ALEX

"Report," I say to Ryan as I step into the Detention center where Leah is being held as she waits for trial which is the day after tomorrow.

Ryan falls into step with me as we walk, and he responds. "She hasn't said a word. She keeps pleading the Fifth. Detectives can't get anything out of her. She's been stonewalling since the moment she was brought in."

I stop walking and turn to face him slowly, my eyes narrowing.

"What?"

Ryan stiffens, swallowing hard. He looks like he's seen a damn ghost.

I stare at him, my jaw clenched so hard I'm shocked my teeth are not falling off.

"Ryan," I say with deadly calm, "you have ten seconds to explain what the hell you're talking about."

He flinches slightly, but then his eyes meet mine, "It seems she has someone backing her. Otherwise, why would she be so confident and arrogant with all this evidence against her?"

I breathe in through my nose, slowly, carefully. Hoping it will calm me down.

It doesn't.

It fucking makes me see red.

"She asked for her lawyer, but the idiot didn't even show up. But that didn't seem

to bother her. She's so sure she'll walk out free. I was going to report it to you, but...," he trails off.

I understand why he didn't. Luca's word is as final as mine, so he obviously took it as my order.

I continue walking. We step through

tiles. When we reach the viewing

arms crossed, I watch

a slouched posture, casually chewing gum like she's waiting for a fucking nail

the doctor in

her gum and shrugs.

to have him

"Fifth." She smiles.

fucking smiles and I feel

a joke. Like she didn't rip lives apart. Like she didn't shatter Athena. Like she didn't damn near ruin my son before he even had a chance

touched what she shouldn't have, and yet she

bitch is cocky. Smug. Delusional enough

times and end up shooting Sloane?" He asks, and my heart stops. A picture of my cousin lying in bed as she fights for her life with no guarantee of her being able to walk again flashes before me, and I lose it when she checks her nails

plead the fifth,

violent. The kind of rage I haven't unleashed in years not since the days I earned the reputation

I watch her lick her lips, chewing her gum like

I've moved until Ryan grips

off the cameras," I

monitors hesitates. He's pale. I can

Good.

He should be afraid.

do that, sir.

as I step forward. Slowly. Like a

happens when you refuse a direct

the

Click.

light above

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