Previously, on Laws of Clarity, Annabelle and Esther showed their concerns for their respective families and about how the trip would affect them all. Hayley and Klaus spent some more time together, in which they shared their common feelings about their past, their jobs and especially the divorce between his brother and her best friend. Elijah and Cami got into a fight about the duplex. Once the families arrived in Hawaii, Klaus and Hayley continued with their arrangement in secret as he started feeling something more than lust towards her. Finally, at a family dinner, the photos of a drunken Hayley were revealed, causing her outburst towards Klaus.
PLOT: Hayley has to deal with her mother's and her best friend's opinion about the secret affair she had she Klaus, as Cami shares a secret with her too. Once back in New Orleans, Judge Horner sets up a meeting so the duplex could be put in discussion, forcing the interaction between Klaus and Hayley more and more as they try to find a way to win the duplex for their respective clients. Finally, after some careful consultations of the duplex, Klaus is surprised to see himself face to face with Caroline, who wants something.
"You're a bastard…horrible…just like everyone else. You're not different." Hayley gasped as she realized what she had said to him. Almost at once, she turned back around to tell him that it was not true. No matter what he had done…she couldn't admit to have done something like this to him.
But as soon as she did turn around, she saw him storming away. Her heart hardened as well. She couldn't believe that this supposed betrayal from him made her feel so empty inside, but then again, how could it not? She slept with him for a few weeks. It was comfort sex…away from their problems.
She knew and understood that, but she poured her heart out to this man. She made him feel what she felt and in return he said some things to her about loss and abandonment…but they were most likely lies.
Hayley covered her ears with her hands as she finally returned to the hotel.
Surprisingly, the Mikaelsons, Cami and her mother were there too, looking at her with surprise. Her mother had a look of disappointment and her hands were on her hips. Cami was not looking at her, though. The blonde's eyes were to the ground and she was playing with her fingers.
Eventually, all the Mikaelsons retreated without saying a word. Mikael looked angry and Elijah had a stupefied look on his face as they all entered their suites in silence. Annabelle stepped closer to Hayley and hissed in her face, "How could you embarrass me like that in front of my closest friends?" "It's nice to see how much you care about me…Mother!"
Hayley snapped in return and turned to her suite and slammed the door shut. Almost a few minutes afterwards, a knock as heard.
Hayley was on the bed with her hands covering her tearstained face as she yelled, "GO AWAY!" "It's me, Hayley. Just let me come inside. I am not mad. I promise." Hayley sighed as she heard Cami's voice and she stood up, letting her in.
"I don't need your pity and I frankly couldn't give a damn if you are mad or not! Why don't you start acting like mother, if that's the path you choose?" the brunette snapped and she stepped back to let her in. Cami cleared her throat and didn't say anything until she made sure that they were alone.
"I want to talk about those photos. Are you sure that…" "It was Katherine! She blackmailed me before. She said that if I don't renounce on your case, she is going to take these to the press and ruin my reputation." Cami gaped at her.
"And you still went along with it? Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped you with this!" "I didn't want to worry you because I knew that you would try to convince me to let your case go but I will not."
"You have always been the one to look after people, no matter how hard your own life is. Why don't you ever let me or your mother take care of you? I know that she may seem like a battle-axe but she is a good person. And she is your mother. You should have said something. Now Mikael…"
"What exactly is he doing? I am sure that he is going to do his best to use this against me so we will lose the case." "This is not about the case anymore!" Cami exclaimed, exasperated and with her eyebrows raised.
"Then what is this about? My reputation? Your reputation?" "Mikael is trying to find out at this moment who owns these photos. He wants to help. Just like your mother…he is a tough and complicated man but he is all in for family." "I am not his family." "You are a friend of the family."
"I don't care!" "Hayley, stop being so stubborn…and about Klaus…"
"Please! The last thing I want to hear right now is your judgment. Yes…I slept with him! And not just once. For once…I did bend the rules. I did what I felt like doing. It's my life. And I made some decisions…some I am not proud of…especially since I was beginning to trust him. I forgot about my job and about the walls I have put up around people, even my own mother. For once, I let myself do something without thinking it through. I felt free…and then I crashed and burned. I should have known from the start that the only thing someone like Klaus Mikaelson would try to do is to find my weaknesses and get me weak. I should have realized that. And I would have realized that…"
Hayley stopped talking and rubbed her forehead. She was very tired and a lot of thoughts ran through her mind. Who could she trust now? Who was trying to help her? Who was tricking her? "I ran after you…and I saw what happened on that street." Cami said softly.
