L'Avocat

Chapter 2

Harry POV

Very cautious, I followed Louis inside the house. He was a criminal for god's sake, but Liam is a close friend of mine and I trust him with my life so if he believes he is worth it then I believe it as well. I don't usually represent criminals, I studied law to imprison them, not save them, so this is truly scary.

"So, you're on house arrest? Aren't you supposed to be monitored the whole time?" I asked genuinely curious.

"Yes, I am under house arrest but Liam helped me get only this band or some shit so they make sure I'm not leaving this place. I guess you could say I'm lucky." He responded with a light smile.

I'm not gonna lie, the guy is gorgeous, but his attitude makes me wanna slap him and go home. How can one be so arrogant and self centered? Anyway, I studied my surroundings very carefully so if he tries to kill me I can escape, or, at least defend myself. Don't judge me, I don't trust criminals.

"So, mister Tomlinson, let's get to the point of this meeting. I need all the information on this case, names, places, victims, you name it." I said in a serious tone. Might as well get it done, maybe he does have a darn good reason for it like he said before.

"Ok, let's set some rules, boundaries, however you wanna name them. Don't mister Tomlinson me, just call me Louis. Ok so it started a year ago, my mom got ill, we didn't have money to pay for the treatment even tho everybody who was legal worked. I didn't know what to do so I...robbed a bank. I am in no way proud of it but it helped her for a while. About two months later they found us."

"Who found you? What do you mean by us? I thought you were alone?" I sensed it was a very tangled situation. I just knew.

"My family. I have no idea how but one day they just came into our house and started looking for us. Thankfully the girls were at school so it was only me and my mom when they came. They were about to shoot us when one of them gave the other two a look and set the house on fire. I was hiding somewhere and when I saw my mom trapped I jumped on them and tried to get my mom out as fast as possible. She was still very weak you know. So I managed to get her out but the guys had me at a gunpoint. I thankfully managed to grab some bigger rock I think and aimed it at one of the guys' head, took his gun and shoot the other guys. They still had my information and my family's so we changed names and moved. They're somewhere around, haven't heard from them since that happened, they cut all ties with me and moved away. I've been running from them since then. I've been in Italy, Russia, Brazil, everywhere yet they managed to find me every time so I ran away yet again. This time I wasn't fast enough but I was lucky enough to have the police find me instead of those guys. I heard they died but there are some other people looking for me. I sincerely have no idea who they were and why they were looking for me but I think it's about the robbery, probably the owner looking for payback. That's all I know. They have the bodies and fingerprints so they can easily blame it on me. No one saw what happened. My mom was too panicked to comprehend what happened but when I told her she said it's all my fault so I can't count on her. Any more questions?"

I stared at him shocked. What the actual heck was that? Is he fucking joking, this has to be some kind of joke. Nu-uh, this just can't be real.

"You-...I-...What? Is this real? Did this actually happen?"

"Yes, why the fuck would I lie? So? Can you get me out of this?" I could tell he was getting impatient. I stared at the wall behind him and thought deeply. If I do this I'll probably waste some time if I lose the case but if I win it I'm helping both Liam and the Louis guy. If I don't chances are Louis is gonna go to prison for God knows how many years and Liam would probably be disappointed. Errrr.... pffff (AN. thinking sounds, the guy is in a complicated situation)...what am I doing, fuck it I'm taking the chance.

"I'm going to help you. But I'll also need your help. When is your trial?"

"In about a month or two, why?" (Another AN. The book is fictional as everything in it. It's an AU so laws and rules in our universe don't apply to this one.) Fuck, why did I agree.

"Ok, shit, uhm, we need to find your mom. Do you happen to know what's her current name? Or where she might be?" This is so messed up, please God, help me. I go to church and I'm a good person, please help me do this.

"My grandma is german so she might be there. Her name was Johannah Tomlinson but I'm not sure what's her current one. Why does it matter, I told you, she hates me. Even if she did see anything she wouldn't agree to help me."

"Look, I'm going to talk to Liam, talk to the judge and try to get you out of the house so we can go and talk to your mom. Maybe we're able to get more information from her. Also, could you tell me where did the robbery happen and where you used to live? We'll need to go there as well and do research. For me to get you out of this I will need a lot of information so we better get started." Just as I finished explaining what we needed to do I took my phone out and called Liam, before he could answer, leaving him with his thoughts.

Just after the first ring he answered.

"Hi! How was it? Please tell me he didn't kick you out again-"

"Liam, stop. It was fine, he's willing to let me help him. Big problem, we need to find his mother."

"I'll ask my dad, he's still talking to her so maybe he knows where she is. Did he really accept your help? I actually thought I'll need to come all the way there." he said with a small chuckle. Seems like he actually is very stubborn, I thought Liam was only joking.

"Thank you and yes he did. I'll also need to meet the judge in charge of his case. I need to get him out of the house and go by the place he used to live at, talk to the owner of the place he robbed and talk to his mom so I'm taking him with me. Did you get any information on what happened there? I suppose you knew about the crimes for a while."

"I actually have something but it's very confusing to be honest. I actually started my own little investigation and talked to some people including the owner. He has nothing to do with the guys who came to Louis' house. He didn't even care that much about the loss either, seems like someone paid him back double the amount he lost. That's all I have unfortunately but I hope it was helpful. I'm going to talk to my father and send you a message with what I find."

"Thank you, Liam, I don't know what I would have done without-

"HAROLD, WE AREN'T FINISHED TALKING SO COME HERE!"

"Better go, don't let the queen wait to much." Liam said with a chuckle.

"Okay. Thank you again and see you in a few weeks I guess. Bye!"

We hung up and I went back to Louis to find him sprawled across the couch watching Looney Tunes.

"I thought we had important things to talk about?"

"Yeah, but cartoons are my priority." Okay, so I'm dealing with a child. Everything is just peachy.

"If you don't get your shit together you won't be watching them anymore for decades."

"Chill Satan, I'm serious. See?" He said while looking at me with a ridiculous face.

Just as I was about to reply to his childish behavior, I received a text.

"You won't believe what Liam just told me."

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Ok, this one is a cliffhanger. I can't wait to know what Liam texted Harry. No, really, i have no idea what he said, nothing is planned.

BUT, I do have a pretty cool plot, so yall need to bare with me and my shitty writing I guess.

Anyway, third chapter for the day. Next update will be in a few days. Want this to get attention first yk, get famous and shit. Just kidding lol

Anyway, have a great day and stan Louis. Mwah x

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