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“Hey!” I jump off the bench. “Can I talk to you for a moment, Brett?”
“Why are you doing this to Liam? Tome? Do you really think this is necessary?”
He keeps walking.
“Are you really this spiteful of a person? Thanks for showing me your true colors.”
He stops and turns around. “I loved you. I loved our lives before he came back to wreck it and I know you did too. Maybe he’ll plead this out and I’ll forgive you and take you back.”
“What?”
“I’d have to fuck him out of your system though.” He steps back. “Maybe even get you a therapist as well. You clearly need help.”
I slap him far harder than Lauren slapped me.
He grimaces, looking like he wants to return the hit, but he steps back.
“Mr Brett?” A suit calls from down the hall. “They’re waiting for us upstairs.”
“Not showing up to court tomorrow will be a felony and I’ll definitely have you arrested.”
“Brett,please.”
He turns away from me without another word.
13
LIAM
The “best lawyer in the country,” is apparently a guy named Damien Carter from Hamilton & Associates in New York. He flew here on a private jet and looks more like a GQ model than an esteemed attorney.
I’ve been sitting in this courthouse room with him for all of an hour, and all he’s said is “just trust me” any time I ask a question.
I can’t take this shit…
“Did you read my notes, Mr. Carter?”
“No, I didn’t need to.”
“Are you going to ask whether I committing this crime or not?”
“That’s not my job.” He smiles. “My job is to win.”
“Mr. Carter…” I sigh. “This guy has a personal vendetta against me. Even apublic defenderwould ask me for some information.”
“That’s probably why they tend to lose most of the time.”
“I’m facing ten years in prison.”
“I thought it wastwenty.” He looks at his phone and starts tapping the screen. “I stand corrected. Ten years, mandatorycourt costs, and a spot on the sex offender registry. Sounds pretty fucked up.”
“You’re planning to help me get out of that, correct?”
“I don’t know yet,” he says. “Is there coffee in here?”
What in the…
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