To Kill or Love

Taking Statements

***Trigger Warning***

After an hour long lecture from Inara (I think it would've been longer if she wasn't so weak), Brexton and I head to the police station.

The drive is quiet, both of us too anxious to speak. I'm okay with it though. I don't mind the time to sit with my thoughts. In fact, I think it's exactly what I needed.

Towards the end of the trip, I break the silence. "Wait?! Your trial! What happened?!"

My hopes of him being found innocent are crushed by the look of stress on his face. "They postponed it for two weeks since Inara is in the hospital. It's also new evidence so they sort of have to push it back a bit.

He chuckles. "You telling them Brant was responsible really threw them though a loop."

We pull into the station before I can respond.

Nerves soar through me as I'm taken back into the interrogation room. Flashbacks of how I was treated the last time I was here do nothing to calm me.
However, this time they seem to be more open to what I have to say.

With Inara's eager blessing, I place all the blame on my cruddy ex boyfriend.

I tell them everything. I tell them that Brant was on the run for trafficking girls. I explain how he tricked me into coming here with him and then slowly started his business back up without me knowing anything he was doing.

I give the details Brexton told me about the night of the murders. However, I change the narrative to what it was meant to be. I say that Brexton was the hero who came in just in time to save his sister, but unfortunately too late to save the others. I also fabricate a whole scenario where Brexton grabbed the gun out of Brant's hand, covering it in his fingerprints.

As for the whole poisoning scandal, I once again incriminate Brant. I say that Brant was so enraged when he found out I was getting closer to Brexton that he decided to kill Roger and place the blame on him. I share what Brant told me about killing Roger because he owed him money. For good measure, I add in the part where I dumped him, then caught him sleeping with a coworker while she was on the clock. This helped explain why he went after me as well as how he was in the hospital at the time of the crime.

I allude to the fact that he wasn't just furious at me, but also afraid Brexton would tell me the truth about the murders. This part I believe could be true.

The detectives seem satisfied as they write down my statement. I guess they sort of have to believe it since Inara, Brexton and Brant were the only ones there that night that are still alive. It was two against one and the one was caught attempting to shoot to me so...

I try not to freak out as they inform me that I'm most likely going to have to testify in court. It's a lot of pressure having Brexton's fate in my hands.

I take a deep breath and agree to do it, knowing I'd lie through my teeth all day long to protect this man.

Next, they take Brexton back to question him again. I'm not sure what all went on behind closed doors, but he looks like his usual calm self when he walks out. I take it as a good sign.