James' POV

　　The trial should be ongoing by now, if not even concluded; I couldn't sum up the courage to go there because I wasn't sure of what was going to happen.

　　I know both parties involved in this very well and neither one of them would be ready to back down. Ellie is smart, really smart, so for her to change her mind, it's going to take some extraordinary effort to do so.

　　Especially considering that she hates me now, so using me as bait wouldn't ...