Dear Ex Wife Please take me back by The Every Woman

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.

We step through the security

When we reach the viewing room with

my arms crossed, I watch

like she's waiting for a fucking nail appointment. The detective across from

the doctor in charge that night,

her gum and shrugs.

steal a random baby and kill him to have him swapped with Rayen?"

"Fifth." She smiles.

fucking smiles and I feel my blood rushing to

is a joke. Like she didn't rip lives apart. Like

and touched what she shouldn't have, and yet she wants to hide behind

is cocky. Smug. Delusional

three 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,

plead the

its way up my chest. Something old. Something violent. The kind of rage I haven't unleashed in years not since the days

lick her lips, chewing

don't even realize I've moved until Ryan

the cameras,"

monitors hesitates. He's pale. I can see the fear dancing

Good.

He should be afraid.

that, sir. These

Leah as I step forward. Slowly. Like a

a direct order from me?"

swallows, reaching toward the console with

Click.

red light above the camera