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Play Nice
10 years later
Leonie
“I’m so sorry. I tried to fight it the best I could,
” Derek
winced on the other end of the phone. His voice was dismal,
broken. His words alone could have brought me to tears, but
his tone was the final nail in the ten-year-old coffin.
I sniffed and nodded, though he couldn’t see me. In my
dark apartment, I sat alone on the sofa, the phone pressed to
my ear. The TV was the only light; the credits of the film I
hadn’t focused on rolled. There wasn’t a hope in hell that I
could pay attention to the rom-com when I’d been expecting
this call. I’d been expecting this result.
“The parole hearing is going ahead,
” he continued as I
picked at the fringe of my blanket. It was ridiculously hot
outside for the beginning of the English summer, but I
needed the comfort. “And as much as you don’t want to hear
this and already know this, Firdman’s record since being in
prison has been impeccable. His lawyers are pretty bloody
good, too.”
“Mm-hmm,
” I mumbled, picking harder, pulling the
cotton out and placing it on the arm of the chair. “New
lawyers. Again. Where is he getting this money from?”
My phone buzzed in my ear. From the text tone, I knew
exactly who it was. Jared. My ex.
“I don’t know,
” Derek admitted, frustrated. It was rare he
didn’t know something. The most expensive lawyer in my
hometown, the man who worked ruthlessly for gang families
across the coast. Including mine.
If he didn’t know, not only was Daniel Firdman suddenly
rich, but he was also well cared for. Surely that was all the
proof they needed that the scum from North Darley wasn’t as
he had seemed at trial ten years ago.
If Derek didn’t know what had happened, there was no
hope.
Throughout my legal career thus far, Derek was the
mentor who kept me going. This case, my father’s murder,
was the one that inspired me to take the career path when my
family’s route had already been picked out for me.
I knew it was a disappointment for some for the mafia
princess, Luís Castillo’s only child and heir, to be in a
courtroom.
My family had never exactly been on the right side of the
law, but when the Belovs and Castillos joined to create legal
businesses, Derek became one of their fast and much-needed
friends.
“It’s only been ten years,
” I grovelled. The five stages of
grief had been on rotation for those years. I was back to
bargaining.
“I think we were lucky to get that far,
” he said quietly.
“Armed robbery with a fatality. Without being able to confirm
it was premeditated… you know this, Leonie.”
“I do. I know you’re right.” I stopped picking at the
blanket and started breathing properly again. “Thank you for
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