Beauty Behind Justice

Little Emily sat on a bench near the courtroom door while playing with a Rubik's cube. At the age of 7, she was able to match the colored blocks in a matter of minutes. What a genius little girl.

That afternoon she waited for her father to finish working at the court.

The old woman next to her had been crying non-stop since they had been sitting next to each other. It made little Emily feel a little sorry.

"Madam, why do you keep crying?" asked little Emily in her cute voice.

The old woman turned and looked at little Emily. She said, "I lost my only daughter, she was killed by an unknown madman while walking home."

Emily looked at the old woman with teary eyes on her tiny doll-like face as she said, "I'm sorry for you, Madam."

"Thank you, little girl. What's your name and what do you want to be when you grow up?" replied the old woman while asking general questions that were usually asked of little children her age.

Emily extended her tiny hand to the old woman. "My name is Emily Rose, I want to be a prosecutor like Daddy when I grow up. I will punish bad people like the ones who killed your daughter, ma'am."

Little Emily's words immediately made the old woman laugh.

Little Emily's bodyguard said to the old woman, "Ma'am, this little girl is the only daughter of the prosecutor who handled your daughter's case, Mr. Lincoln John Carter."

The old woman knelt in front of little Emily while holding both of her hands, she looked at little Emily. "I'm sure you'll be a great prosecutor when you grow up, kid! Defend the oppressed, punish the criminals according to their crimes."

Little Emily smiled sweetly at the old woman as she replied, "Of course, Ma'am, that's my job in the future."

***

Twenty years later.

That afternoon the courtroom was so quiet when the public prosecutor read out his charges against the defendant in the rape trial of a 17-year-old girl. "Your Honor, after the Public Prosecutor studied the evidence, expert witnesses, and the trial interview with the defendant, I have decided to give the defendant the maximum sentence of life imprisonment," Emily said firmly, reading out the verdict for the defendant.

The bald, tattooed man sitting in the defendant's seat ran blindly towards Emily to attack her. Emily dodged back when the criminal's hand wanted to strangle her neck. The court security officer immediately grabbed the criminal's body and shocked him with an electric shock gun. The courtroom suddenly became noisy because of the attack.

The judge banged his gavel trying to calm the chaotic courtroom. "Please be quiet!" shouted the old judge with gray hair as he banged his gavel.

"The demand is granted. The defendant receives the maximum sentence of life imprisonment," said the judge then banged his gavel to mark the court's verdict. He then left the courtroom which was buzzing with chatter among the court visitors.

Emily smiled triumphantly. She was satisfied with the judge's verdict. The bastard who raped and murdered a teenager deserved to rot in prison for life.

She walked to her office located on the west corner of the 2nd floor of the Chicago City Court Building. Emily had been in that room for the past 3 years. She had handled hundreds of criminal cases, with the harshest verdicts she could submit to the judge.

Emily Rosalyn Carter was the only daughter of a legendary public prosecutor in the state of Chicago, United States. Her father's legendary figure in the courtroom, with his impeccable reputation throughout his career, had given Emily Rose the ease of climbing the career ladder in the same profession as her father, who was now enjoying his retirement in peace.

"Like father like daughter." That's the saying that her senior colleagues pinned on Emily Rose. Emily's professionalism was as good as her father's. Even more amazing, she never chose cases and immediately resolved every case that came across her desk.

The convicts on the green table are always afraid when facing the figure of Emily Rose. The beautiful prosecutor is like an angel guarding the gates of hell who is ready to give the maximum sentence to those who are guilty. But Emily Rose is an angel defending justice for those who are oppressed and hurt.

However, not many know the side of the beautiful prosecutor's love life. Her love game is tightly closed from public consumption and paparazzi. A series of extraordinary men who have bowed before the charm of Emily Rosalyn Carter.

Making love is Emily's way to relieve the pressure of the trial, making her feel the soft human side. The cruelty of the criminals made her seem to lose the soft side of her soul. The photos of evidence of the crime tore at her innocent soul since Emily stepped into the world of a public prosecutor's career.

This afternoon Emily had an appointment to train for a free-fighting session with her mentor and bed partner, Maximillian Darren Levine.