"What exactly did you see? What did you hear?" "Enough to know that your accusations towards Klaus are false." "You can't know that. I know…I made a mistake when I agreed to have a…" "Relationship with him?"
"No…it wasn't anything like that…it was more…it was more of…" She couldn't even say it but Cami saw through her eyes. "No feelings attached?" "None." Hayley whispered and sighed. "I never would have guessed that from what I captured in your fight earlier."
"It doesn't matter now…it's over. And I am not going to fool around anymore and let my job become in jeopardy ever again. I am going to play it by the rules. I am going to focus on your case and on your case alone and I am going to win it, just like I planned it from the start. I am sorry that I let things get this far. Everyone knows now about me and Klaus?"
"Yes…they figured it out…and I told your mother." Hayley covered her face with her hands and whispered, "What did she say?"
"She wasn't really mad about that as she was with the photos, surprisingly. She didn't think that you would have it in you to have a relationship…"
"You are both wrong, then. What Klaus and I had was not a relationship. We were just physically attracted to each other and it escaladed at one point and we thought we could relieve ourselves of our stress using each other. That's all. But…I trusted him with a lot of personal aspects of my life and…I just know that he did something and he most likely encouraged Katherine to photograph me. I don't think it's a coincidence that he of all people was the man to help me that night I was drunk…and Katherine was with him. They made a fool out of me."
Cami took Hayley's hand in hers as they both sat down on the bed.
"I have something I need to confess to you too…and I don't know how I am going to get the courage to do this, Hayley." Cami whispered to her and the words caught Hayley's attention at once.
"Something to confess? What happened? Don't tell me that you have been seeing someone too. This can affect the case. You better tell me now and give me the details." Hayley panicked but Cami calmed her. "Oh, believe me…I wish that would have been the problem but it's not. This thing is…I am pregnant."
Cami said the last part softer and looked around, frightened that someone could have heard her. The silence which followed made Hayley sigh in either disappointment or relief. Or both, she wasn't really sure." "What? Pregnant? Whose is it?" she asked at once and Cami bit her lip. "The only man I have slept with since I married…of course."
"Elijah? You're carrying Elijah's child and you have kept this from me? I am not only your friend, Cami. I am your lawyer and defending you in a divorce trial. You should have told me about this as soon as you found out." "But that's the problem. I didn't find out until before this trip."
"How did you find out?" "I was extremely late and I feared the worst so I took a test. It was positive…and then I went and told a doctor. He said that I am one month along…but he is sworn to secrecy. He promised that he will not say anything to anyone, especially since he knows I am in the middle of a rough divorce."
Hayley closed her eyes and tried to soothe her mind by running a hand through her hair and down her neck. There came that feeling again for her…the feeling that something was missing…that she was missing someone's touch. She knew that if everything had been alright between them, he would have been right next to her, comforting her, sharing his own problems with her and sleep with her to make her feel anything but pain…
"Stop." Hayley whispered to herself. Cami frowned, not understanding what her best friend was telling her. "Stop? I just told you my biggest secret and you want me to stop?"
"No, I…I wasn't talking to you. I was talking to myself. I don't know what to say to you, Cami. I think that you have shocked me more than I have shocked you tonight." "Hmm…I think that you sleeping with the lawyer defending the husband I am divorcing tops it." "Did you tell Elijah about the baby?" Hayley asked, ignoring her last statement.
"No, of course I haven't. How could I tell him something like this? It's nonsense. I…I can't. Do you think I should tell him?" "You can do what you like, Cami. It's your child…but if we do bring the matter to the judge…we are most likely to win. After all, a husband who cheats on his pregnant wife makes him look even worse than he already does."
"You want me to use my unborn child as a weapon against my husband?" "The law is a dirty business, Cami and I have my own reasons for practicing it. I have just given you the options. You are free to choose. If you tell him, we add this to the case. If you want to keep it a secret…you can but it can lead to complications."
"What kind of complications?" "The press will be onto us as soon as you start showing. Speculations will be made that you have been seeing someone behind Elijah's back too and have gotten pregnant from him. Don't look so surprised. The press would make up anything that would give them the fame they crave. Even if they have to divulge some untrue information."
"Let me think about this." Cami sat up and went to look out the window. "But how did this happen, Cami? You and Elijah had a terrible marriage for the past couple of months. You told me yourself that things weren't going well. How did the two of you end up sleeping together?"
