Betrayal

This chapter tells of the circumstances that led to Dr Langley’s eventual forced exile. After two years of court battles, Dr Langley was drained of finances and could no longer afford to fund her legal team. Reba had betrayed their friendship and trashed Dr Langley’s house prior to her moving out, and refused to testify as a witness in court, despite having witnessed Rob’s perpetration of violence upon Dr Langley. The police were inactive – Dr Langley’s case was never investigated. The ultimate betrayal came from Dr Langley’s older children, who selfishly refused to provide affidavits and testify as witnesses to Rob’s violence towards Dr Langley and Cayden, despite having witnessed and been victims to Rob themselves, leaving Dr Langley broken hearted and devastated. During the final court hearing, the judge demonstrated clearly that he was corrupt – he took Rob’s side and penalized Dr Langley for withholding confidential information on her whereabouts and for editing the photos of her badly battered and bruised face caused by Rob, amongst other accusations. He also refused to wait for the police to conclude their investigation into Rob before going to trial and Rob, having the upper hand, managed to obtain a statement of good conduct from a police officer, who was supposedly a family friend.