-You can't tell anyone promise?-

~Chapter 4~

After getting my car from work and heading home I eventually make it back onto my driveway
I get inside place my bag and car keys down on the kitchen counter I walk over to my laptop on the dining table that I must've forgotten to grab before going to work this morning I open it up and start typing my password.
"How come you're home so late ?"
"Jesus Christ you scared the crap out of me" I jumped out of my skin almost literally
I stop typing and look over to see Neal leaning against the doorframe with his arms folded he was still in his work attire from this morning except with a few minor adjustments his tie was gone, his top two buttons were undone and the belt of his pants were loosened.

"Work kept me later than expected" I lied
"It was only your first day Paula was showing you around and you were assigned paperwork to do all day that shouldn't have kept you till this hour" He argued
"Well there was a slight detour on that plan and because of that I might have just got my first case" I beamed
"On your first day? Really? Tell me more"
"You just complained that I'm home at eleven thirty and that it's late and now you want me to stay up even longer to tell you about my first day at work? For your information, it was nothing different to work in Atlanta but there was a boy that's been killed and I might get assigned to the case" I explained
"That's great honey! Well not that a boy died but that you got your first case on your very first day that's exciting" Neal cheered
"Why aren't you asleep ?" I steered the topic away from me
"You weren't home so I stayed up to make sure you were okay"
"And you didn't think to call ?" I wondered
"I did bout five or six times you never answered"
I look at my phone to see six missed calls from Neal all around about the time I was having dinner with Andy I knew I couldn't tell Neal about it because he definitely wouldn't approve of me having dinner with another man.
"And that you did. Have you eaten ?"
"Yeah I had takeout I left you some but it'll be cold by now let me make you something" He offers
"Oh no I don't want anything"
"Why have you eaten ?"
"No I'm just not hungry I'm gonna head to bed"
I grab my bag and phone and do just that.

-The Next Morning (Andy's POV)-
I received a call from work at about six-thirty in the morning saying they've found a potential suspect in the murder and they've brought him in for questioning. They called me and told me they want me there immediately to begin the interrogation I crept out of bed trying my best not to wake my sleeping wife and son I got dressed had some breakfast and made my way to work. When I got there I was quickly greeted by a few of my colleagues sat around a computer screen staring into it like zombies
"What's everyone looking at ?" I ask
No one replied so I peek over their shoulders to see they're watching an interrogation I squint to focus my eyes sight more and to my surprise, Isabelle is in there with the suspect.

-Isabelle's POV-       (15 minutes previous)
I grab Mr Patz's file from Andy's desk as originally this was his task to interrogate him but he was called at six-thirty and was instructed to arrive immediately but half an hour later and there's no sign of him. This law firm seem to be useless so I decide to take things into my own hands and interrogate Mr Patz myself I walk into holding room one where I was told the suspect was being held to see him handcuffed to the table and his head hung low in shame.
"Leonard Patz is it ?"
"Yeah that's me" He replied glumly
"I'm Isabelle Walker district attorney I would say it's nice to meet you but just not under these circumstances"
"Not the best"
I take a seat on the chair in front of him
"Do you know why you're here today Mr Patz?" I ask him
"No please do enlighten me" He says sarcastically
"There was a boy Ben Rifkin, fourteen he was found dead in cold spring park yesterday and if I did my homework correctly I do believe you live near there correct?"
"That's correct but sweetheart are you accusing me of murder simply because I live near where his body was found? Because if that's the case then shouldn't you be questioning the hundreds of others who live near there too ?"

"First of all don't call me sweetheart and if you even think for one second about calling me that again I won't hesitate to kick the crap out of you second that's not the only reason you're being accused and if I'm not wrong I believe that you and Ben had quite the... history"
"What are you implying?" He asks
"I'm not implying nor am I suggesting anything I have hardcore facts and evidence so why don't we get this bull shit over and done with and you tell me everything you know about Ben any interaction you've had with him whether that be online or in-person and you tell me exactly where you were and what you were doing on the day Ben died" I half yell
"So you're convinced I did this"
"I know you did it !"
"You have no evidence to prove I did this what? you think you're gonna get me convicted because I live near was his body was discovered now that is real bull shit" Leonard yells

"Oh really? You wanna play it like this ok fine I was giving you the chance to confess to everything but you wanna do this the hard way then fine but if you bite I'll bite ten times harder you chew I'll chew ten times harder once I'm done with you Leonard you are gonna be screwed because I will ruin you and it would be such a shame if I brought your dear old mother down with you"
"Don't you dare bring my ma into this you bitch you vile creature! Don't bring her into this it has nothing to do with her you cold vicious shell of a woman !" He roared
He began bouncing and shaking in his chair violently trying to escape.
"Oh, that's right because she knows nothing about what you do behind closed doors in the early hours of the morning whilst she's sleeping does she ?"
"Liar" I yelled hit my hands on the table and stood up which caused the man in front of me to jolt back in fear
"This" I throw down evidence and screenshots of inappropriate messages exchanged between him and many underaged boys including Ben.
"Is only the beginning of the rest of your life I'm gonna give you fifteen minutes to tell me everything and if you don't I'm gonna start making your life a living hell there is one thing you should know about me Mr Patz I don't just go away and I'm not gonna let this go so I suggest you buckle your ideas up because I'll be back"

I walk out and down a corridor only to be greeted by Andy Barber himself
"What time do you call this ?" I queried
He grabs his phone out of his back pocket to check the time
"Put the damn phone away I didn't mean literally it's a figure of speech ass hat but seriously where the hell were you ?" I continued
"I set off minutes after I was called but there's construction going on so I got stuck in traffic" He explains
"Well that's just not good enough now because you didn't show I'm stuck interrogating this pedophile that I don't particularly want to be within six feet of" I groan
"Unfortunately that's just a part of the job you have to talk to and interact with you don't particularly want to"
We continue walking and make it to our 'common room' if you will it's filled with about forty desks for the forty or so people that work on this half of the firm. You also have the other half that contains much more people and some would consider them 'more important' than us my husband being one of them.
I walk over to my colleague Andy following shortly behind "Sarah has anyone spoken to Mr and Mrs Rifkin yet ?"
"Uh no not yet" She replies
"Why not ?"
"Nobody has been given the orders to"
"Well, why not ?" I question
"Look Isabelle I know you're new here but I just work on computers I don't have anything to do with that sort of stuff if you need your questions answering please ask someone else"
"Yeah you're right Sarah I'm sorry" I apologise
I grab my coat from my desk and head for the stairs only to be followed by Andy again
"Hey, where you headed  ?" Andy asks
"To talk to Ben's parents"
"You can't do that we haven't been given orders to" He explains
"Fuck orders I'm gonna bring  order to this place this firm doesn't know how a murder investigation goes so I'm gonna play it by my rules" I state
"You're gonna get fired"
"As long as I solve the case before that happens" I carry on walking when Andy asks
"We still on for dinner tonight?"
"Just text me your address and I'll be there"
"But I don't have your number"
"We exchanged numbers at the diner ass hat"
"Of course I knew that so you want me to deal with Leonard?" He wonders
"Um no I've got unfinished business with him but anyway I'm gonna go see what else I can find out about Ben from his parents and can we get permission to interview kids at his school I'd quite like to get that done too"
"I'll see what I can do"
"See ya at dinner" I yell from the bottom of the stairs

A/N: Sorry if this chapter is boring it's more of a filler chapter and I promise there's drama coming and there's gonna be more romance and flirting with Andy and Isabelle just be patient with me I'll get there 😂❤️