-You can't tell anyone promise?-

~Chapter 7~

-The next day-
"Morning Joanna" I greet her as I place some paperwork that required her signature
"Good morning Isabelle how are you ?" She asks
"I'm great surprisingly but I was just wondering if you knew where Andy is ?" I inquired
"I thought you wanted to stay as far away from him as possible ?" She questions
"Let's just say we worked out our differences" I beamed
"Well that's just fantastic you two make quite the pair" Joanna praises
"What ?" I gulped
"I mean you're good working together honey I know you're married to Neal on the prosecution team which is good for you he's quite the dapper man you seem good for each other but if you've got the hots for Andy Barber then you should know that he's married too the last girl that worked here had a big crush on him he asked me to fire her a few months later she was a nice girl what was her name again? Oh yeah Lucy that was it" She explained

"Trust me I don't have a crush on Andy I'm more attracted to Petey the janitor and anyway I'm married Joanna I didn't think you thought that low of me" I countered
"Did you get my email ?" She queried
"Yes I did"
"There's gonna be a lot of change around here from now on" She states
"Yeah there is" I agree
Joanna picks up the phone and dials in a few numbers
"Hello reception" I hear Catherine's whiny little receptionist voice on the other end of the phone
"Catherine it's Joanna when Andy Barber gets here have security pat him down and escort him into meeting room 2 please" She instructs
"Yes ma'am" Catherine replies
"Don't you think a pat-down is a little excessive?"
"Unfortunately that's just standard procedure for this type of incident" Joanna explains
"Should I be in the meeting or would that be inappropriate?" I ask
"Why don't you come in about a half-hour into the meeting that should suffice"
"Ok that's fine" I agree
"Now go on you have work to do" She shoos me out of her office

-Andy's POV-
I walk into the workplace as I did every morning except this one felt different I had this eerie feeling almost like a feeling of karma for what I did to Isabelle. I go to walk upstairs to my office when I'm stopped by security
"Excuse me sir are you Mr Barber ?" One of them asks
"That would be me why who's asking ?" I wonder
"We need you to come with us for a pat-down" The other one says
"Why should I ?" I argue
"Because I asked them to" a voice comes from behind me I turn around to see Paula Duffy standing with her arms folded and a very unimpressed look on her face
"Paula what's going on?"
"Somethings happened Andy it's bad... really bad so you need to stop making a fuss and get the pat-down over with then I can take you to meeting room 2 and explain everything"
So I hesitantly agree to Paula's terms and have myself searched from head to toe by security they remove my car keys, phone, wallet, credit cards, passport etc security along with Paula guided me to meeting room two and she invites me to take a seat at the table I look over to see Joanna Klein sat next to Paula.
"Is everything okay I'm starting to worry"
"Take a seat Andy and we'll explain everything" Joanna instructs
I do as she says and take a seat across from both women.
"So we got Ben's autopsy results back last night and we found a single fingerprint on the boy's jacket" Joanna began
"Cool let's go arrest this loser" I got up from my chair ready to leave I'm beaming with excitement we finally found the person that killed Ben this nightmare that his parents are going through can finally be over.
"Andy sit back down !" Paula yells
"The fingerprint belongs to Jacob" She continues
"As in my son Jacob !" I point to myself aggressively
"Unfortunately yes and due to your son being a suspect for the safety of you and your family and the prevention of any favouritism on Jacob's behalf we are suspending you from Ben Rifkin's case"
"What! Is this some fucking joke you can't do this to me you'll end my career in law I'm gonna be jobless because of you I have bills to pay, a house to pay for and a family to feed you can't do this !" I roar
"Andy I need you to calm down" Paula says
"Who's taking over the case then" I ask
"I am" a voice says from the doorway to the room
There she stood the woman who I hadn't been able to get off of my mind since the minute I met her she stood with her arms folded and an evil grin consuming her entire face.