All Chapters of My Bestfriend’s Father: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

AndreWhen Michelle walked back out to escort Lionel in, I went over to my desk, pouring several shots of whiskey into a glass, knowing that whatever reasons that pulled him out of his pretty home wouldn't be ‘nice’.Another reason why I'm so eager to see him is because of Brittney.It's weird how during the time I fell into a depressive mood, I would seek him out. Lionel always indulged me, at first, out of obligation and then because we grew closer and he felt it was his responsibility.Because he's trustworthy, I entrusted him with the task of finding Brittney.It's been years since we've made any real progress, so I stopped myself from hoping, but now that he's shown up unannounced…a part of me couldn't help but hope that it's about something related to Brittney.The door made a creaking noise as it opened, Michelle poking her head through before disappearing altogether and Lionel's face took her place.His face was drawn and tight, no sign of the easygoing smile I’d come to know

A week later…BrittneyI folded my arms across my chest, glancing at the watch strapped to my wrist.He's ten minutes late.If not for the fact that I had promised to wait, I would have turned around and walked right down to the bus station.In case you were wondering who I'm meeting up with, it's none other than Jason Bloom.Yeah, the lawyer who showed up on my doorstep a week ago was basically begging me to turn against Andre in an upcoming trial.I honestly wasn't going to give him the time of day, but Jane convinced me to at least find out if he's telling the truth.I don't know much about lawyers, but from what I've seen in movies, they're particularly skilled at twisting the truth to favor themselves.If there's the tiniest bit of truth, then I need to know so I can decide what to do next.The cold wind slashes at my face and exposed legs even though I was standing by the sidewalk.Dammit, where the hell is he? I wondered, stomping about to regain blood flowing in my legs.If he

Andre“Are you sure I should be doing this?” I question Lionel, glancing at the folder again. “Isn’t it illegal or something?”Instead of holding a meeting at the club, he’s come down to the office and even though I felt uneasy about this, it doesn’t seem out of place for my lawyer to visit me.“Not if you’re not in the room,” Lionel points out.“What do you mean?” I tossed the folder on the desk.“I’ve arranged with a guard to allow you to look in from a one-way mirror.”“But why?” I pressed. “I don’t need to be in a sit-in on this, and you wouldn’t come to me if it wasn’t important, so…”Lionel squirms in his seat. “I received a tip a couple of hours ago that the lawyer on the defense is procuring a means to blow this whole thing out of the water.”“I don’t understand, you think he’s got evidence?” I grunt out. “I thought you assured me that there’s nothing out there that could hurt me or this case!”“Don’t you get it?!” he bursts out. “I think he has something bigger than evidence.

AndreI think I used to pride myself on being cool, calm, and collected in the face of surprise or even danger, but nothing could have compared to this.When I invited Sarah Evans back to the club to finish our discussion, I never for once thought it would lead me down a road that I've been chasing for the past five years.At first, I started off by inviting over my IT guy.If indeed Sarah saw this woman that the defense lawyer is holding close to his chest as his smoking gun, then she should be able to piece together enough of her features so Jack can run it through facial recognition software.They spent roughly an hour hunched over a monitor as Jack tried to get each detail correctly.Once Jack had enough to run through the software, Sarah chose to cash in her money.The price discussion didn't take long. Initially, she wanted to go for a sum of $50,000 but I didn't become a billionaire by letting people take what they wanted.Eventually, we settled on the sum of $20,000 as I reali

BrittneyAndre: Where are we meeting?Receiving that first text from Andre while I was at work only served to drive it home that his showing up on my doorstep last night wasn't a mere figment of my imagination.I stared at those three little words, wondering what to say.Sadly, I took too much time thinking about it, and time flew by quickly as I got absorbed in work.Another chime came from my phone about an hour later.Andre: If you think you can hide from me or ignore me, that's not gonna happen, princess.Andre: Now answer me.Andre: In case it's escaped your mind, if I could find where you live, then I most certainly can find out where you work, so unless you want me to show up there in the next five minutes, you'll give me an answer.My attention snagged on the last two lines and I instantly abandoned my work, reaching for my phone.My thumbs flew over the keyboard as I typed out a response.I didn't doubt his words, just like I knew Andre would show up unannounced if I kept ign