WARNING : This Chapter contains mentions of Sexual Assault
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The Jensen family sat at the breakfast table as Lainie questioned her son. "So, you didn't see Bryce after that? Over the summer, this fall?" Clay shook his head. "You had no contact with him at all?"
Clay looked up at Elizabeth and Justin who made eye contact with him, telling him to say no. "No. No contact at all." Clay looked down at his lap as he spoke.
"You never went over to his new house?" Lainie asked him. "Threatened him again."
"No."
"Can you think of any other reasons why the police would suspect you?"
"It's Mrs. Walker. She's out to get me." Clay tried to explain this to his parents earlier, but they had not understood. "You have to believe me. I didn't do anything."
'Clay, we believe you. We just.." Matt paused before finishing. "The more we know, the better we can protect you."
Clay shrugged. "There's nothing to know."
The Jensen parents shared a look before Lainie spoke again. "Dennis has agreed to represent you." Elizabeth's eyes widened as she listened to her mother. "He started out in the PD's office. He knows criminal defense."
"Hold up." Elizabeth put her hands up to pause the conversation. "Clay's not a criminal." Her brother nodded towards her.
"We know." Matt nodded.
"We need to take action. We need to protect Clay." Lainie explained to her daughter.
"So, what- what can I do?" Clay stuttered as he spoke.
"Nothing." Lainie leaned onto the table. "Dennis was very clear about that."
"You don't want to give the police or Mrs. Walker anything they can use against you." Matt explained for his wife.
Lainie sighed before speaking. "And, we'd like you to see Dr. Ellman."
"Why?" Clay furrowed his eyebrows.
"Just to check in." Matt shrugged, before lifting his mug. "This is a tricky time. It might be useful to talk it through." He took a sip of his coffee.
