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“She didn’t say no,” he repeated, letting me know that would be his defense—no no, meant yes.
“So what happened after you raped her?” His head jerked at the sound of my question. “You went out with her mother and had sex with her too?”
Our eyes remained locked as he processed my words. “I didn’t rape her.”
“Just answer the question, Eric.”
“Yes.”
“Did you threaten Mia in any way? Or bribe her to keep her from telling her mother what happened?”
His head shook. “I just told her I made her mom really happy and took care of their bills. That if she told her we had sex, there was a chance she’d break up with me, and they would be homeless again.” With a scoff, I scratched behind my ear. “I need to know how you’re going to play this in court. I can’t… outright say I didn’t have sex with her. Not unless she gets an abortion first. I’ve been trying to reach out to her to offer to pay for it and compensate her for the loss, but she’s blocking every number I try and cal—”
“Hold up.” My hands lifted as I sat up in my seat. “You got herpregnant?”
Eric shrugged. “Apparently so, unless she was having sex with someone else at the same time.”
“How do you know she’s pregnant?”
“I’ve still been talking to Cheryl. She’s upset that Mia is pregnant and won’t tell her who the baby is by. If I can get her to have an abortion before trial, there will be no evidence of our night together. But if she has that baby, regardless of how good your defense is, I’m going to do time. Cheryl is pushing for an abortion, so I think it’s going to happen. I just need to apply a little more pressure. Convince her that she only has two years left of being a full-time mom before she can truly live for herself again. But if Mia keeps this baby, they both will be her responsibility for several more years.”
Standing, I buttoned my suit jacket. “I’m going to speak with the managing partner about getting another attorney to represent you.”
“What?” He stood, laughing as I rounded the table. “Why?”
“Because I don’t represent rapists.”
“I didn’t ra—”
“You did!” I roared, wrapping my hand around his neck and using it to slam him into the wall. “You fucking did! No matter how much you try to pretty it up in your head, you did. And worse, you’re manipulating her mother into destroying evidence of what you did to her child. Now I’m going to let you go, and if you have any sense, you’ll shut your fucking mouth and let me leave. Otherwise, I’m going to beat your ass and take you down to 201 myself.”
After banging his head against the wall, I left. Violet was in a meeting with a client, but I didn’t even give a damn. I felt like I was going to explode.
“We need to talk,” I told her as she stood.
“Can this wait, Attorney Williams? I’m meeting with a client.”
“If it could, I wouldn’t be in here.”
Without waiting for her to agree, I left her office to head to mine. Only a few seconds passed before I heard her heels clicking.
“Amaru!” she whisper-yelled, grabbing my elbow. “What the hell was that? Do you know who that was?”
“He did it,” I said through gritted teeth. “Eric did it, and I’m not representing him. You need to get someone else to handle this case, and you need to keep him away from me. I’m liable to kill that nigga, Violet. For real.”
“Okay, Amaru. I need you to take a deep breath for me.”
My eyes rolled slightly as I shook my head, but she grabbed my hands and forced me to look at her and do as she said. Usually when we had these moments, it took about five deep breaths to calm me down. This time, I lost count after ten. Eventually, my shoulders relaxed along with the muscles in my face.
“Now, tell me what happened with your client.”
I ran down the details of our conversation with her, ending it with, “He’s in the conference room now. We need to get rid of him as a client.”
“He brings in a hell of a lot of money, Amaru. We’re going to bleed him and make sure he not only goes to prison but that he pays for what he did to her—literally.”
Before we could finish our conversation, Jeremy came charging down the hall like a madman.
“Are you out of your fucking mind?” He pointed a finger in my direction as he neared us. “Do you know how hard it was for me to convince Eric to not fire you as his attorney?”
