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I spend the next hours answering questions from Lyric and telling him what Murray did over and over again. Until I feel like a parrot.
“Okay,” he finally says. “We have what we need.”
“What happens now?”
“Since Murray doesn’t live in town, we’ll contact the prosecutor’s office in White Bridge. The prosecutor’s office has the discretion to decide whether or not to pursue the case.”
“And if the case is pursued?”
Lyric snaps his notebook shut. “They’ll be a trial.”
My hands shake and my stomach dips to the floor. A trial? I’d have to tell everyone what happened in a courtroom? Maybe this was a bad idea. Maybe I shouldn’t file the complaint. Maybe I should forget all about it.
“No,” Aspen growls.
“What?”
“You aren’t going to withdraw your complaint.”
“But a trial? He only kissed me. He didn’t… you know…”
“Did you want him to kiss you?”
I rear back. “No!”
“Then, what he did was a crime. And he should be punished for it.”
I gulp. “But…”
“What if he does this to other women? You ran away. What if there are other women out there who couldn’t get away?”
The idea that asshole Murray could hurt another woman – could assault another woman in a much worse way than what happened with me – has my body tensing. I’m no longer afraid. I’m angry. Why do men think they can do whatever they want without repercussion?
“Okay.” I nod. “I’ll do it.”
“You won’t be alone. I’ll be with you,” Aspen vows. “Every step of the way.”
“I don’t know how to thank you.”
She frowns. “You don’t need to thank me. In fact, I should probably apologize to you for being a bitch.”
Lyric growls. “You’re not a bitch.”
She rolls her eyes. “Ignore him. A man in love is not a good judge of character.”
A man in love? I wish I knew how it feels to have a man who loves me. I thought maybe Damon could be the one. But I was wrong. He dumped me without a second thought.
“Come on.” Aspen stands. “I’ll escort you home.”
“I—”
“I wasn’t asking.”
I may not know how it feels to have a man who loves me, but I have a woman who’s willing to fight in my corner for me. It’s a new experience, but it feels pretty fantastic.
“Okay.”
Chapter 35
