We're all here in my office. Marcus, Jason, and I are getting ready to meet with Damian Cain. I hope his reputation doesn't precede him and that he's not that hard to work with. If we can get him to rein in his bad boy status we just might have a chance at winning this thing.

"So guys, are we prepared as to what to do to help Damian?"

"Yeah we've got everything ready to go," Marcus tells me.

"Good. I want this meeting to go smoothly.

So, Damian walks in 10 minutes late and he's definitely handsome. He's wearing a leather jacket over some expensive collared shirt and pants. Damn. I can see why girls flock to him, and why the media does, and also I see the excitement in him that Emma was probably attracted to.  

"Hi, Damian. Please come in and sit down." I gesture for him to sit. "These are my partners on the case, Jason and this is Marcus. We are the best of the best and we plan to represent you well."

"Well, you know I didn't do it right?" Damian says wryly with this ultra smug grin. I'm surrounded by alpha males all the time; I swear, but honestly that shit never gets old. I just don’t want it to lose his case.

"That's what we're here to figure out," Jason says.

"Okay, but as my lawyers, I need you to know I didn't do it and I would never do such a thing. You have to understand that. Okay? We can't move forward if you think I could be guilty of this heinous act. I don't care what they say in the media. This case has given me a bad rap for life, and it could potentially end my life, so I need you guys to understand how serious this is."

"We do, we do. That's why we're in this case, to get you free. We don't want anyone who's going to jail to be innocent, okay?" Jason's trying to settle him.

"And, we're competent at our jobs and as long as you keep telling us the truth about what happened I think we have a real shot at winning this thing." Marcus also tries to make him feel better.

I'm sitting back in my chair enjoying the view of the three alpha males going up against each other. It's hot to see them arguing back and forth and having this banter. I imagine I might like to have all three of them. But then I think how Marcus and Jason are about all I can handle. Plus, I need to be focused on justice, not men.  

"So, Damian tell us what happened," I say.

"Well, I met Emma at a local club called Rotate. She was so sexy and things really got dirty between us. We flirted all night and she asked if I wanted to come back to her apartment. Of course, I did and we had sex, obviously. We got together a few more times after that, but on the might of the murder, she acting super jealous of other girls she had heard I'd been with. We got into a huge argument and I left her place pissed about it. Emma was just acting irrational and I realized I needed to get out of there. I mean I wasn't her boyfriend or anything even close to that, so I didn't think it mattered. I left her apartment and just went home and passed out. The next thing I know, she was murdered by the next day. I swear I don't know how it happened. I was just traumatized after the event, thinking that I had left her there right before someone came in and took her life. I just couldn't believe that happened. She was so beautiful and gorgeous and she had a whole life to lead. I did not fucking do this and I would not have ever done some shit like this. There’s bad...and there’s fucking evil."

His remorse at not being there to protect her seems sincere and I'm definitely starting to believe and to know in my heart that Damian did not do this.

Not that it matters one fucking bit on a case. We're presenting a case, and the truth whether people like to admit it or not is that when you bring a case to court, only the best argument matters. The truth, and justice...well you just hope they win with that best argument.

"Also, you know, I wasn't the only fling. She had other boyfriends, and I think she might've been upset over one of them. I don't know. I'm under the impression that they were boring guys, business guys. But she was definitely sleeping with other people.  She liked me because I wasn't like them. I was a challenge to her and life with me is always thrilling so she loved that. It's not like I didn't want to be with here. I did. I just didn't want to be so committed. I don't commit to any girl. Not at this point in my life. But, she was wild. Who knows what she had going on in her life."

"That's interesting," Marcus chimes in. "You said there were other boyfriends?"

"Yeah, so what?"

"We'll according to our paperwork the police didn't even bother to check them out. That's a major oversight and I think there might be an angle there."

"You are so right Marcus, Any one of them should be suspects and I think we should hone in on that," Jason agrees.

"Good jobs guys," I say. I also agree with them completely. This is a good opening for us to see what’s what on this whole case, and what might be waiting to be pointed out and crack this wide open.

I turn toward Damien and let that little air of excitement cast a small smile over my face, but I need to impress upon him that he needs to take our jobs seriously. Innocent or not, if the case doesn’t go well, his ass won’t be wearing sexy suits and going to clubs, it'll be wearing an orange jumpsuit. Plus, his shoe, well, it would be a shame to see them go canvas. "Listen, Damian, that's what happens when you're completely transparent with us. We can help you. Because you told us everything, do you see how we found a new angle to go on? You've gotta keep in touch with us and consider us your team in everything. And, please tell us anything you remember, even if it seems insignificant."

"Yeah, if you think of anything more, be sure to fill us in okay?" Jason knows the importance of getting all the facts.

"Okay sure guys, thanks for listening and I'm trusting you on this. This is my entire future and you have to handle this thing right and defend me. God knows I'm paying you enough."

"You are Damian, but it's never about money for us. We believe in representing the law and in providing justice and a fair trial," I say, feeling kind of offended he would ever think my job is only about money. "We will work hard for you, but our motto is innocent until proven guilty. We definitely want to help you because we know you're innocent. Okay? Believe in that."

"Okay, thanks. Thanks for your time and I guess we'll be in touch."

Damian leaves and we all sit around and look at each other.

"Wow," I say "He's kind of a handful." I knew he was a smug, bad boy shit, but the attitude? Well, he doesn’t need to face off against anyone who isn’t trying to defend him. Prison will so clash with his assholish ways.

"Yeah, he is," Marcus agrees. I sense a little pissing contest in the room because of all this testosterone. Ha, like we need that right now...and, yes, I know I’ve been getting my Vitamin D on the regular, but we’ve got work to do, you know?

"I mean he's gonna hard to wrangle in court. We need to act professionally. He's got to get in line in terms of how he communicates."

"I know that part will be hard."

"Okay, so what do we have to go on?" I ask.

Jason is all business. He says, "I think Marcus was right and the fact that she had other boyfriends is our best point of leverage at this moment. In fact, I will check it out tonight. Okay?"

"Okay, that sounds great, Jason thanks." I thank him for giving us the night off.  

"Yeah thanks, man. Hopefully, we uncover something there."

"All right I'll check it out, you two call it night."