Charles's pov

Still standing stiff, in the middle of the fully packed arena, I looked around at the faces of all that surrounded me, especially the judges, I tried to weigh the expression on their faces, Edgar was clearly disappointed, while the rest of them were filled with disgust which didn't seemed quite confusing to me.

"Charles Desmond, you deny these allegations on what basis, do you have any evidence to stack your claim? "Edgar asked.

"No your honour,all I have is my word, I didn't do it.My staff are my family,i would never maltreat them and Jeremy was more like a son to me, I could never have done...