This morning, Amy got up as usual and made herself an egg sandwich. She sat on the bay window and ate while scrolling through the news on her mobile phone. Suddenly, a photo broke into her sight. The man's face in the photo appeared on her face. I will never admit my mistake in my life. Her eyes darkened, she gritted her teeth, and clicked on the news.
The headline of the news was: "A man was killed at home, and his identity was verified to be the largest drug lord in the Federation who had been on the run for eight years! Is it justice from heaven or something else?" She knew that these news media always liked some sensational headlines. It is eye-catching, but the real content is often untrue. In the past, she took it as a joke, but today, this is the first time that she sincerely hopes that this news is not a headline.
Her prayers were not lost. The man was indeed dead. He was lying in the bathtub. He was stabbed several times and his throat was cut. The man's strong hatred.
She slid through the photos, looked at them over and over again, suddenly laughed, laughed and cried again, the phone fell on the carpet and made a dull sound. She bent her legs, put her forehead on her knees, and let the tears wet her legs silently.
There was a knock on the door, and it was the police officers who had been stationed near her house during this time to inform her that the crisis was over.
Amy sent the police away, completely put down her guard, and hid in fear for more than half a month, finally looking forward to this day. She lost her strength and couldn't help but fell to the ground. Quietly looking out of the window at the car that had been parked downstairs slowly driving away and disappearing, she felt a little confused.
At this time, the phone rang. It was Amy's lawyer, Cynthia, who called. She cared about Amy's situation first, and then said to the business: "Sophie's lawyer contacted me a week ago and hoped that the two parties could make an appointment to meet. I want to hear your thoughts."
Amy didn't speak, and Cynthia continued: "I think the other party probably wants you to sign the forgiveness letter to reduce the period of time she will serve in prison. This matter is of a bad nature, and I want the court to withdraw the case. It is impossible to hold them accountable, so they can only make up your mind. If you don't want to see them, I can refuse them for you. Don't worry, the evidence in this case is solid, and you have an absolute chance of winning, no matter you What kind of attitude will not have much influence on the verdict."
Cynthia's friend is Amy's former casting director Jin, influenced by her friend, Cynthia had a high initial liking for Amy, plus She has been fighting this kind of lawsuit for women's rights and fairness all the time. After fully understanding Amy's experience, she has a little more sympathy and pity, so at this time she is really standing on Amy's point of view. You are thinking about each other.
Amy accepted the kindness, but did not accept Cynthia's suggestion. She pressed her brows, let out a long breath, and said, "I agree to meet, just today. I happen to have something to say to Sophie." Thinking of the information she found, Amy's eyes brightened, her heart ached. I thought: I have nothing to be afraid of, the other party should be the one to be afraid of.
Sophie moved very quickly, and immediately set up a time as soon as she received the news that Amy agreed to meet.
In the meeting room, Sophie looked haggard, with disheveled hair, scars and bruises at the corners of her mouth, looking very miserable.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, she suddenly raised her head to look at the door, her lips murmured and wanted to say something, but she could only call out a name: "Amy..."
Seeing Sophie's current appearance, Amy Mi Weiwei was taken aback, and felt a little happy at random. She sneered and said, "Sophie, long time no see. Seeing that you are not doing well, I am relieved."
The light in Sophie's eyes dimmed, Showing a hurt look. Unmoved, Amy opened the stool and sat opposite Sophie.
Thinking of the lawyer's advice to her before coming here, Sophie regained her spirits, forced a smile and wanted to reminisce with Amy, hoping to persuade Amy by playing emotional cards. Amy felt sarcasm when she heard Sophie reminiscing about the relationship she had had ten years ago, but she didn't interrupt her performance. She just looked at her with a half-smile, wanting to see how long her one-man show could last.
Facing Amy's increasingly impatient eyes, Sophie's voice became smaller and smaller, and finally stopped chattering. Amy sneered and said, "Now that the performance is over, let's talk about the business. By the way, in order to avoid wasting your and my time, there is one thing I need to declare in advance. I can't write or sign the forgiveness letter." , other things can be discussed, but there is nothing to discuss about this matter. Okay, let's talk about it now, why do you want to see me?"
Sophie froze, opened her mouth in a daze, and turned to look at her face. lawyer.
Her lawyer was an elderly man with sunken eye sockets, deep nasolabial folds, and a short blunt goatee under his jaw. He looked like an old pedant, old-fashioned and difficult to get along with.
