Lethal Action by Rachel Dylan

Author:Rachel Dylan [Dylan, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Christian fiction, Christian Legal Thriller, Christian Romance, Christian Romantic Suspense, Clean Romance, Contemporary Romance, Inspirational, Inspirational Romance, Inspirational Romantic Suspense, Legal Thriller, Religious & Inspirational, Romantic Suspense, Suspense
ISBN: 9781943772360
Publisher: NYLA
Published: 2016-01-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“Cyber Future is right about the breach of contract. That was my doing.”

“What did you say?” Hope asked. She had to have heard Nola wrong.

“I figure with everything else going on, now is the time to come clean about the contract.”

“What did you do, Carlos?” she asked, purposely using his first name. She could feel the trial crumbling right in front of her. All of the work, the hours, and the stress, and now this.

Nola crossed his arms in front of him. “Remember I told you how I thought getting involved with Cyber Future was an awful idea. I tried to convince Lee that they were bad news. As a side note, I was right about all of it. Just look at what is happening now. Lee should’ve listened to me.”

“Let’s get back to what you did with the contract.” She wanted to hear this.

“I got tired of the Cyber Future nonsense. So their allegations are factually accurate. We stopped payment and diverted our supply of the Wakefield Chip to one of their competitors.”

She was at a loss. “But the documents, I’ve seen them all. We have records of paying them the full amount owed.”

“Those were forged.”

She put her head in her hands. How had she gotten involved in this? A board member of her client was admitting to forging documents? “Does Lee know about this?”

“Absolutely not. He needed plausible deniability.”

“What about Sam?”

“No, ma’am. Just you. And I’m sure you’re aware of your ethical obligations as a lawyer. You have to keep this to yourself.”

“And you must be aware that I am not allowed to put you on the stand if I know you’re going to commit perjury.”

“Then you can’t put me on the stand.” He leaned forward in his chair.

“You just played me.”

“I have no idea what you mean.”

“You knew that once you told me that you forged documents, I couldn’t willingly put you on the stand. I have no way of knowing whether you’re telling the truth or not. But the bottom line is you don’t want to testify. But even if we don’t call you in our case in chief, they’re going to call you in their case. You’ll be on the stand either way.”

He smiled widely. “You know, I really like you, Hope. I’d like you to consider being my personal attorney.”

She wanted to immediately shoot him down. But before she opened her mouth, it occurred to her that she shouldn’t just reject his proposition. If she worked more closely with him, she could find out more intel on his businesses. “I can’t be your attorney if you’re dishonest with me. Trust is key to the relationship.”

He nodded.

“So why don’t we start with the Cyber Future Chip and go from there.”

“I really have no idea about that. If I did, I would tell you.”

He continued to look her directly in the eyes and lie. This was dangerous. She had to hold back her fear and keep putting on this act. “All right. You’re saying you have no idea why it is they think that Wakefield stole the chip?”

“I have no idea.

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