STEEL CITY

Chapter 17

Daphne sat in her cell wondering why Mira hadn't visited yet, she could not wait to tell Mira what she found out as she knew it would assist in the case of Quinn's disappearance.

A warden came in and told her someone was here to see her. Daphne's mood brightened instantly as she walked towards the room.

But the happy smile on her face turned into that of confusion as she saw two men in the room instead with no signs of Mira or Oscar

"Miss Ross come in, please have a seat," one of the men said. Daphne slowly took a sit, her eyes not leaving the two men in front of her.

"I'm Caleb and this is Mr. Gosling," the man who spoke earlier said and the next words that came out of his mouth left Daphne confused.

"Your father hired him to be your lawyer," he said. Daphne stared at the two people in front of her blankly

"But I already have a lawyer" she responded.

"Ah yes, I should have told you this first. Mr Oscar has decided to drop your case" Caleb said.

"What is that supposed to mean, does Mira know about this" Daphne asked feeling panicked.

"I don't have that information Miss" he responded.

"This can't happen," Daphne said panicking. She knew if her family took this case everything would be in favour of Imogen.

She suddenly remembers Ethan's words when they kidnapped her,

"Either way Daphne just know you're going away for a long time"

This was their plan to make sure I don't expose them but what Daphne didn't understand was how they convinced Mira to drop her case.

"But that isn't possible, Mira loves me a lot so she wouldn't just abandon me but then again the last time we met she walked out like she was angry with me," Daphne thought to herself.

The whole thing was so confusing and complicated, that she was starting to get a headache.

"Miss Daphne, I'll leave now so you and Mr Gosling can discuss," Caleb said leaving Daphne alone with her new lawyer.

"I'm Mr. David Gosling your new lawyer," he said stretching his hand for a handshake but got no reply as Daphne just stared at him in disgust.

He eventually retracted his hands with a smile on his face.

"You are a lawyer, you are meant to defend the innocent" Daphne said with a voice laced with contempt.

"I defend my clients, not the innocent and in this case, your father Mr Tom Ross is my client," David said.

"How do you sleep at night" Daphne asked in anger.

"With air conditioning and on stacks of money," David replied with a smirk.

"So what's the point of coming here when you're not going to help me" She asked.

"For formality Daphne. Now enough about that, tell me what happened on that fateful day" David asked chuckling.

"I'm done here," Daphne said getting up but was stopped midway by David's voice.

"Your finger print was found on the weapon used for the crime, there's CCTV footage of you willingly entering Imogen's car so you can't claim you were kidnapped, there is also another footage of you exchanging seats with Imogen and driving yourself to the abandoned school and the netizens are tearing you apart online," David said then paused for a while and then continued.

"No one will believe you no matter what you say, I know you're innocent, I don't believe the cock and bull story Imogen told the police but with the evidence piled up against you, I'm even starting to doubt you. Maybe that's why your friend dropped your case. Your best bet is to plead guilty in court, you're a smart woman I know you'll do the right thing" he said waiting for a response.