Seeing that Amy directly blocked the way for the conversation, his face flashed dissatisfaction for a moment, and he frowned: "Little girl, I wonder if you have heard such an old proverb, which is 'leave a thread in everything, so we can see each other later'. After all, it's not a life-and-death enmity, and she stopped committing the crime, and you didn't suffer any actual losses. According to the law, my client is likely to be exempted from criminal responsibility, so don't be so extreme in everything."
Amy looked at it He didn't look at the male lawyer, but still stared at Sophie, and said coldly: "Really, will you be acquitted? But I don't want to see you in the future? What should I do?"
Cynthia corrected the male lawyer: " Please be strict with your words. Your client did not suspend the crime, but was forced to suspend the crime under the fierce resistance of my client and the blocking of passers-by. This is an attempted crime. It's done. You don't know such basic legal knowledge, do you?"
The male lawyer was about to speak, when Cynthia said again: "Or do you know, but deliberately misleading my client with wrong information, has achieved your ulterior purpose?" The
man avoided answering, and continued to persuade Amy , and even moved out of Amy's religion. It can be seen that the male lawyer has indeed done a lot of homework.
One of the teachings of True Love Church is "generosity, fraternity, and kindness to others." If Amy is really an out-and-out true believer as she has shown before, this method may be useful, but after that incident, it is even more important. In the early days, she had violated the doctrine privately, and she no longer believed in those gods so piously, and even had some resistance.
Hearing what the male lawyer said, Amy's face changed immediately. Sophie, who knew the inside story, felt bad. Before she had time to remedy it, Amy stood up, with deep hatred in her cold eyes, looking Looking at her, she said in a very low voice: "I will never forgive you, let alone let you go, otherwise how can I be worthy of the suffering I suffered? Sophie, don't waste your time, I wish you a happy life in it."
Sophie Surprised, she quickly stretched out her hand to grab her, and said in a low and urgent voice, "You'd better think clearly, it won't do you any good if those videos are made public!"
Amy looked down at Sophie locked on her wrist withered and shriveled. The hand of chicken feet, with a sullen face and no words.
Cynthia heard Sophie's words, and stepped forward to pull her hand away: "Miss Sophie, please pay attention to your words and deeds. You are now suspected of threatening and intimidating and attempting to attack my client. I have the right to stop your behavior and sue you. Warning." She looked at Amy and said, "It seems that Miss Sophie and her lawyer have no sincerity in negotiating, I think we can leave." Then she was about to take Amy away.
Sophie hurriedly apologized, her goal has not been achieved, how could she let Amy leave like this. Amy had no interest in staying any longer. She sighed and said, "Sophie, you are always too impulsive. For your own good, I hope prison life can help you learn what calmness and rationality are." After speaking, she turned around go out.
"Amy! Do you really want to be so heartless? That man won't let you go!" Sophie yelled with her heart broken.
Amy turned her head, glanced at her, and smiled contemptuously, "Oh, it seems that you don't know yet. The man you mentioned is dead, otherwise how do you think I can come to see you?"
Suo Fei was dumbfounded, watching Amy leave, unable to recover for a long time.
The male lawyer stroked his beard, his eyes flickering, and he glanced at Sophie, who had a dejected face, thinking about it. Although he and his firm are famous for exonerating the defendant, this seems to be a lost case. Is it necessary to continue?
Amy walked briskly ahead, with countless emotions churning wildly in her heart, which made her unable to calm down, and she just wanted to leave this place quickly and return to her comfort zone.
Cynthia caught up and asked with concern, "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, thank you." Amy twitched the corners of her mouth, smiling a little forcedly.
Cynthia patted Amy on the shoulder and said comfortingly: "After you go back, take a good rest, and I will fight for your rights with all my strength in the trial in three days' time!
" go home.
Cynthia watched the taxi drift away, fighting spirit ignited in her eyes.
She already remembered who the male lawyer in it was—the notorious "Master of Exoneration" Casey, a rogue villain who didn't recognize anything except money. She was unfortunately defeated by the other party's sophistry when she was a fledgling three years ago. Under the surgery, now is the time for her to avenge her shame! She got in the car and drove back to the office quickly. Facing such a difficult opponent, she must be more prepared!
Amy looked at the rapidly receding scene outside the window, and felt depressed. The man who caused her a great psychological shadow is dead, and Sophie, who caused her so far, will also face a prison sentence. All those who hurt and threatened her will get their due retribution, but why is there always something in her heart? What about pressing a stone?
