*Disclamer: As usual, I do not own any of the Phoenix Wright characters despite how amazingly cool they are!!!*
I watched the thirty-two year old girl on the stand intently, waiting for some sort of a sign she was lying: none. "Ok Miss Cerise, could you please explain to me your connection with the victim?"
"Yes sir, I can do it again, for the sixth time. Otto Topsy was an old client of mine, back when I was actually practicing law. He was found innocent of murder, which he was. He never killed anyone. We never spoke again after that, just like all my other clients expect maybe one percent of them. He was my concern for three months and then he was gone…is it that hard to understand?"
"And what Law Firm did you practice in?"
She glared at him boldly, "Wright and Co. Law Offices. Phoenix was the Wright and I was the Co. I was Mr. Wright's assistance from the second year of his career to the end of it. Ever faithful ever serving, doing as I was told."
"So this is you?" I held up an old photo he had snuck out of Wright's apartment. It was of Cerise and him standing in the office after a very successful and tiring case. She was shorter than he, even in her platform shoes, and she was positively glowing. Cerise's teeth were white and straight, thanks to two and a half year of braces. She was dressed in the black skinny jeans with a white tank top on and a black zip up hoodie. She looked tired yet happy nonetheless. Phoenix Wright stood beside her with his arm around her waist. He held a bottle of grape juice in his free arm, some of which had spilled over his blue jeans (all that he was wearing).
"Yes," she muttered slowly, remembering the joyous day. "That was me."
"And what kind of relationship did you have with your boss?"
"Look Justice! I've been in your position before and these questions about my old boss don't have any bearing to the case. Phoenix has nothing to do with this. Feenie-"
"Feenie? Now who is that?"
The witness's ears flushed tomato red. "I sometimes called Mr. Wright Feenie, it was his nickname."
"And you two were in a romantic relationship with him?"
"Who told you that?"
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I'm Apollo Justice, defense attorney. This case? Well, it's a case concerning the death of Mr. Otto Topsy, formerly a dentist, now dead. The suspect? My boss, Phoenix Wright. And this witness? Well, she has no idea who the suspect is, no one has told her yet. She is her to tell us about a spot of trouble old Otto got in when he got out of a bar one night. So when she's screaming about Phoenix Wright not being involved…she's totally wrong. Problem is…if I tell her that her old boss is a murder suspect, I might end up dead at the bottom of some old river.
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"I've my sources."
"Who the hell told you, you sick freak?"
"Your honor, may the suspect please come out?"
I watched the horror cross over her beautiful face as her prior boss was dragged out. No longer the proud looking attorney he use to be, Phoenix Wright looked deeply depressed and in need of some help.
Cerise's eyes pooled over with tears as she watched Wright. "Phoenix?"
"Hey baby."
"So I take it," I interrupted, "that the two of you had more than a business relationship. Possibly romantic involvement, like I said before?"
"Apollo," Trucy murmured to me, "Call for a recess or something, let dad and his assistant have some time with each other…let them talk."
She got her wish.
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"Oh Phoenix, God ! How has this happened to us? We were at the top, so set for everything…and then that Kristoph Gavin, blast him! He destroyed it all." Cerise sobbed into Wright's shoulder, I just stood there awkwardly.
"Hey now, don't cry sweetheart, I'm here now. And I'm innocent, we both know that."
I exhaled quietly. Wright never ever told me if he thought he was innocent. He'd always send out these riddles that never made sense. The one time where he was actually guilty of something…he told me right out front (course, all he did was soak my underwear in meat, it wasn't an actual crime). But he sounded so sincere, and I'd heard him talk about this girl; he wouldn't lie to her.
"Phoenix-"
"Quiet, listen to me. Don't lie to anyone, just come out and tell the truth. No matter what they ask. If it's going to involve revealing our personal lives, just do it ok? We'll be together and fine if you just cooperate and don't worry."
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