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Adam"Given his record," the prosecutor said."Objection, your honor, all previous charges against my client were dropped," my attorney interrupted.My plan to avoid prison would go into action soon. In the meantime, my attorney was trying to negotiate a way for me to not go to jail. Luckily, I had given him a heads up on what was to come. I didn't go into specific detail about the whole situation, but I gave my attorney enough information that he could plan out how the entire case would go.Despite knowing everything would work out in my favor, I worried about the person sitting two rows behind me. I didn't expect Daphnie to attend the hearing. Although she accepted me when she found out I had a record, would she stay by my side now that accusations were made? Would she believe those accusations? I knew she didn't want to."Your honor, the victim identified Mr. Carter immediately.""The victim has yet to be considered a reliable witness," my attorney defended. "He just woke up from a
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AdamI opened my eyes to a blinding light.What the hell did I do to make it to heaven?I tried to reach forward, but my hand was being held back. I looked down and saw that both of my hands were handcuffed to rails. I began to tremble and have difficulty breathing.They took me out of the cage and threw a cloth bag over my head. They practically dragged me to wherever they were taking me.They pushed me down on a chair and tied my arms tightly to the arms of the chair. I tried to wiggle free, but the rope was too tight. My hands started to go numb.They took the bag off my head, punched me in the face, and several times more until my nose was broken and bleeding.They took tasers to my arms, stomach, and neck. They put the cloth bag back over my head, pulled my head back, and started pouring water over my face. I couldn't breathe.I kept trying to break free but couldn't."Adam... Adam... Adam!"I was gasping for air. I looked to my right and saw Ben."Hey, you're okay. You're safe."
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DaphnieThank God my father's coworkers and boss stepped up to talk to the police about his mental issues. After a couple of weeks, Adam was found not guilty and released from House Arrest. As expected, Detective Halstead was pissed and said he would be closely watching Adam. Once his bank accounts were unfrozen, Adam immediately went back to work to get things up and running again. He was swamped for two weeks.As for my father, I signed off on him being sent to a mental institution for the rest of his life and completely disowned him. I even changed my last name to Hernandez, my mother's name, making me feel liberated.I didn't tell Amber about everything that happened with Adam being arrested or my father being thrown out of my life. Adam and I agreed it was best not to talk about it to anyone; we wanted to put everything behind us.I could tell that Adam was afraid of me leaving him again. Whenever we were together, he would hold me at every opportunity, whether just standing in l
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DaphnieWhen I woke up, Adam was sitting next to me; he was already dressed and ready for the day."What time is it?" I asked."Ten.""What?""Yeah, you were exhausted."Adam started stroking my hair."Where's Vader?""He's running around in the field. I already fed him. Shadow and Snowflake are already fed, and I took care of my chores, so you just need to get ready. I'm making breakfast. After we eat, we'll go riding.""Okay."Adam kissed my forehead and walked out of the room. I dressed in jeans, a t-shirt, and boots, put on my hat, and headed downstairs. The smell of bacon greeted me as I stepped into the kitchen."That smells delicious!""Bacon and blueberry pancakes for my queen." Adam kissed me on the forehead. "Eat up."I sat down and completely devoured my bacon and pancakes. The bacon was nice and crisp, and the pancakes were slightly raw around the blueberries. Just the way I liked my breakfast."Ready?""Yeah."Adam took my hand and guided me to the stables where Shadow an
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Adam"What the fuck do you want?" I asked."I would watch my language if I were you, Adam."It took everything in me not to go off on him. The only reason I didn't threaten to kill him was that I knew he could do worse than that fire. I took a deep breath."I would like to rediscuss being business partners, and I will honor my original offer to you. This time, however, you will need to get your hands dirty, but I'm sure you'll find a way out of any trouble you find yourself in.""What makes you so sure?""I've been watching you very closely, Adam. I am very impressed by how you got yourself out of going to jail for those assault charges. Even after weeks of studying, my men couldn't find a single flaw in your plan that would lead the police to continue to believe you were guilty."I knew my plan would bite me in the ass, but I didn't think it would hit me this way. I let out a sigh. I couldn't believe I was back in this situation."What do you want?""We will do business together for
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DaphnieI sat on the bed next to my dress for the gala. Adam had some business to take care of, so I would have to wait for him to come to get me.My hair was already styled, and a team did my make-up. They also did my nails. My manicure was finished with nude-colored polish, and my ring finger was polished with silver. My pedicure was finished with red polish that matched my dress. All that was left to do was change into the designer dress that was picked out for me.I looked at the time. It was 5:30. Adam was supposed to get me at 6:00, so I decided to get dressed. The dress fit me perfectly. It was as if somebody tailored it specifically for me. The wedges fit perfectly as well. I secured the strap around my ankles and stood up to look in the mirror. I looked beautiful. Usually, dressing up made me feel good, but I wanted nothing more than to put my hair in a ponytail, wash off my make-up and change into yoga pants and a T-shirt.As I looked in the mirror, there was a knock on the
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AdamI hung up the phone and put my head down on the table. Working for Don Emilio was just as stressful as I assumed. As soon as I introduced his wine to my hotels, it was a bestseller, and his wine brought more business.In three months, I served Don Emilio's wine in all my hotels and eliminated three of the five other brands I sold. Don Emilio's weekly profit, for wine alone, was an average of eighty-five thousand dollars. As for drugs, he was making a thirty million dollar profit a week. All were just working through me. Like most powerful men, Don Emilio wanted more, so I bought and remodeled twenty-seven hotels and started building eighteen more.I was conflicted about how successful I was. The good thing was that Daphnie would be safe. The bad thing, Don Emilio would want me to work closer to him once six months had passed. I didn't understand why he chose me out of all people. Plenty of people had more connections and were better than me. Either way, there was no backing out.
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DaphnieI paced back and forth in the waiting room of the Emergency Department. Adam's blood was still all over me, my hands were shaking, and I was on the verge of having an anxiety attack."Daphnie Hanson?" I heard a deep, rough voice say. I turned around and saw a man who looked to be in his late fifties approach me. His hair was faded, light gray on the sides and dark gray on top. He looked like a man you did not want to mess with. Walking next to him was a man who looked to be in his late thirties with light brown hair."Yes?""I'm Sergeant Voight. This is Detective Roman. Can you tell us what happened?""We were on a date; We were facing each other, and then I heard a gunshot, and Adam fell to the ground," I said as I fought back the tears that threatened to fall."Do you have any idea who could've done this?"I knew who was responsible but didn't know who pulled the trigger. I wasn't sure if I should say anything, as I didn't want to get Adam in trouble."No," I shook my head.
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