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“Do you understand? Marc took everything from me I want to write hate mail to him in jail”

Yuki said, “Briana, I do understand I feel terrible Please, hear me out I came to tell you that I’h”

“Oh You’re sorry Thanks”

“I believed Marc,” said Yuki “The police believed Marc His story was convincing, and if he’d been raped, as our office believed, he would have needed justice I thought other male victims of rape would also be vindicated once this crime was exposed”

“You mean I had to be exposed”

“Not exactly I’m a prosecutor My intention was to prosecute a rapist Briana, I only started to suspect Marc when he testified Even then I thought he was s to make himself look better, not that the whole story was a complete fabrication”

Briana said, “Austing scam?”

“Yes,” Yuki said “Marc adized to you in his suicide note”

Briana scoffed, shook her head “Sick Both of them I really don’t have words”

She put her feet on the floor, grabbed the Stoli from the table, put the mouth of the bottle up to her lips, then stopped She offered the bottle to Yuki

“Can’t,” Yuki said, “I’”

“Okay,” Briana said She took a few slugs of vodka and sighed loudly

When she turned back to Yuki, her expression had softened

She said, “You don’t have to justify yourself, Yuki You were doing your job I respect that I never felt that you were attacking me personally I didn’t think you were ot it”

“I do,” said Yuki “Thank you very much”