The Sugar Daddy Heritage
Court

Liana froze looking at Barli's collapsed body on the floor. Fresh blood poured from his head. “Gosh! What have I done?” His voice trembled, his teeth clenched.

Revan immediately got up and checked Barley. “Don't worry, he's alive.” With great difficulty Revan lifted Barli's unconscious body onto the sofa. “He just fainted. You've done the right thing. If you hadn't hit him, I would have died in his hands.”

“Then what should we do now?” Liana asked worriedly.

“I'll hide somewhere. You take care of Barli's wounds and make sure he doesn't say anything to the police. In the meantime, I'll think about what we should do next.”

“Wait! How's my? I'll go to jail if Barli says everything.” stop Liana.

“I don't think he'll do that. You are the only family. He won't lose you. Especially now that you're pregnant. Barli will definitely protect you with everything he can afford. Instead, he will forgive what I have done.”

“Revan, don't go.” Liana hugged Revan while crying.

“You take care of our baby. I have to go, bye, Baby!” Revan kissed Liana's forehead then turned away and disappeared from Liana's sight.

***

“Good afternoon, viewers, today will be held the first trial of the murder case Johan Baroto. The agenda of the hearing scheduled at one o'clock this afternoon is the reading of the charges by the public prosecutor and at this time .. we see the car carrying the accused has entered the courthouse yard.”

Marlon Brando, the Reporter, gestured to his co-worker Beni the Cameraman to turn the camera on the black van in which Vania was the accused.

Marlon and dozens of other journalists scrambled to push microphones to get some information from the accused or police who were escorting him.

“Sorry, we beg you to step aside to make way. At this time we have not been able to provide any information because the new trial will be held.” A spokesman for the police said at a crowd of journalists.

“Ben, you try to take the suspect's face. Close up!” Marlon said near Beni's ear. “That's it!”

They saw Vania stepping with her head bowed and hands cuffed. The woman's face looked pale with no makeup at all. Marlon was a little surprised because he was so different from the photos he had seen on social media. However, he could not deny that the woman was indeed very beautiful. A type of beauty that has been formed since birth, without engineering. And any news in which there is a beautiful woman, is always number one in the search list on the internet.

Beautiful Woman Kills Her Sugar Daddy For Treasure. Marlon put words in his head to make the headline of today's news. People love this kind of news. Sensationalize! Marlon's been tracing the killer's digital trail. All the social media about him he follows, including his friends, his business ventures, even his personal life.

Marlon knew Vania was close to some of the names of entrepreneurs, many of whom were publicized as special relationships. One name that caught Marlon's attention was Barli, the victim's first son. So, before establishing a relationship with Johan Baroto, Vania had dated her son. Very exciting!

Before long a luxury sedan entered the courtyard. Marlon patted Beni's shoulder. “Follow me and keep your camera on.”

Beni was running behind Marlon following the sedan that had just come in. “Whose car is it? Do you know?” ask him with a broken breath.

“That's Barli, the victim's child. We gotta get his face, close up! The reaction will be very valuable.” Marlon intercepts Barli as he exits the car.

The camera recorded Barli's extremely riled face. Without answering he tried to get away from Marlon. Behind Barli, Liana walked tailing. Marlon turned his microphone on Liana. “What are your expectations in this case?”

Liana was a small-bodied woman with sharp eyes and hard facial lines. He said with a slightly raised chin haughtily, “I hope they can impose the heaviest punishment on the woman!”

“Are you sure that the accused is the real killer?” marlon asked in the midst of their hurried footsteps.

“Yes! Who else if not him? The woman-“

“Liana, enough!” snapped Barley. He paused for a moment to glare at Liana. His eyes looked strange, like they were keeping a secret, which was how Marlon felt.

In a fit of annoyance Barli pulled Liana's hand and proceeded to step into the courthouse.

Inside the courtroom, Vania circulated a glance. Most of the trial visitors were foreign to him, although there were some faces he recognized as business associates and close friends of Johan.

While on Vania's side, there was her mother and Avan. Avan sat next to his mother. His face was flat, cold, emotionless. Whether what was on the man's mind now, Vania could not guess. While his mother, the only person who was a hundred percent supportive of him seemed very pitiful. His eyes were like he had been crying for a long time. Poor Mama, surely never once dreamed of seeing her proud daughter standing in the courtroom as a murder suspect. The truth is often cruel.

The look of the two of them meeting. Vania and her mother. The mama smiled weakly and nodded at him, gesturing to stay strong, do not give up. Vania nodded sadly. While walking towards the defendant's seat, he thought about his daughter's fate. Her chest was claustrophobic at every thought of how Aileen would feel to her later on. He must be disappointed, even hated. Which kid wouldn't hate a murder defendant? How will Aily face gossip from her school friends later.

Vania was unable to resist the teardrops falling onto her cheek. Johan's death destroyed everything. His life also lives the lives of his loved ones, his mother and daughter. Vania is worried about Aileen's future.

“Strengthen yourself, Vania. Be sure you're innocent and I'll get you out of jail.” Leon who was accompanying her in the courtroom looked at her softly.

Leon. To Vania he was like an angel that the Lord had sent him, like a white horse-riding hero who helped him. Leon just appeared before her and reached out to help her.

Vania knows how hard Leon's efforts are on the case. For the sake of concentrating on his case, Leon had shifted all his work to the others. Leon even visited her every day, bringing her good food every lunch schedule. He doesn't always talk about his case. Once in a while Leon tells a trivial joke that is not at all funny, but strangely can make Vania frown upon hearing it. In short, Leon comforts her, slowly pulling her out of depression due to Johan's loss and the murder charges directed at her.

With Leon, Vania no longer had time to feel lonely.

“Why are you so good to me, Leon?” One day while in prison, Vania once asked Leon this question.

Leon deceived me instead and he said, "maybe this is not the right time to reveal my reasons, but since you always ask then I will tell you. You are my first love, Vania and I think up to this second, after all this time, I still feel the same for you.”

Love's. Could Vania be able to feel love again after Johan's death? Love only wreaks havoc on him. From the beginning, if Vania had not tried to get close to Johan, perhaps Johan was still alive and he would not have been here. It all started with his own ambition and greed.

Now, he's got everything he wants. The treasures and positions that Johan simply gave away. Johan's entire possession has become his now.

But is he happy? Johan has left her forever. He is alone now, confronting the world and all the vile slanders he has leveled at him. His fate is in the hands of law enforcement.