Locked Up Heart |LivDom|

8. A promise with a Criminal

Liv Morgan's POV

"Dominik's married?!?" Raquel said with a shocked expression.

"To Rhea. He said they got married in Vegas and after he got locked up, she never visited him." I admit the whole thing to Raquel.

"So Crazy that she married him and she doesn't care for him but then again, Rhea is a wanted criminal too so if she did try to visit him, she would get arrested as well." She told me.

The entire story still blows my mind and saddens me. Dominik is hurting and the people he knew who he thought were his family doesn't seem to even care about him anymore.

"I think from our sessions and carefully evaluation, I think Dominik is suffering from Stockholm Syndrome." I tell Raquel.

"Really?" She asked me.

"I am almost certain but to be honest, I can tell he's a good person. Just manipulated. His sister Aalyah was right. Her brother definitely needed some help." I admitted.

"And you're here to help him but I understand he needs help but it's not gonna help him in prison. He will still be locked up." Raquel reminds me.

"Thats another thing I wanted to ask. Maybe there is a way to reduce his sentence. I don't know but I have this strong feeling that he didn't murder his mom." I admitted.

Raquel chuckles a bit.

"So now what? You believe he didn't kill her." She says.

"It just doesn't make sense. You even said it yourself that there was no evidence that he killed her and I walk to Dominik every week and he tells me how much he loves his mother and I felt that connection. I saw.......those innocent look in his eyes. He didn't do it. He didn't kill his mom." I explained to her.

Raquel looked at me with an unsure expression.

"It's.....possible that he could have been framed. I have thought of that but the case is closed and even if I could reopened it, the lack of evidence wouldn't help." She tells me and my hopeful mood changed.

I thought long and hard about what Raquel told me but I'm hoping to not give up. A innocent man shouldn't have to spend the rest of his life behind bars for a crime he did not commit.

"Next week I'll talk to Dominik." I stated.

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I'm waiting for Dominik for our session as usual this week. I'm hoping to have a different session than our usual. Mainly hoping to get Dominik to open up about his case but kinda nervous to ask him. We made so much progress and I wonder if he would open up.

The door opens and Dominik arrives with the guards once again. His eyes looked lighter once he saw my face. I smiled at him as he sat down right in front of me.

The guards left us alone and closed the door once again.

"Good Afternoon Dominik." I smiled at him again.

"Hey Doc." Dominik simply says as he grins at me.

"Today's session is a little different." I started to say. "I'll admit Dominik that.....I really enjoy our sessions every week. You've made significant progress and I can see you that you're getting much better but I also known you've suffered." I said to him.

Dominik doesn't say anything except that he looks down but he grins again at me.

"It's all because of you. I look forward to our weekly sessions. Despite the hell hole I'm stuck in......I enjoy our conversations. I feel.....more comfortable with you." He admits and I smile, liking every word he said to me.

"I'm grateful and I wanna continue to help you even more now. You don't deserve to be locked up. I believe that you are innocent. I believe on that night when your mother died, you weren't the killer." I admitted to him.

Dominik stops grinning and frowns now.

"Why are you doing this?" He asked me.

"I'm doing this for you. I'm doing what I feel is right. You and I both know you didn't do anything and you can't lie to me Dominik." I said to him.

"I've already been in prison for a year. I'm stuck here and there isn't anything you can do. Even if you are right, everyone in this town hates me. They are happy that I'm locked up." Dominik says.

"Don't say that. I'm not happy that you're here and your sister. I'm gonna find a way to help you. Find the real killer who took your mother away." I promised to him.

"And how exactly are you going to do that?" He questioned me.

"My best friend's a lawyer and I have a really good friend that's been in the police force and now she's a detective and a really good one. I'm sure I can clear your name and deem you innocent." I admitted to him.

Dominik doesn't seem to have any faith that I can help him. Instead he just shakes his head at me and looks at me like I'm a crazy person or I've lost my rockets.

"For a doctor, you sure are insane to help me. I'm still a criminal Liv." He stated to me.

"You're not. I've looked into your eyes and I see that you're a good person still. It's a tough guy act." I smirked at him.

"Really? Well I looked into your eyes too." He smirked back.

I roll my eyes but decided to play along.

"Oh yeah and what did you see Mr. Mysterio?" I questioned him, crossing my arms.

"I see that you're into me and you really don't look at me as a patient."Dominik says.

"Into you? Now who's the crazy one now?" I laugh a little.

"Still you. I mean it's so obvious on how you look at me. You constantly blush every time I smile at you or even just compliment you." He continues to say.

"Don't flatter yourself Dominik." I roll my eyes again.

"It's okay to keep lying to yourself and I'm really surprised you're not admitting it since you told me to be honest in all our sessions." He reminds me.

"You-"

"It's crazy how from when we started, you told me you still have feelings for Austin but now you have eyes for me." Dominik smirks at me.

Hearing him saying these crazy things really blows my mind on how he can be so cocky. It makes me wanna slap him but I enjoy his happiness strangely. I can't bring myself to stop him but it's not like I can.

I can admit to developed a feeling about him but as far as I know the feeling could be friendship.

A friendship is definitely how I feel about him.