I guess I should have felt bad for intruding into my mentor's personal life, but part of me was excited: finally, I would be finding out about the girl in the photos and the life before me, before I came along…HOW EXCITING!

But Trucy lacked any of the enthusiasm I felt, guess she didn't want to she her dad go to jail. Sure, if he was innocent then I would get him off, but it was still hard for her to stand there and watch people believe lies about the man who loved her so much. "Don't worry Truce, he'll be fine."

Was it just me or was there a lack of sympathy in my voice?

Get your heart in the right place Justice, this girl is the closest thing you have to a sister. Don't crush her with your Attorney speak.

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While I stood in the Defense Lobby watching the witness and defendant whisper quietly to each other, Trucy paced back and forth in front of me running through the mild, obvious case details very loudly.

"So we both know daddy didn't kill Otto Topsy, I mean, daddy just wouldn't do that. It's not like him. We also know that this girl here was his assistant, I vaguely remember meeting her somewhere before-"
"And "somewhere before" doesn't help us at all, and besides, what happened to that Maya girl?"

"Maya? Well Cerise was more like a secretary and she took over for times when Maya wasn't there. But she and daddy were together, so she didn't do as much of the work that Maya did or else it could have gotten weird....really weird...anyway! Then there's the murder weapon with no finger prints that belongs to daddy-"

"Yes, that is sort of problematic and makes it look like he did it-"

"But daddy was at home so I know it wasn't him-"

"We've clarified that Trucy, no need to go over it again-"

"We also know that he really has no reason to kill Mr. Topsy because the last time they met was like, two years ago and then it was over."

"That's not true. We know Cerise only last saw him two years ago and then it was over. It could be completely different for you dad."

Trucy stared at me, "Good point Polly. I wonder when he really did last see him..."

FLASHBACK

Count down to ten, and turn around, that's all it takes.

You know you can do it, you've been waiting all your life for this.

Constant years of watching from the sidelines, all pointing to this one day, this one moment.

And this is it…

Why are you waiting?

Thirty seconds…

Twenty seconds…

Ten seconds…

Count to ten and turn around

Whoosh!

Its now or never.

Kill him or not

"DO IT NOW!"

Bullet through flesh…

I wonder what that kind of pain feels like…

I don't feel like finding out

Say good bye….

Otto Topsy

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*for the record, the flashback was not Polly, even though it was first person. Don't start thinking Apollo Justice is the actual murderer, though that would be a really good idea...if he wasn't so cool.*