'Til We Meet Again Book 2

Chapter 41

I gather all my things and head out of my apartment, I get in my car and drive to Aubrey's house but first I make a quick stop at Starbucks and get her a hot chocolate and a blueberry muffin, I get myself a latte. I make it to her house and knock on her door, the door swings open and this man with a suit stares at me "Umm who are you? Where is Aubrey?" I ask him "My name is Jefferson Miller, I'm Aubrey's lawyer" He introduces himself, his name sounds familiar "Umm where is Aubrey?" I ask him again "She is in the dining room" Jefferson steps aside and lets me in. I'm trying so hard to remember who Jefferson Miller is but I can't remember.

I walk over to Aubrey to see her with this other man who is also dressed in a suit sitting down around the dining table with papers and pictures scattered "What's going on?" I announce my presence and they both look up at me "I hired two lawyers to help me figure out who the teenagers were that killed my husband" She looks pissed off "I'm gonna set everything down and join you" I hear talking between Aubrey and the two lawyers as I walk to the kitchen and set down her blueberry muffin "Do you want your hot chocolate?" I ask her from the kitchen "Yes please" Aubrey hollers at me and I walk back over to her and sit down next to her "How were you able to pay for two lawyers?" I ask her as I pass her, her drink and take a sip of mine.

"Marshall paid them for me" I nearly choke on my coffee "Are you okay ma'am?" The other lawyer asks me "I'm good" I nod "I'm sorry for my bad manners, my name is Julian Turner" He sticks his hand out for me to shake it and I shake his "Nice to meet you Julian" I smile at him "My name is Amanda Vanderwall" I see Jefferson eye me immediately after I mentioned my name, why did he look at me like that? Who the hell is he? Why can't I remember? "I'm sorry for your loss, Miss Vanderwall" Jefferson says "Lets get back to business" We talked a little about Ian's death and who was behind the wheel when they crashed into him.

"Timothy Scott was the teenage boy behind the wheel when he crashed into Ian at 7:48pm" Julian says "When we track him down, we'll call you and you can decide if you want to take this to court or let him go" Jefferson says "He killed my husband, the father of my unborn baby, Amanda's brother so yes I want to take this to court" Aubrey is so angry, I have never seen her this angry before "Keep an open mind Mrs. Davis, we can take this to court but it won't bring your husband back" Julian tells her calmly "I'm a widow because of Timothy, because he had to drive while he was under the influence, I want justice for myself, for my baby and for Amanda" Aubrey says "Okay then" Julian nods as he now writes in his notepad.

"When we find him, we'll let you know" Jefferson says as he packs up the papers and pictures and puts them in his case. Oh god, oh no, this can't be fucking happening, why again? That's THE Jefferson Miller who was my dad's parole officer "Wait a minute" I look at Jefferson "Weren't you a Parole Officer back in 1993?" I ask him and he raises a brow in confusion "Yes Why?" He asks me "Just curious" I shrug "I was a Parole Officer for three years and now I'm a lawyer" Jefferson says "What made you change your field?" I ask him "You're being invasive Miss Vanderwall" Jefferson glares at me "Right" I clear my throat "I'm sorry" I say "Please learn to respect peoples privacy" I glare at him "I-" I can't tell him I know him "You're right, I'm sorry" I sigh and lean back on my seat "Thank you"

They both leave the house and Aubrey looks over at me "What the hell happened?" She asks me with a glare "This is not good" I get up and pace "This is not fucking good" I get angry "Amanda, what the hell is going on?" Aubrey asks getting impatient "I know that man" I yell as I run my fingers through my hair attempting to tear them out "How do you know him?" Aubrey asks as she walks over to me "He was my dad's parole officer in 1993" I say panicked "Oh no" Aubrey pulls me in for a hug "I'm sorry" I pull away from the hug "I have to talk to Marshall" I run to the door "I'll be right back okay" I say as I open the door and run to my car, I get in and call Marshall up "Yo" He says after three rings "We need to talk, where are you?" I ask him as I begin to drive "At home, why?" Marshall asks me "We need to talk" I say as I drive "Can I know where you live?" I ask him "No, I won't tell you unless you tell me what the fuck is going on Amanda" Marshall yells "It's about time you know why I left 7 years ago"

Cliffhanger ;)