Chapter 56: United Front

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Detroit, MI:



Isabella paced her office as she read the last file they'd managed to get from the DAs office. Tanner had gotten her the recordings, and she hadn't even started those. She first wanted to read up on everything, she had to be thorough she only had one shot at Katrina, and Katrina knew Isabella wouldn't miss it was only a matter of time before she'd lose all control of her daughter.


"Hey boss, you've been her for 48 hours, you need some rest." Ellie spoke gently.


"Yeah Izzy, come on." Lilah agreed they were about to head out for the day.


"You guys go ahead." She replied continuing her pace of the office as her eyes read every single detail about what Monica went through. 


"Isabella I called Ambrose, he's coming sweetheart you're pregnant you need rest." Ellie said.


"El, I'm fine. This is the last file, I just gotta start the recordings." Izzy pointed in the directions of hundreds of different recordings, Izzy didn't know what she was in for with the recordings but she would soon find out. 


"How about we get one of the asso-"


"No. She's my best friend, and this is serious the more eyes on this the more people in danger." Isabella replied quickly. 


"Bitch I been calling you for 2 whole ass days." Tory said pushing past both Lilah and Ellie making her way into Isabella's office. Tory's face scrunched and she put her hand over her nose. "Bitch is that you musty like that?"


"Damn, Izzy you eating that chinese again?" Austin asked as he soon too entered the office. 


"I ain't called them." Ellie said to Izzy.


"Right on y'all imma just sit up here with her, I been trying to get her to come home, but she won't. So I just bring her food and hope she changes her mind." Ambrose said, he'd had Justin with him. 


"Lilah." 


"Bye Justin." She said with a small smile, and he smiled watching her walk away. 


"Kinda game y'all playing?" Ambrose asked.


"She's not gonna give me the time of day until I at least bring her signed divorce papers." Justin said. "Which should be done here soon, just gotta take them to Monica." 


"Well you almost in there my nigga." Ambrose replied as they entered the office. "Bae what's goin on? And it stink in here."


"Look.." Isabella said sitting the file down taking a deep breath. "I found some things out." She closed her office door and everybody looked at her weirdly. She had spent the last few days unraveling the nightmare that had been Monica's life. The truth of what Monica had endured, the manipulation, the abuse, the constant surveillance, made Isabella feel like she had barely scratched the surface. Now, she had to tell them.

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