Give me something to believe in

Where to begin

"So, Jason Bull, what do you need?" asked Madison, eyeing him curiously. "I'm not sure." He responded taking in his surroundings. He didn't get it, he hadn't seen this girl for years and yet here she was, right in front of him with a calm face and a curious smile. "I have a case I'm working on. A guy named Daniel Darson appeared last night. It's an odd case actually," he said taking a seat at the bar table and wiping one of his hands across his mouth, "He was drained of all his blood. It was bizarre." He stared forward with a furrowed brow, before he turned his eyes to her. She looked like she knew something he didn't. "What?" he asked confused. She smiled at him, "Come on Bull, you know this." She responded tapping on the side of her head. "No I don't, like I said, I've never seen anything like it before." He gave her an odd look while he spoke. She sighed and rolled her eyes at him, "Yes you do Bull, you can try to forget these things exist, but you saw proof before your own eyes." He paused for a moment, unsure of what to say. He stared at her and she mouthed the word "Vampires".  His eyes widened, she was right, he did see them once before. A loud ringing noise sounded and he shot up looking around the room. This was his room. "Must've been dreaming"  He mumbled as he reached for his alarm to shut it off. As he walked to the bathroom to take a shower, he reflected on the dream. He hadn't seen Madison for about two years, and yet here she was trying to solve his problems in his dreams? He was only a part of the case because the kid's friend saw the whole thing go down and he needed a lawyer. He wouldn't talk about it, everything he said sounded like a lie, his facial expressions gave that away. "Vampires?" he thought. I mean, that would almost be easier to believe than thinking about what could've happened to the victim. Bull sighed as he tilted his head back and let the water run through his hair, maybe he'd give Madison a call and ask her to come down to New York, her knowledge could be of good assistance to the case.

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"Hey Madison, It's Jason Bull. I was wondering if you could give me a call back, I need your help on something." He ended the voicemail as Marrisa walked into the room. "Am I walking in on something?" She asked with a smile. "No, I was just calling a friend." He gave a short laugh, "The trials are starting soon and I don't know what my next move is gonna be. The witness isn't talking." Marrisa furrowed her brow, "Do you think he did it?" "No, not in the slightest." Bull responded in a neutral tone, "I think maybe he'll think people won't believe him if he tells the truth." Marrisa looked at him confused, "Do you have an idea of what might've happened? If you do, you should tell Benny-''''No, I don't really have a good idea of what's going on. I'm just trying to figure out all the possibilities." He says, cutting Marrisa off. Marrisa nods and exits the room as Bull stares at his desk. He taps his pen against the table, not sure of what to do next. What if it actually is a Vampire? What do they do then? As he thinks, he sees a hand slip onto his desk and wave at him, "Earth to Bull." He hears his bestfriends voice say in a firm tone. Bull looked up at his friend, "Hey Benny." He says with a small smile. "I said your name three times when I walked in. What's got you so out of it?" Benny asks. "Just this case." Bull sighed, "How are we supposed to defend someone without any evidence at all? And how are the police believing that a seventeen year old boy killed his friend and drained all his blood? I'm sorry but it makes no sense to me." Benny nodded his head, "Looks like we're on the same page. Any idea on what we should do?" Bull looked up at Benny and debated on if he should tell him or not. "What?" Benny asked in a cautious tone. "I'm going to meet with someone to try and rule out one of the possibilities." Says Bull. Benny furrowed his brow as his friend didn't go into any further detail. "What's this possibility?" He asked. "You'd call me a crazy fool if I told you." Bull said with a smile. Benny stared at him with a straight face. Bull could tell he was trying to figure out what to say next to get him to talk, Benny knew that Bull wouldn't give up the information if he didn't want to. It was a win lose situation, except Bull would be the only one who won. 

Benny sighed, "Who's the person you're going to meet?" "Her name is Madison Bailey. I met her when I went down to South Dakota that one year." Bull watched as Benny squinted his eyes at him and started nodding. "Yeahhhh. I remember that, you came back and when I asked you what happened down there you told me to leave it alone and not bring it up." Benny sounded a bit sour as he spoke, "It was hard not to bring up again. I mean, you go on what was supposed to be a calm getaway and come back looking banged up, it's hard not to leave a person worrying and guessing, especially when you wanna pretend the trip never happened." Bull watched as his friend got more tense and started motioning with his hands more as he spoke. "Well, you might be finding out what happened on that getaway soon. I'm just waiting for Madison to call me back, but just a heads up, if I do get a chance to speak with her and if my theories are correct, you'll have to keep an open mind. This is definitely a see it and believe it situation. If I hadn't seen it myself I wouldn't be considering the possibility."