . "
The middle-aged man seemed to be enraged hearing that . He looked like he was going to curse but he swallowed his rage when he lifted his head and saw the expressionless judge . He held his head low and left the court following the marshal while muttering to himself .
"This is the end of my driving license," Tina said softly feeling hopeless after witnessing that . Zhang Lisheng smiled at her for comfort and felt speechless . Both of them took a seat on the vacant seats at the hearing area . Three more cases were found guilty, finally, it was Tina's turn after waiting for ten minutes . When Zhang Lisheng appeared with Tina, the judge frowned looking at the two people before him .
Seeing the judge's expression, Tina decided to give it a go and said before the judge could speak, "Your Honor, I'm Tina Douglin who was accused of illegal parking . This is my witness Mr . Zhang Lisheng . The reason why I bring him here is to prove that I came with good intention when I parked my car on New York 27th street's no-parking spot last Tuesday . Back in China, Mr . Lisheng once…"
"Ms . Tina, you're the first defendant who brought a witness to court throughout my one week of judging civil cases . Given that you respect America's Judicial Court, I choose to believe that you parked illegally with 'good intention'," The judge smiled and said all of the sudden . 'Bang', he picked up the court hammer and hit it once, "I pronounce the cancellation of New York Traffic Police ticket No . T9867 . Bring the next defendant . "
Zhang Lisheng who knew little of America's civil court's discretion could not help but be stunned after hearing the judge's casual remark just when he was ready to speak after clearing his head . 'Huh…' slipped out of his mouth, causing the people on hearing seats giggled softly .
Tina who looked surprised next to him grabbed his arm hard, both of them left the court following the marshall .
"That's it?" Zhang Lisheng asked with his jaw dropped after they left the court while Tina said uncontrollably in excitement, "The judge said I'm not guilty so of course I'm free to go . You on the other hand, why did you mutter 'huh'? If I wasn't smart enough to pull you out of the court in time, you would definitely be sentenced contempt of court . You might not be able to go home tonight if you're unfortunate . Speaking of being smart, I really think that I'm extremely smart right now . I got rid of my fine by getting you to be my witness and my mushroom haircut . Haha… I really want to see how disappointed my dad would be after learning about the news . "
As she was hopping around happily, she saw her two best friends Trish and Sheila rushing towards Trial Court No . 3 suddenly . She then welcomed them excitedly while shouting, "Trish, Sheila, guess who got her fine canceled?"
"Oh wow, how did you do that Tina?" Trish and Sheila shouted in surprise at the same time .
"Because I'm Tina Douglin!" Tina was screaming proudly and soon she got a warning from the marshal . They were then asked to leave the court while looking grim . Outside the New York Supreme Court, Tina who had finally calmed down from the marshall's warning introduced Zhang Lisheng to Trish and Sheila, "Trish, Sheila, this is Lisheng . You guys already knew that he was my savior back when I was traveling in China . Lisheng, this is Trish, the prettiest, most faithful, and a young Catholic girl in New York . This is Sheila, the beautiful lady who knows fashion best apart from me . They're my best friends . "
Compared to Tina who had never hold back when she was with Zhang Lisheng, Sheila and Trish were shy around him . They said courteously, "Hi Mr . Lisheng, my name's Sheila . Nice meeting you . "
"Hi Mr . Lisheng, my name's Trish . It's nice to meet you . "
"It's my pleasure meeting the both of you . My name's Zhang Lisheng, I came from Western Sichuan China . "
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