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"Great," I said, a sick sensation into reconnect with her at that moment Her face had fallen, her eyes sad She shook her head as she listened to Lara

"Can't you argue that if the video can't be proven to be Drake that it shouldn't be allowed as evidence?" Kate asked, frowning "It's defamatory to put a video out and claim it's Drake if it isn't It can't help but hurt his professional and personal reputation He's already paid such a high price for all of this"

"I know, Kate," Lara replied, sighing heavily on the other line "You're right, of course, but that doesn't mean that the defense won't release the tape by accident anyway so they can discredit the state's argument that Lisa acted with premeditation and killed Derek so she could take his money and escape with Jones They apparently had plane tickets and were getting ready to go to Mali Lisa clai to escape Derek and went to the cabin to retrieve some personal effects and that's when Derek attacked her and Jones killed him to protect Lisa"

"That's such bullshit," I said, unable to stop myself

"It is, to anyone who knew Derek or Lisa in the lifestyle Lisa was far fro violet She was a switch who occasionally liked to top submissive men She was in it for Derek'shim That's the sole reason that she entered medical school -- to live out her fantasy life of you and her beco Classic erotomania combined with sociopathy A very scary co in the background "I wanted to let you know because I'm afraid that the defense will leak the tape any ti as Lisa's defense, I would Anything to muddy the water and raise reasonable doubt"

"What can Drake do?" Kate asked, rubbing my shoulder "What can you do to stop it? Don't the police have rules about evidence that you could use to stop its release?"

"I'm afraid I'm somewhat constrained in this, because Drake isn't a defendant and we have no standing in the case Drake's going to be a witness, and testify for the state, and will have the opportunity to deny Lisa's clai and so the police and DA aren't going down that road, but Lisa's defense can do a lot of daardless"

"It's so unfair," Kate said, her voice wavering "Lisato jail for the rest of her life, but she's ruining Drake's life in the process"

I sighed and rubbedabout it but wait for the fallout"

"I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but it's better to knohat's co blindsided You should come to my office tomorrow afternoon and we can talk more about our response"

"Okay Good night"

"Good night and happy anniversary, I guess"

"Yeah, thanks," I said and ended the call I turned to Kate as frowning "Happy anniversary," I said, sourly

"She could have waited to call until tomorrow"

"She did what she thought was best in case ake up to the news that a video purporting to be me is plastered on the television and all over the internet"