Bound by Law (Matt Murdock x Reader)

13. Crack in the Walls

The early Friday morning surprised you with news of one of the richest guy's in Hell's Kitchen death. The businessman Michael Dale was found dead in his office, a clean shot to his head. Apparently, his daughter Annie is pressing charges on her stepmother Melissa, and says that she has commissioned the murder of her husband.

Still shaken by Healy's suicide, and the mysterious 'Fisk' name, Matt felt stressed to take such a big case, but Annie, crying in their office at 9 a.m. really played with his heartstrings.

Melissa, upon learning of the charges against her, lawyered up - hired Benowitz, who dragged you into the case as well, and you found yourself sitting in his office at noon, wishing you didn't agree to that stupid deal of you helping them whenever they asked.

"You know that I didn't kill my husband, Steven. You of all people should know this best." Melissa sat arrogantly in front of Benowitz with her legs crossed, and dried tears on her face. Chances that she just splashed water on her makeup were pretty high.

Wait, do they know each other from somewhere? Your thought gets interrupted by Benowitz, "y/n, please be sweetie, write down Mrs Dale's statement." He briefly turns to you, sitting on his right, and you inhale sharply, but open the document on your computer nonetheless. "Melissa, where were you at the time of your husband's murder?"

"I was at home, making dinner."

"At nine?"

"My husband liked to return very late, especially on Thursdays."

"Why?"

"So he could leave earlier on Fridays."

"But he's the boss of the company." You interfere and Benowitz sends you a glare.

"He was a workaholic, very dedicated to his company." Melissa answers.

You catch upon her already freely using past tense when talking about her husband. Usually, people tend to mix up and talk about their loved ones in a present tense.

"What happened then?" Benowitz asks.

"I didn't wait for him and went to bed. There were nights when he didn't return at all."

"And you didn't find it suspicious... at all?" You ask again, earning another glare from Benowitz, "I mean, as a woman... We tend to jump to conclusions quite often." You smile slightly.

"No, I always felt that he was not one of those cheaters."

"Did your husband have any enemies?" Benowitz takes over.

"No, he was a good, fair man, everyone loved him."

The more questions Benowitz asked, the more you felt that Melissa was lying her ass off. Like she was prepared for it, like she knew that this day would eventually come...

You zone out for a while, and just feel yourself automatically typing Melissa's answers, when Benowitz loudly claps his hands together, "Well, I think we're good for now, so let's just settle down for the weekend, I'll be working personally on the case, so nothing to worry about, Mrs Dale. Court session is scheduled for Tuesday, but I think we will have to go through multiple sessions, because there is no evidence against you presented."

"Uh, thank you, Steven. Might I have a word with you? Alone?"

"Y/n, send me the notes, and you're free this evening. I'll give you a call if anything comes up." Benowitz hurries you with your whole laptop out in the corridor and shuts the door in front of your face.

"Asshole." You whisper under your breath and turn on your heel to leave, when you almost collide with one of the second floor lawyers, Todd.

"Whoops, careful, sweetheart, you're gonna hurt yourself." He puts his long arms on your elbows, pretending to keep you in place, so you wouldn't fall.