Twenty minutes later, Gabriella returned to the court hall, now calm enough to not lunge at anyone.
The next events happened just like Xavier predicted—Gabriella's attorney asked for the court case to be postponed until Gabriella's mental health can be evaluated, hinting that her distress might be caused by Tristan and not insanity.
As her attorney spoke, Gabriella stood quietly next to him, staring at her nails. Her shoulders slumped lower and lower with each word from his mouth.
Tristan kept sneaking glances at her, trying to gauge her mood. It was clear she was as unhappy with the verdict as only a truly insane person would.
Sane people more often faked mental illness to avoid prosecution.
Then Gabriella caught Tristan's gaze and suddenly began crying again—loudly, with sniffing and sobbing.
"Your Honor, I'm not insane! This was… this was just emotion. Please, don't send me to the doctors!"
