Corrupted Souls (Laws of attraction / Kinnporsche / Kimchay)

Chapter 18

"I suppose you called me to talk about the affair of the letter that was meant for Thatthep's son, am I right, Khun Kimhan?" Charn asked, slowly walking towards the desk, while Kim was sitting there, holding his head with his hands. There was surely something very wrong to make him act like that.

"How do you know that I wrote a letter for him? Did Arm inform you?"

"No, sir, basically the whole country knows about your letter, since it got leaked. To be honest, I thought you gave it to the journalists on purpose. You can tell me if my suspect is true, it wouldn't be the first time one of my clients uses this kind of tricks, but next time I would like to be informed before you get into action" Charn replied.

"You're wrong, that letter was really meant only for Thanthai, but I guess it is too late to change the outcome of that, right? Well, that is not the reason why I called you. We need to talk about something else. I want this trial to be over as soon as possible"

"Well, Khun Kimhan, you could pay the victim's family but..."

"That isn't a possibility, everyone would see me just as a murderer and no one can expect that from me... no, I'm not saying that we have to pay them. I want you to focus as much as possible on the case, so that it can be closed quickly" Kim interrupted.

"I'm already doing whatever I can"

"You don't understand, Charn... My Porchay is suffering. He keeps thinking about what happened that night, he's traumatized and I can't blame him for that. If it takes too long to close the case, his mental health could get worse, the judge and the lawyer of the accuse will notice that and ask a psychiatrist to investigate further. I can't allow that..."

Charn nodded, he told his client not to worry about that, because all the documents were ready, and no rumors could stand a chance against those solid proofs. Both of them knew something of the other, but they carefully tried to cover that up, for the sake of their cooperation.

The lawyer went back home, Tinn sighed in relief as he saw him enter the apartment. They talked for a while about everyday stuff, but then, while they were having lunch, Tinn noticed that his husband was immersed in thoughts.

"Charn? What are you thinking about?"

"I think I know what happened that night..." Charn replied.

"What do you mean?"

"To be honest, this time it is much easier than when I had to deal with Thatthep"

"I'm not in your mind, neither can I read it, so would you mind explaining yourself?" Tinn asked.

"Yeah, so... the Yakuza has been attacked lately, they lost so much that most of their leaders are either dead or retreated to Japan. I can't be sure, but just as Nawin says, it is probable that Kim has an important role in this conflict"

"So... you admit that you're working for a gangster"

"That's true. But if what I'm saying is true, this means that it is actually a case of self-defense, so Kim would be technically innocent" Charn shouted, the excitement of the moment was clear in his voice.