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The Promise- Part 2
Date: 12/29/2014, Categories: Reluctance, Author: NaughtyWriter69, Rating: 4, Source: LushStories
over the half-opened window. “Once you get this case dropped, I want you to escort my boy from the jail. Let the press get some pictures of you two. I think you two would look good together. You do this personally, Ms. Johnson.” He rolled up the window leaving her to stare at reflection, then pulled away. There was no expectation of agreement from her. She understood now that she was very close to being owned by the mob. If she didn’t get herself ahead a little, she’d be swept up in the power plays of others for the rest of her career. She looked at the file on the subway. The new inventory was the same as the old, with the addition of a line item referencing the pictures that were now paperclipped to the folder. They were explicit and showed the witness in several compromising positions with Andreas Spinelli. It wouldn’t take much for a defense attorney to make a jury wonder if she was retaliating for a one-night stand and some embarrassing pictures. Whether Andreas was innocent or not, the way the Spinellis were handling this, didn’t look at all like an upstanding family. Who the hell was she kidding?- They’re the Mafia for god’s sake. She threw the folder in her bag and tried to clear her head for the rest of the trip. She arrived at the office knowing the case was dead. With no witnesses to testify and no camera footage, it was two drunk rich kids’ word against each other. No judge would bother with this. Brody was the first person she saw stepping off the elevator. She ...