Safeword: Arabesque (Safewords Book 9) by Candace Blevins

Author:Candace Blevins [Blevins, Candace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Excessica Publishing
Published: 2014-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Nine

Cassie didn’t know why Sam wanted to stop by her house, but she just knew it would be bad news. It wasn’t that Sam only came by for bad things, she’d been by a few times to check on Cassie and hang out, but something about the phone call set Cassie on edge.

Clemente had spent a few days in the hospital before being moved to the hospital clinic, but was apparently with the general population now, awaiting trial. The judge hadn’t let him out on bail, thank goodness. The news didn’t report much on his accomplice, but she couldn’t find anything on him, either. He’d been allowed out on bail, but she wasn’t worried about him coming after her.

A quick internet search didn’t show anything new, so all she could do was wait to see what Sam had to say. If Clemente had finagled some loophole so he was getting out, she wasn’t sure how she’d manage her life. Probably take the required classes and then apply for her concealed carry permit, though she couldn’t have a weapon at work. Mental facilities were one of the few places even sworn law enforcement couldn’t carry.

She was home alone when she let Sam in, and her friend’s first words after the initial polite conversation were, “Where’s Cam?”

“Working. He actually isn’t here much during the week — between classes, rehearsals, and work.”

“Oh. Can we get him here?”

“You have bad news? Is Clemente getting out?”

“Oh, no, Clemente is staying behind bars, but…” She growled and shook her head. “His little weaselly sidekick? They want you to give another deposition. A Vegas cop will likely be here in the next day or two, to interview you again.”

She sat and put her tablet on the table. It was connected to a keyboard, so it stood up, and it came on to a Skype window.

“Sit beside me, your attorney is supposed to be waiting for me to call.”

Sure enough, he answered right away, and Sam jumped right in with, “I’ve let her know the Vegas DA wants another deposition from her.”

“That’s right,” he said. “Cassie, do you believe both men knew they were taking you against your will, or is it possible Clemente lied to his assistant, told him he was helping you with a rape fantasy, and he thought you were getting off on it?”

Cassie immediately saw the problem, and knew the man wouldn’t see jail time. “I wasn’t privy to their conversation before they grabbed me, but it doesn’t seem plausible Clemente would wait until he saw me to mention it.” She shook her head. “I begged and pleaded and fought, but it’s what you expect in that kind of scene. If Clemente says he told him it was some kind of planned kidnapping scenario, we have no way to refute it. Do we?”

The attorney shook his head. “We probably can in a civil trial, but in a criminal one, where the defense only needs to establish reasonable doubt, it’s up to the DA but it’ll be an uphill battle.

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