Page 53 of Isle of Seduction
One of the officers from yesterday wasn’t even a pig. Fake identity. He infiltrated the service two weeks ago. He’s gonna get what he deserves.
Me
What does that mean?
Nico.
RIP emoji
Me
Nico, are you seriously sending emojis right now?
Nico
Thumb up emoji
What a dickhead.
Nico
Carmichael’s still behaving. At Addams now. Nothing changed. News hasn’t travelled.
News hasn’t travelled yet, but I know Addams won’t give up the opportunity to gloat and probably call the entire media on this, whether he is the one responsible or not. We need to act fast. I’m not sure we’ll be able to salvage Andrea’s campaign, but we can work on a Public Relations plan for his reputation, making sure the accusation doesn’t stick too much.
Ever since yesterday, I’ve been thinking about what this will do to his political ambitions and the prognosis isn’t good. Whether he did it or not, this will remain a stain on his career. People don’t vote for accused murderers even if the charges were wrong. Sexual assault and battery, sure, especially if they’re white men, but murder is where they draw the line, I guess.
Me
Meet me at the office downtown. De Rossi and Shelly Clarke will be here soon.
Nico
Who’s she?
Me
A friend and your brother’s new lawyer. She’s a shark.
Nico shows up a few minutes later, ten minutes before Shelly and DeRossi arrive, her in a navy suit and heels higher than a man’s dick, and him, looking perfectly coiffed like he just came out of a magazine’s photoshoot with a dark suit and severe dark-rimmed glasses.
The introductions are tense, but I take the time to embrace Shelly. At 5’10, she towers over me and the heels make her taller than both Nico and DeRossi. I’m sure she uses that to her advantage every day.
Her help is precious and though we’re not best friends and haven’t spoken in months, it’s good to see a friendly face in a sea of foes.
“What about procedural error?” De Rossi asks and Shelly snorts.
Procedural error would mean the police drop the charge because the evidence is inadmissible in court. The issue is we don’t know yet what said evidence against Andrea is.
“Our focus should be on bail, De Rossi.”
“You’re focusing on the next hour when court is what matters.”
“Are you saying you’re okay with Capaldi going to jail while we wait for trial?” Shelly’s voice is humorous but her gaze is icy, her blond hair tied in a high ponytail and bright blue eyes adding to the Ice Queen aura she’s got going on. I forgot how stunning she looked.
It doesn’t hold as much sway as it did three years ago now that my axis has been tilted by a whiskey-eyed God, but I can appreciate her beauty, expanded by the air of authority she projects.
DeRossi eyes her warily but concedes, though the goal remains to ensure the charges are dropped.