trickier.
Marcus’s lawyer began to question me, and he didn’t pull any punches. Everything about him was intimidating. He was small in stature, but he had the most menacing look that I’d ever seen. He was a Caucasian man who looked to be in his 50’s and it was clear why Marcus chose him as his lawyer. They had similar dispositions, and I knew off of instinct that he wasn’t just unpleasant in the courtroom. I felt sorry for whoever had the misfortune of having him in their life on the daily basis.
“ So you’re saying that you weren’t seeing Marcus anymore after you met Kyle?” He asked.
I frowned, “No I wasn’t romantically involved with Marcus during that time. I stopped seeing him months before I ever applied for the position.”
“I find that really hard to believe,” he said slowly. He looked at me as if he was scolding a child. I held my head high and returned his disapproving gaze.
I didn’t appreciate what he was trying to imply, and I hoped that he really didn’t take it there.
“I’m sorry that you find it hard to believe but that doesn’t make it any less true,” I responded.
“ What attracted you to Mr. Kane?” The lawyer asked quickly.
“ Well I find him to be incredibly attractive, and I fell in love with him once I got to know him,” I said.
“ I’m sure the money didn’t hurt either,” he said.
“ Of course not, it never does,” I said truthfully.
“ So you were using Mr. Kane for the money? He basically took you from rags to riches within a couple of weeks of knowing you. I won’t even speculate about what was happening behind those closed doors, but we all know that everything comes at a price,” he said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
I wanted to hop off of the stand and punch him in the face. How dare he try to insinuate that I was trying to use Kyle for his money. I had no intention on disclosing the nature of how our relationship began because that wasn’t anyone’s business. Our relationship started out as mutually beneficial and turned into something more, but I was attracted to him the entire time. I looked at Kyle as all of the thoughts raced through my head. He looked at me with a peculiar expression, and I realized that it was because I hadn’t answered the question. I was having an entire conversation in my head in front of everyone. I pulled myself from my thoughts so that I could answer his question.
“No I wasn’t using him for his money. I wouldn’t do something like that,” I said.
Who in the hell did he think that he was? I’d always prided myself on not being a gold digger. I worked hard for everything that I owned and my tenacity and fighter spirit had served me well. I didn’t need Kyle in order to make it. I would have been just fine keeping my apartment in South Holland. I was with Kyle because I loved him, and that was it.
“ But yet you gave the defendant $5,000 of Mr. Kane’s hard earned money,” He replied.
I shook my head quickly, “I was blackmailed into giving him the money.”
“Then why didn’t you go to the police. According to my client, you gave him the money to treat himself with.”
“ That’s just not true. I didn’t give him that money freely. I didn’t go to the police because it was pretty effective blackmail. I didn’t want him to go public with the information that he had about me. I thought that it would have ruined me,” I pleaded.
“ And we’re supposed to believe that? The jury is supposed to believe that the man that you grew up with and loved turned on you? This is the same man that made sure you were taken care of as a teenager and was your lover, correct?”
“ Yes but—,”
“ So I’m led to believe that you sold out the man that loved you because your meal ticket realized what was going on. You lied about the blackmail so that you wouldn’t look bad,” he said cutting me off.
“ Objection!” the prosecution lawyer called out.
“
Marcus’s lawyer began to question me, and he didn’t pull any punches. Everything about him was intimidating. He was small in stature, but he had the most menacing look that I’d ever seen. He was a Caucasian man who looked to be in his 50’s and it was clear why Marcus chose him as his lawyer. They had similar dispositions, and I knew off of instinct that he wasn’t just unpleasant in the courtroom. I felt sorry for whoever had the misfortune of having him in their life on the daily basis.
“ So you’re saying that you weren’t seeing Marcus anymore after you met Kyle?” He asked.
I frowned, “No I wasn’t romantically involved with Marcus during that time. I stopped seeing him months before I ever applied for the position.”
“I find that really hard to believe,” he said slowly. He looked at me as if he was scolding a child. I held my head high and returned his disapproving gaze.
I didn’t appreciate what he was trying to imply, and I hoped that he really didn’t take it there.
“I’m sorry that you find it hard to believe but that doesn’t make it any less true,” I responded.
“ What attracted you to Mr. Kane?” The lawyer asked quickly.
“ Well I find him to be incredibly attractive, and I fell in love with him once I got to know him,” I said.
“ I’m sure the money didn’t hurt either,” he said.
“ Of course not, it never does,” I said truthfully.
“ So you were using Mr. Kane for the money? He basically took you from rags to riches within a couple of weeks of knowing you. I won’t even speculate about what was happening behind those closed doors, but we all know that everything comes at a price,” he said with a hint of amusement in his voice.
I wanted to hop off of the stand and punch him in the face. How dare he try to insinuate that I was trying to use Kyle for his money. I had no intention on disclosing the nature of how our relationship began because that wasn’t anyone’s business. Our relationship started out as mutually beneficial and turned into something more, but I was attracted to him the entire time. I looked at Kyle as all of the thoughts raced through my head. He looked at me with a peculiar expression, and I realized that it was because I hadn’t answered the question. I was having an entire conversation in my head in front of everyone. I pulled myself from my thoughts so that I could answer his question.
“No I wasn’t using him for his money. I wouldn’t do something like that,” I said.
Who in the hell did he think that he was? I’d always prided myself on not being a gold digger. I worked hard for everything that I owned and my tenacity and fighter spirit had served me well. I didn’t need Kyle in order to make it. I would have been just fine keeping my apartment in South Holland. I was with Kyle because I loved him, and that was it.
“ But yet you gave the defendant $5,000 of Mr. Kane’s hard earned money,” He replied.
I shook my head quickly, “I was blackmailed into giving him the money.”
“Then why didn’t you go to the police. According to my client, you gave him the money to treat himself with.”
“ That’s just not true. I didn’t give him that money freely. I didn’t go to the police because it was pretty effective blackmail. I didn’t want him to go public with the information that he had about me. I thought that it would have ruined me,” I pleaded.
“ And we’re supposed to believe that? The jury is supposed to believe that the man that you grew up with and loved turned on you? This is the same man that made sure you were taken care of as a teenager and was your lover, correct?”
“ Yes but—,”
“ So I’m led to believe that you sold out the man that loved you because your meal ticket realized what was going on. You lied about the blackmail so that you wouldn’t look bad,” he said cutting me off.
“ Objection!” the prosecution lawyer called out.
“
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