Chapter 7.Sienna’s povAfter the warning note, Greyson had gone full investigator mode. He and his team had been digging for evidence that proved I wasn’t guilty. That came out harder than I thought and today was the first day of trial.“What are we going to do?” asked Courtney, one of his firm’s associates. “Without the body found. We can't make a strong case.”Greyson wore a grey suite that clung to his frame perfectly. Molding and accentuating his broad shoulder, and body. His eyes, those sharp, controlled greys eyes remained focused. Determined.“We’ll do what they are doing. Place facts as we know them. We have no body. They have no body. It so depends on who tells the story better. That’s the secret of most trials.”I looked away from Courtney, remembering Jace. Blonde hair, blue eyes with piercings and tattoos. I hated him and I knew I said I was grateful he was dead, but I truly wish he wasn’t dead.Our relationship wasn’t the best. It was toxic, smoking, lots of drinking, an
Chapter 6:Sienna’s pov“Goodbye, I love each and every one of you. Even you, Amy,” I said hugging Beth. Amy, of course, wouldn’t give me a hug, we weren’t that close and both of us were always at loggerheads with each other.I hadn’t told them I would be standing trial. And just like I’d known, none of them knew where I was. I couldn’t blame them though. It was a normal thing for someone who did what I did. Strip dancing. What I told Beth was that I was moving in with a good friend of mine. It just felt weird explaining all the details of my relationship with Greyson, and more than that there was no way in hell I would introduce him as my husband-to-be just yet or anything in between. If it were possible I would love to leave this part of my life a secret till it was over. I didn’t want to get their hopes high for nothingWith my duffel bag of clothes, I slipped into the car waving one last goodbye to my siblings.“Ready?” he asked from the driver’s seat.I turned to him with a forc
Chapter 5: Greyson’s povI handed her the paper for her to sign. She stared at it, still contemplating, her eyes flickering from one line to the other as she bit her lips.“If you do not——““I’ll sign it. Pen,” she said, beckoning to me and when I arched a brow at her, she went for my bag. But I held up my hand and offered her the pen.“I’ll do it, this place is shit hell.” The pen scribbled across the paper, two places where her signature was needed. She lifted her head, “any other thing?”“Yes.” I retrieved the paper from my bag. “It gives me the right to be your attorney.”She tentatively peeked at the marriage contract form then the legal paper, then with a sigh she muttered, “well, you gotta get what you get, hmm?” Then signed as well.“So what now?”“I’ll motion for an emergency bail hearing.”“I don’t know what that is,” she mumbled.“You’ll know in due time. Give me a moment.” I said, already dialing my secretary’s number as I stepped. If we were to get in touch with a judge
Chapter 4:Sienna’s POV “I didn’t do anything! I didn’t kill Jace!” I yelled for what felt like an eternity but they didn’t listen to me. I was cuffed to the table, the prosecutor questioning me.“Did you see Jace Wright, Sienna?” He asked, he and his partner.“Yes, yes I did.” God, I was about to run insane. I couldn’t be locked up. “When was the last time you saw him?”“Yesterday,” I answered with a sprawled hand.“Good, now we are made to believe that Mr. Jace Wright is your ex——““A shitty one!” I chipped in. They nodded, “a shitty one you said, now miss sienna tell us, why did you visit your ex again?”“Because he kept calling my phone after I caught him fucking my friend. I walked out quietly but the asshole would not leave me alone. I blocked his line but he always found a way to get to me. Yesterday I learned that my mother was sick and then he called me the second time that evening. I was angry, so I took my father’s bat and went to his apartment…..”“Right, hold it right
Chapter 3:Greyson’s POV “This is the fifth publication in one month, don’t they have anything better?” My secretary threw the newspaper on the table as he walked into my office, all cladded in suits.I sighed and rubbed down on my temples. “What are we going to do, Greyson? With these things swarming the internet, we don’t have cases aside from some child juvie cases. We don’t have time on our side. It’s only a matter of time before we become lawyers in the murky waters of clients.”His fear was palpable, though I wouldn’t show it. Three months ago my identity had gone down into the drain. My name was on the cover of every news headline and print. Not in the manner I liked.One major case had sullied my reputation, said I was having an affair with the jury and that was how I won all the cases in town.It wasn’t my fault all the other attorneys were incompetent. Now when they saw an opportunity to bring me down, they swarmed around like bees.Based on the attorney's rule, I couldn’t
Chapter 2:Sienna’s POV I knew I was my father’s daughter. An offspring from him. We were both short-tempered, dangerous, and reckless.When I learnt of this I tried earnestly to not be him, not work in his shadow, but sometimes my father’s spirit snapped into me and I lost every sense of reasoning.In a hot ball of fury, I’d thrashed Jace’s house, destroyed his gadgets, and landed a punch squarely to his face. “Why can’t you just leave me alone!” I’d yelled at him and he’d chased after me still.I was so angry at the world. All the fury from my father hitting me, taking my money, and using me every time as his punching bag rolled out without a stop. He lost a bet and vented it on me, got drunk, and vented on me. Why did I always get to be used like a rag, why? And Jace did that as well. With this anger searing inside of me, I’d destroyed Jace’s house with the bat. I had just wanted revenge, to get back at the world for once. If only I had known. After venting, I went back home, I