Reality (Sequel to Future)

Chapter Twenty-Seven

The next morning, I was busy feeding Deon with Miss Mabel cleaning upstairs when the doorbell rang. I picked Deon up and walked up to the front door. I opened it surprised to see Chresanto's lawyer, Ms. Donnell, standing there.

"Lisa...uh, hi"

"Hello, Ms. Rodriguez. May I come in?" she asked with a warm smile.

I replied by letting her in. I closed the door behind us and she smiled even wider at Deon.

"So this is Deon. He's so handsome! Hi, sweetie" she said putting her finger in his little hand.

Deon giggled and squeezed it. He was a very friendly baby.

"Thank you" I said giving her a kind smile. "So what brings you here?"

"Oh, yes. I called Chresanto the other day after hearing about the attack. I wanted to make sure he was okay and well, we got to talking about his case which is when he mentioned that he had a surveillance camera in here"

My heart dropped. He had surveillance in the house? Why the hell didn't I know about that?!

"H-He does?" I asked shakily.

"Yeah, a few of them actually. He told me he had forgotten all about it because he never had a reason to use it but you know, now he does. Granted, it would've been better to know that months ago but hey, I'll take what I can get, right?" She laughed.

I nervously laughed back. In my head though, this shit was anything but funny. What if the camera caught Devin and I yesterday? Or our little episode in the kitchen before that when he gave me oral sex? I could literally die right now.

"So he said that there's a tablet under the bed in his bedroom. Wanna lead me there?"

I nodded.

"So uh what exactly are you looking for?" I asked as I led her upstairs. "From the surveillance tapes, I mean"

She scoffed.

"At this point, anything really. As long as it gets someone else convicted but him"

"What if it's his friends?" I ask.

"You worried about them or bringing your fiancee back?" she asked raising an eyebrow at me as we reached the top of the stairs.

"I'm worried about Chresanto's virtues" I countered. "If you find something that could bury one of his friends just so he can get home to me, he'll never let you use it. He's too loyal"

She shrugged.

"Maybe you overestimate his loyalty"

I rose a brow.

"Not saying that you fiancee isn't a loyal person, ma'am" she said defensively as soon as she saw the look on my face. "What I meant was, he wouldn't be lying to get back to you only. You two have a baby in the mix now. I'm sure he'd risk anything to be with him"

I was silent for a bit. She was right. Chresanto would go to the ends of the earth to be with Deon. Of course he loved me too but Deon was his son, a complete reflection of him. His oppurtunity to do what his father didn't have a chance to do and what his stepfather wouldn't.

"Let's just get the tape and worry about the rest later" she said with a reassuring smile.

She was awfully nonchalant about this whole thing for an attorney who's client was doing tine.

"Why do you seem so...not worried about all this?" I asked.

"Because I expect to win" she smiled. "I always do. That's why Chresanto hired me, right?"