WOO HOO!!! I'm alive! Here's the next chapter. Sorry for the wait. The holidays are a hectic time.
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After a rather silent and awkward drive to the detention center, Phoenix and Meg got out of the car and entered the building. When they were in the visiting room, Meg ran up to a security guard, grabbed him by the collar (which looked fairly odd considering the fact that she was 5'10" and the guard was 6'6") and screamed at him, "WE NEED TO SEE CHRISTINE D'LANCIE NOW!!!". When she noticed that everyone was staring at her, she let go of the guard and backed away, hiding behind Phoenix.
"Err," Phoenix began, "I think she meant to ask if we could see a Miss Christine D'Lancie".
Within moments, a girl with curly brown hair sat down at the opposite side of the glass.
Meg appeared overjoyed and ran over to her window. "Christi! It's you! Are you okay? Did they do anything to you? I swear, if I ever – "
"Meg! Calm down! I'm fine. I promise," the brunette, who apparently was Christi, replied. Then her eyes fell upon Phoenix. She immediately got perkier than a monkey in a banana farm. "Oh my gosh! You actually got him! You're the best friend ever, Meg!" She turned and looked at him. "You're gonna listen to my story, right?"
Phoenix walked over to the window and sat in the chair provided. "First, I'd like to know exactly what's going on."
"Oh," Christine replied, calming back down. "I'll tell you everything I know. It was after school. I had been in the gym alone, practicing my free-throws, when I realized how late it was. I went back to the music room to get my sheet music, since I'm part of the school chorus". Her face immediately became more solemn. "I turned the lights on and there he was. RJ was hanging by his neck from a rope or something. I screamed, fainted, and woke up here."
"I've been meaning to ask, who exactly is RJ?" Phoenix questioned.
Christine bit her lip, appearing to be holding back tears. Nonetheless, she went on. "RJ was my boyfriend. His full name is Raoul Jacob Carter. We had been friends ever since I can remember. We had just decided to start going out when… this happened." A tear escaped her tightly shut eyes and ran down her cheek.
Phoenix had just opened the wound and the salt shaker was in his hand, metaphorically speaking. "O-oh, I'm so sorry."
Christine said, now full of power and determination, "You see? I would never do anything like that to RJ. You have to believe me, it was someone else who did this!"
Phoenix looked into Christine's determined, yet broken eyes and knew what he must do.
"I'll take your case."
Meg gave Phoenix another huge hug and said, "I knew you would do it!"
Phoenix was once again perplexed at the mind of this crazed teenage girl.
Christine looked embarrassed and said to Phoenix, "She does that a lot."
Meg finally let go of him and asked anxiously, "Can I come on your investigations? Please? I've always wanted a career in law!"
Christine remarked, "No you ha-"
"Shut up" Meg mumbled in a sing-song tone. She turned back to Phoenix, "Please?"
"Yeah," Christine added, "if you don't she'll probably just mope around and become a fat depressed slob."
Phoenix Wright, once again, had been broken down by a teenage girl. "Fine. You can help."
"Yay!!!" Meg shrieked, and gave Phoenix yet another gigantic hug.
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