"They say we are asleep until we fall in love
We are children of dust and ashes
But when we fall in love we wake up
And we are a god and angels weep
But if I die here tonight
I die in my sleep"
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Benicia sat at a table with Zoe and Foggy across from her while the defender for The Punisher was seated beside her. While Karen was manning the front office if anyone were to walk inside.
"So, um, Miss Duterte, I drew this up based on your official statement to the police, about the Metro-General shooting." Roth handed the papers to Benicia and she immediately started reading.
Foggy blinked a couple times, "You new to New York, Mr. Roth?"
"Born and raised."
Zoe clasped her hands together on the table, "Is this your first case?"
"Second." Mr. Roth admitted, "I won my first. Domestic violence." His eyes fell directly on Benicia, "I believe in protecting women."
Benicia furrowed her brows and nodded her head slowly, "Ah, thanks...From all of us." She went back down to reading the paper, "Uh, here-" She pointed with her pen, "This says that Castle pursued me down the stairwell, he went up."
"Um... Okay..." Mr. Roth adjusted his glasses before he took that note down, "That's a chance I can make."
"Also, I didn't escape on foot-" Benicia explained without looking up, "I had a car. I know I told the NYPD about that."
Mr. Roth continued to write, "Um... car."
"I was also not Castle's only target." Benicia shook her head with a scoff, "That's just flat out wrong. Where... Where did you even get my statement?"
Confusion filled Mr. Roth's face, "Grotto?"
Benicia furrowed her brows, "Grote."
"Oh, Elliot Grote." That seemed to be the name he recalled, "Yeah, he's on the victim list. Ballistics matched him to one of the many guns connected to Frank Castle."
Matt approached the door, "Early start today?"
"Matt..." Benicia breathed out before she pushed her hair out of her face, "Uh, this is Christopher Roth. He's the public defender assigned to the Castle case."
"I just dropped by to get Miss Duterte's signature on this statement." Roth tapped the paper Benicia was busy reading, "Once we've got that, we're all done."
"Well, with this meeting." Benicia corrected.
"With this case."
Matt had been in the middle of turning back to head to his own office space, but paused and moved back to the doorway, "How so?"
"Castle's awake." Roth explained. "Soon, he'll plead guilty, then it's open and shut."
Zoe crossed her arms over chest with a curt nod, "Open and shut is good. New York will sleep way better knowing Frank Castle's behind bars. I sure know I will."
"Sleep even better when he's dead."
Matt finally entered the room as Benicia's posture straightened, "Uh, dead?"
