Noughts And Crosses

Sephy asks her sister Minnie for advice on her decision to attend boarding school. Minnie reveals she also asked to attend boarding school a few weeks ago and that she knows Sephy has been drinking. Sephy breaks into tears. Minnie comforts her and assures her she is working on getting their father’s approval for both of them to attend boarding school and that both of them will be gone by September.

Callum attends his father’s trial, and he notices his father’s face is bruised. The jury consists of all Cross men and women, which does not bode well for justice to actually be served in the case. The judge asks for Ryan McGregor’s plea on the count of political terrorism. Callum calls out for his father to plead not guilty, which he does. The judge calls out the murder charges, naming each of the victims, and Ryan pleads not guilty to each of them as the crowd becomes more and more agitated. The judge removes all the people who had come to observe the trial, but Callum is overjoyed by his father’s pleas.

Sephy is shocked to receive a subpoena to testify in court. Both her mother and her sister chastise her for her relationship with Callum and