There was an uproar.
Members of the jury showed signs of surprise on their faces.
Sydney Bennett's description made everyone uncomfortable.
Maeve asked incredulously, "You... call your own flesh and blood that filthy thing?"
"What else?" Sydney Bennett smiled at Maeve, "The seed a rapist left in your belly, would you consider it a treasure?"
The uproar resumed, and the audience began to discuss fervently.
Maeve's face suddenly changed color, loudly saying: "Request to strike from the record! The witness's testimony is unsupported by evidence!"
Purple Summers was also momentarily stunned.
Marcel Jefferson sighed in her ear, "Too late, even if the court clerk doesn't record it, the jury members have already heard it. We haven't even made a move, and Maeve is going to be ruined by her..."
The psychological tendency to pity the weak is instinctive; the jury will sympathize with the unfortunate unborn child and also with the unfortunate Ms. Sydney Bennett.
