"This is it; this is exactly what we need right now," Martha said, squinted her eyes at Luke's laptop. "We can through facial ID and–"Now, before you get too excited," Luke said, closing down his laptop. "We did this to get proof to show that my client is not a criminal and is not guilty of as ascribed crimes and it turned out we got exactly what we needed and more," he grabbed his laptop from her table and her eyes grew bigger, "I will only give this videos to you if you assure that it proves beyond doubt that Mr. Benson Astor is, in fact, innocent," he screwed his face and backed away from her table."I knew this would happen the moment you walked in," Martha chuckled and rose from her seat, "you are lucky you caught in a light mood else I would have had you locked for withholding evidence for an ongoing investigation. We can incline the rules and have you named an accomplice but then what good would that do anybody?" She spread her hands in the air as she cocked her head.Luke too
David lead them to the man he and his partner had caught and chained to the table in one of the cells.“Martha felt a surge of anger boil through her body as she set eyes on the man sitting and wincing in pain and recognized him to be the one who shot Alita. “That’s him,” she rolled her fingers into a fist and stiffened her arms to try and calm the rage of hatred that oozed out of her. “That’s the bastard that took her,” she glanced at John and then back at the man. “Who did this to him?” she turned to David after observing the bruises and cut on his face swollen face.“That all happened when we were trying to catch him,” David muttered.“Good,” she said, unlocking the cell door and pushing it open. “This is just the beginning of his pain,” she growled as her eyes flared with anger. The look on her face startle John when she turned her face to his and said, “Get them here, Mr. Astor and co,” she took her jacket off and handed it to John, “while I beat all I need to know out of this go
Benson held Alita’s trembling hands in his and peered into her eyes. “Are you okay?” his heart almost following the words out too, “you know him?” he squeezed her hands tighter, “What is wrong with you?”Alita shut her eyes closed and inhaled as she regained her consciousness. “I am okay,” she said, but the words were muffled, so she cleared her throat, “I am okay. Stop looking at me like that,” she faked a smile and then turned her head to Josh, then back at Benson, ignoring the extra curious eyes staring at her.She wished she didn’t just blurt out his name when she saw him. It would have saved her from the question she was now finding the best way to answer so she would not reveal he was her very close associate when she was something of the chief dealer in Richie’s drug mafia a few years ago. She had no control of the rage that surged through her when her eyes set on him and somehow, through his disfigured face, recognized him after hearing him call her Al.Nobody had called her t
It was as if Benson read Alita’s mind when he carried her from as soon as her feet touched the ground from her to the bed in Alita’s room. She looked at him with love as she felt weightless in his arm.He quickly went back to the car for Julie too.“I’ve been thinking about it, and it’s okay if you don’t want it,” Benson shook his head, avoiding eye contact with Alita as he laid Julie by her side.“What?”“I think we should let Julie have her room to herself, void of all the things we do here,” He shrugged, suppressing the urge to smile as he thought about the last time they had sex in Julies room. “She could use a little more respect and privacy,” he cocked his head.“Yeah, about that,” Alita rolled her eyes and pulled herself into a sitting position. “I have been thinking about it too. I mean, it's kinda weird when you think about it,” she fiddled with her finger, looking at Julie, “Sorry,” she mouthed at Julie and giggled, raising her hand to her mouth.“Alright, we are on the same
“No,” John cocked his head at Martha as she turned to Josh. “That’s enough, Martha,” his brows drew close as he moved in front of her, “we need him to be able to talk, which means he has to be able to breathe too. He has taken enough for one day. Let me talk to him,” John raised his hand and held his palm at her.Martha shrugged and shot a glare at Josh. “He’s the motherfucker that kidnapped Becky Mills, the girl that we never found,” she raised her brows at John as his face twisted. She nodded, “yeah, he is the ghost we were trying to track but never found, and guess what,” she rubbed her palm together and looked over John’s shoulder at Josh, winced sharply, and brought her face back to John’s. “There are other girls that he had kidnapped too. All the missing kids around here,” she placed her hands on John’s shoulder and continued, “He is responsible, so forgive me for getting carried away.”“You got a lot on you, man,” John said as he swirled round to face Josh, folding his hands ov
“I've always felt it in my gut that prince was up to no good, and the hall was just a good face to cover his dirty parts. I knew it was all too good to be true, and now we just confirmed it," Martha said, clasping her hands behind her as she and John walked away from Josh's cell after locking him up."This is all strange, but I can't say I am surprised," John pushed his lips forward, "it's like those guys up there can't help but dip their hands in the dirt. It is like a disease they can't run away from. That's why the system needs us to open our secrets and let everyone know what they are. We save the less privileged and unfortunate people that get caught up while the rich bastards are at their crimes mostly out of envy for each other. Watching people get justice is the fun part of the job. The priceless smiles that lit up the sad faces of those hurt or robbed of their lives are what keeps me going," he added, leading the way to David's office."True," Martha agreed. "To see that ever
Alita was heartbroken when she got the news that Josh was poisoned in his cell. No, it wasn’t because se cared about what happened to him, instead she was sad that he didn’t live long enough to help the police get Richie. That would have been her ultimate revenge.She didn’t have to be told that Richie paid a dirty cop to kill Josh for him. It was typical of him to go to any extent to save himself, even if it meant killing one of his own. He was quick to get rid of her and he was that way with everyone.It would leave her devastated if Richie somehow maneuvered his way around all the fingers pointed at him and emerged free from his well-deserved punishment. He was definitely going to come for Benson and her again. He never leaves a stone unturned when he wanted something or someone taken off his path for him.The problem was there were many people as good and even more brutal that Josh working for Richie and they were all one call away. She felt unsafe every minute from when she heard
"Sarah has not been talking to me. I know she is mad at me. She asks about my health and all when she calls, but after that, she hangs up," Alita said as her expression dulled."You are probably overthinking it. Sarah just called you a second ago, and you are, panicking over it here. She called you yesterday and the day before," Benson shook his head and raised his chin. "I don't understand the fuzz, honestly. You girls are okay. I mean, if I were your best friend, I would be a little," he pinched his fingers at her, "...mad at you for keeping your relationship from me. I might be a little mad that you were keeping us a secret, but I ain't Sarah, and I was keeping you a secret too so," he squared his shoulder as his brows rose."How did this become about you just now, Benson Astor," she gave him a once-over, and he shrugged in surrender."It was?" He muttered, looking away. "It wasn't-isn't….""What do you know… how many friends do you have?" Anita hissed and let herself fall into the