AllFreeNovel
Share Us
If I could reach over the glass and strangle him without getting caught I would. Only, that doesn’t solve Bernadette’s problems. Or my quest for revenge.
“Where’s Bernadette’s laptop, sketchbooks, and portfolio?”
“Oh, counselor.” Michael sits back. “I’m disappointed in you.”
I glance down at his file, and something isn’t sitting right with me. This guy is clearly educated. Despite fucking over Bernadette, he has an air of sophistication about him. Maybe he’s just one of those assholes who’s more confident than he should be.
“Care to give me the name of your supplier?”
“And end up six feet under?” He rubs his bruised knuckles from fighting. “I watchLaw and Orderand all those other legal dramas. No way was the search of my apartment legal. That’s the defense.”
That can’t be the only defense. He was caught with the shit on his coffee table.
“It’s always wise to have a backup plan.” My specialty is shredding a prosecution’s case by poisoning the chain of evidence with dirty searches.
“And that’s why I wantyou. The Leland case.”
That’s how this prick knows me. Why he wanted me. I represented his company after a pre-dawn raid by the SEC. I said the search and seizure was illegal, and the judge agreed.
I won, but that was a brutal case.
And...
I had some inside information I never told anyone about. Fuck.
“I’ll have my investigator review the police reports. If there’s a hole in the process, he’ll find it.”
Cops can be lazy. Clerks get shit wrong. Judges can be biased.
“Hell, yeah. That’s what I’m talking about.” Kinsey slaps the plexiglass, wanting a high five.
All he gets from me is a dirty look.
I tap the folder I made up. “Where was Bernadette’s stuff before the cops showed up?”
“Hidden.” Michael grins.
“She was out of town. Why hide it?”
“To keep her in line.”
The vein in my neck throbs with fury. I’ve only known her for a couple of days. Reading people is a gift of mine. She’s as genuine as they come.
“A real pain in the ass, she was, huh?” I try the empathy game.
“You can say that.” Kinsey wears a shit-eating grin like we have similar dating woes.
Laying my harsh truth on him would wipe thatsmile from his face so fast, he’d pull a muscle and it would hurt to open his mouth for a week.
“She paid my retainer.” I won’t tell him where she’s getting money for the case yet. I’m saving that one. “I’m signed on. My name is on the dotted line. I’m going to see it through. Tell me where her drawings are.”
“Do I have a court date yet?”
“Six weeks is the first slot available for a hearing.”
“Too long.” He shakes his head. “Get me out of here. I want another bond hearing.”
If he’s out, he might harass Bernadette. I can’t lock her in my duplex for the month. Ash and Emery paid for her company. I can put a guard on her, but that will get expensive.
