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I breathed a sigh of relief that Terry hadn’t grassed and droppedyou need to be aware of though Apparently, they pulled Terry’s phone log and your nu him at the time of the crash Delete all your shit and ditch your phone, okay? You didn’t call Terry at all, you were tucked up in bed with your girlfriend all night, understand?" he coached
I could feel the sweat starting to slicken the pal, however sto lie for
"How do you know that?" I asked, itching to get off the call so I could sood guy, he keeps ton is the best defence lawyer out there; he’s willing to go above and beyond for his best clients He’s been with me for a while now It’s a real shame that I didn’t have him in my eotiated you a shorter sentence," he said wistfully
I cringed, thinking about how close I was standing to Ellie whilst I was having this conversation
Sure, she kneas into bad stuff, but she had no idea that I’d been inside for it - she definitely didn’t know that I was a convicted ht, well, thanks for letting ht after this call," I agreed
"I’ve already had a new one sent over to your place so that we can keep in touch, it should be there noaiting for you Take a few days off, Kid Lie low, chill I’ll keep you informed" He disconnected the call so I looked back at Ellie She was chewing on her nails, looking extremely jumpy and nervous I s I couldn’t freaking wait, it was going to be incredible
The cell phone felt like it weighed a hundred pounds inoff and pulling outit into my pocket carefully I had a lot of photos on there of Ellie that I didn’t want to lose I fiddled with the back until I et the SIM card out, then snapped the card into two before dropping the phone that’s I’d owned for less than a asped "Ja?"
"I called Terry on the boost last night, so I need a new phone and number," I replied She looked at me ide eyes as I staood ’s fine, I promise," I assured her
She frowned "Really?"
I nodded in confirht, he hasn’t blabbed to anyone Brett said it hopefully won’t get to trial but if it does then he’ll pay off the judge I’ood as Brett clai up theit in the nearest trash can
She rubbed at her forehead and closed her eyes "I’ll be glad when this is all over and I can stop worrying so hard about you," she pouted
I grinned, wrapping ainstabout s to worry about," I countered