Bad Timing - Jiara (JJ Maybank & Kiara Carrera)

Chapter 4

"I don't get why you don't like her, I mean she's a Pogue, firstly, so why would she ever plot against me, and secondly, what would she ever get from the Kooks "

"Exactly, you said it yourself, they'll pay her, or promise to do a shout-out of her therapy center on their Instagram stories, maybe then she'll get famous"

"I don't know; she just isn't the type of person to do that"

JB's secret investigation will prove him right or wrong, Kiara thought to herself as she snapped away from listing all the reason why JJ Maybank would lie to her and what made him think she wouldn't find out the truth, except she already knew the truth, yet telling him that she followed him, when he asked her not to, would only be her exposing herself.

"Oh hey girls, I need to work on something with JJ if he's free" Mike barges into JJ's room, rummaging chaotically through all the files and papers in his hands.

"We can go if you're busy" Sarah assured when she noticed Mike's obvious distress, getting off the table after a glare from Kiara's dad. 

"No, it's fine, I just need a few minutes" He continued spreading out the papers across the already messy table, grabbing a chair with one hand and signaling for JJ to do the same with the other.

"So, anything new?" JJ sat on the plastic chair backwards as his arms went over top rail of it.

"Unfortunately, Cristina is persistent, and without evidence to prove her otherwise, the only thing we could do is argue against the evidence she uses" Mike sighs alarmingly, yet JJ's expressions stayed monotonous, as if Mike was feeding him old and useless information that weren't as valuable to him as everyone thought it would be considering Mike's hast appearance.

"Dad, have you tried street cameras?" Kiara questioned, still slightly zoned out as she tried her best to put the horrid thoughts of JJ's lies. 

"Yeah, not one shows JJ and his sister together at the time of the incident" Mike replies, followed by Kiara standing up from her seat and away from Sarah who was too close to Kie for her comfort at this second.

"How about witnesses?" She asked as she hovered over the table, observing all the files and pictures laid out in front of her, yet Mike only shook his head. 

"Can we get the 911 agent JJ talked to?" Kiara continued, too in her zone to even notice the gratified looks JJ and Mike shared. 

"Passed away from cancer last year" Her father answered, creases appeared on Kie's forehead and a pout on her lips due to JJ's agonizing fluke.

"We already used the professional interrogator in court?" The girl crossed out all the ways she knew on how to help JJ's case, her inner lawyer coming out as she has been daydreaming about finding a solution ever since his arrest, but nothing was working.

"We can let his father speak up on the stand, we could gain empathy if we get him to describe Trista's mental illness-"

"He was too drunk to remember anything, it's too weak." JJ cut his girlfriend off with a look that begged not to receive any pity in return. 

"Well, that only leaves us with-" 

"Proving that the opposing lawyer is bias, plus getting the right criminal record to prove that the anonymous source was plotting against JJ when he or she gave Cristina the incorrect record, which proves that someone framed JJ" Kiara finished Mike's sentence, a smile morphing across his lips as he observed his daughter proudly. Kiara Carrera was going to be trice as successful as he was, and double as powerful as she imagines, everyone in the room was certain about it.