The threat that Sophie hissed out, "It won't do you any good after the video is released", lingered in her ears all the time, fluttering, fluttering, and then turned into a noose, tightly attached to her Throat, strangled her breathless. She suddenly didn't want to go home, she wanted to indulge, to do something she hadn't done in over twenty years, like go to the bar all night.
She stopped the driver, paid and got out of the car, then walked towards a nightclub.
It was still early for business, and the bartender behind the bar was lazily cutting ice cubes. Seeing someone entering the door, he rolled his eyes and looked away, disinterestedly.
There is soothing music in the bar, the music is too soft, combined with the dark decoration under the dim lights in the store, it is enough to make the new single guests drowsy. Amy found a booth and sat down. She didn't order wine, and no waiter took care of her. She lay on the table with her arms on her pillow, thinking about her own thoughts, and fell asleep after a while.
When night came, Amy was woken up, "Are you alone?"
She raised her head in a daze, and vaguely saw that the other person looked familiar, but she couldn't remember who it was for a long time, but the other person was taken aback, and said, "Ai Mi Mi? Why are you here?"
Amy heard someone's voice, saw the other's iconic short blond hair clearly, and finally found out the memory not long ago: "Jin! What a coincidence, I met you here."
Jin looked at Amy as if drinking She looked more relieved, and then she became worried again in a blink of an eye: "Why did you come to the bar alone, and fell asleep so defenselessly, do you know how dangerous it is?"
Amy didn't feel that at first . Dangerous, when she first came in, there was no one there, and it was as quiet as a meditation room, but now the interior of the bar became dimly lit and crowded with people, and the atmosphere suddenly became different. She couldn't help but start to get scared, and subconsciously leaned towards Jin. "I just want to see, I've never been in this kind of place. Why are you here?" The music suddenly became louder, and Amy had to raise her voice.
Jin also approached Amy, and replied loudly: "Work." It's inconvenient to say too much. Amy immediately understood, she looked around, a little nervous: "Are they all here too? Will they recognize me?" She hasn't thought about how to face the tenants yet.
Jin shook her head: "Don't worry, there is no one else but me." She thought that her work arrangement was almost done, so she pulled Amy up and said, "The trial will be formal in three days, you can't make any mistakes here Come on, I'll take you home."
Amy was a little reluctant, she hadn't had time to order anything, but Jin's attitude was resolute and she couldn't refuse, so she had to follow and walked out, and then got into Jin's car.
Jin sent Amy downstairs, and then drove her home quickly. Amy hesitated for a while holding the car door, and finally looked at Jin, and asked cautiously: "Thank you for taking me back, do you want to sit up?"
Suspicious in his heart, Jin looked at Amy several times. Seeing that her eyes were full of anticipation and nervousness, and there was no disharmonious element in her eyes, he couldn't help but relax his vigilance, nodded and went upstairs with her.
Amy walked in front, biting her lower lip tightly, her breathing was a little short, thinking of the plan for a while, the hand that opened the lock trembled involuntarily. Jin didn't notice it, and teased her with a smile: "Is this the first time you bring a girl back to the room?"
Amy smiled awkwardly, and finally opened the door. At this time, there was no way out, and she took a deep breath , suddenly calmed down. She moved out of the way, asked Jin to come in, and said with a smile: "Welcome to my hut, can you celebrate my birthday with me today?"
Jin was very surprised, and suddenly realized that today's date is indeed filled in Amy's information Birthday, I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: "Today is your birthday! Sorry, I forgot, and I didn't buy you any presents, how about I take you out to eat?"
Amy pulled Jin into the room, closed the door behind her, "No, it's my happiest thing that you can come. Let's make a cake together. I used to celebrate my birthday by myself every year, but this year I finally have friends." Her smile finally became sincere, He took Jin's hand and walked towards the kitchen.
Her steps were brisk, as if all her troubles had been thrown aside. Jin was infected by her and couldn't help laughing too.
The two stirred the flour together, whipped the cream together, put the raw cake into the oven together, decorated the cake together, then put candles on the cake in a very ceremonial manner, turned off the lights and made a wish together, and then blew out the fire together Guang, groping in the darkness to turn on the light again, looked at each other's faces and laughed, as happy as two children.
That night, both of them were a little drunk, their heads were touching, they sat on the thick carpet, and fell asleep together on the sofa. There was still a contented smile on Amy's mouth, and pampering and joy on Jin's face. As for whether the two of them would wake up tomorrow morning with backache and neck pain, no one of them would care at this time.