1. The Promise- Part 2


    Date: 12/29/2014, Categories: Reluctance, Author: NaughtyWriter69, Rating: 4, Source: LushStories

    car. Gio sat facing her in the backseat of the limousine. Next to her was a large African American man in what had to be an expensive custom suit. Nothing off the rack could possible fit the man, and she could only barely make out the shoulder holster of his handgun. A similar mountain, but of the Italian variety sat next to Gio. “Don’t mind the boys. As I’m sure you’re seeing on this case, there’s lots of people in this town who try and take shots at me. These guys just try to make sure I’m ok, ya know?” Rebecca didn’t care for the idea of being the Spinelli family’s courtroom enforcer. She had avoided the big defense firms precisely so she wouldn’t be helping criminals. While she was pretty sure Andreas might not be all the way guilty, she didn’t want to make helping him a habit. “Mr. Spinelli...” “Gio, sweetie. Please.” “Mr. Spinelli...” Gio’s smile dropped. “I looked over your Andreas’s case. The DA looks to be relying on some less-than-credible witnesses. One in particular is not going to be useable on the stand. The other I haven’t gotten to really look at yet, but I don’t think the case is winnable. I think he’ll be fine in court.” “So you’re sure you can find something on the other witness, or what? I don’t like the sound of ‘I think he’ll be fine’, Ms. Johnson.” She had clearly changed the dynamic of their conversation with her insistence on formality. “It means that I’ve done all I can do for you, and even this pushes the boundaries of my professional ethics.” “Oh ...
    does it, now? Because I hear from my sources that you had some office hanky-panky going on last night.” The knot in Rebecca’s stomach dropped and grew ten times bigger. Stunned into silence, she could only listen as he continued. That’s right, Ms. Johnson, I see a lot of this town, all the time. You and some coworker steaming up the windows behind a locked door? Spare me the ethics lecture. Show me the file on the other witness, the bitch from the club.” Rebecca started to grab for her briefcase. She was sure now that no matter what Andreas did or didn’t do at the club, Gio Spinelli was behaving like a criminal. The doors of the limo locked as the bodyguard next to her took her hands in one of his giant mitts and squeezed. She thought he was going to break her wrists as tears pricked her eyes. The other bodyguard took her case and rifled it until he found the file. He removed the inventory list and replaced it, then added a few photos to the folder before replacing it and returning the case to her. She rubbed feeling back into her hands as her wrists were let go. “I had hoped you would take care of all this for us, Ms. Johnson. Work on that next time. For now, just return that file to your office and forget we met today. I don’t think that witness is going to prove very useful on the stand.” The car stopped. They had circled the block and the door opened to reveal her building. Rebecca stepped onto the sidewalk with her bag and the tampered folder. Gio Spinelli looked at her ...
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