"It happened on the day I walked in on him and Katherine in the office. He told me this wasn't what it looked like but of course I didn't believe him. And after I left you at the bar…" "Thanks for that by the way! If you hadn't left, Klaus wouldn't have found me and Katherine wouldn't have been able to snap those photographs."
"You still think that Klaus helped her?" "I am positive that he did, but I don't want to talk about this anymore. I have to live with the consequences of the mistakes I have made for letting my guard down for once in a long time and especially with someone like him. I sealed my fate…and I pay the price, just like in the Bible."
Cami groaned and said, "Please don't make this hard on me. Don't make this hard on yourself either. We can't change the past. Do you think that I want to be pregnant with the child of a man I am divorcing? Of course not, but it happened. And this is my own burden to bear."
"But you can still find a way around your problem. I can't find a way around mine. The photos are out there. It's only a matter of time before Klaus and Katherine send them to the press and end my career."
"I am not going to have an abortion, Hayley! And your career is not going to end! And even if it did, hypothetically…it will at least teach you that there is more about your life than just your job. You have family and friends who love you and support you. This job is just a way for you to pay your bills."
"For me it is more than that, Cami…but you wouldn't understand." She knew who had understood, or at least who pretended to. She checked her phone for new messages, but saw none. "You were hoping someone would contact you?" "I was just checking…how long before we get back to New Orleans?"
"That is also something I should have told you before. Mikael said that we are leaving tomorrow morning." "Tomorrow? Why?" "Because of the photos which have been shown about you. I told you that Mikael appreciates you and what you do."
"He doesn't. Maybe he knows his son was behind this and he is trying to clean up the mess before the press finds out." "You are very eager to blame Klaus for all of this."
"How can I not? He made me believe something and then he turned his back on me and did this. You really don't find it strange that he was there the night I overdrank…or how he immediately showed up at my doorstep right before Katherine left my apartment?"
"She was there?" "The day she threatened to expose those photos. Yeah. Klaus showed up right after and assured me that he will convince Katherine to delete those photos and as an idiot that I was…I believed him." Cami went to the door and said softly, "We should both get some rest. We have a flight tomorrow."
"Where is Davina?" "She's staying in Kol's room. Crazy how they got together, huh? I didn't even know they knew each other." "I made Davina my personal assistant in this case so naturally, she met Kol. But he better take this relationship seriously or he is going to pay big time if he screws up."
"Maybe he already knows that and honestly, I think he actually likes her. We'll talk more tomorrow…maybe when things have cooled down." "If you think that I am going to sleep tonight, you are wrong."
"At least try. I am a pregnant woman and the father of my baby has no idea…so I am going to try to relax and think on the bright side. Try to find your own silver lining too. You will feel better…I promise you."
"If you say so." Hayley mumbled and rubbed her own arms, as Cami left. She then went to her bathroom and took a shower before changing into her nightdress. Talking to Cami did her a lot of good. If she hadn't, Hayley was sure that she would have broken down and cried the whole night over her miserable life.
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The morning came rather quickly and the Mikaelsons had their bags packed for them. Freya and Rebekah visited Hayley and offered her encouraging smiles and hugs. At least Hayley was happy to have convinced them that it was a onetime thing and that she really wasn't an alcoholic.
Annabelle glanced at her daughter from time to time but with a passive expression. Klaus had walked by her and hadn't even looked at her once. She was glad. And anger rose in her heart at the idea that he most probably had been in contact with Katherine to tell her of what had been happening here. She also noticed that Mikael was glancing at Klaus furiously.
Esther was just as passive as Annabelle and Elijah barely said a word to anyone since the other night, but he didn't look like he cared about much of what had went down. "It's time to go! We shall be flying with my private jet! I had it personally brought here so we shall be getting home faster!"
Hayley was constantly checking her phone for new messages from her firm. There was nothing from anyone. She gasped and covered her mouth. Was it possible that Katherine had already given the photos to the press? Was it possible that she had been kicked out of the law firm?
No…someone would have said something. The jet provided everything for them…and this time, there was plenty of room. It didn't look like the jet Mikael had before and Hayley rolled her eyes, realizing that under the circumstances, Mikael had bought a newer and bigger one to take them home soon.
Hayley didn't even try to communicate with her mother. If she was an embarrassing daughter as Annabelle claimed, then she would stay that way without remorse. She couldn't care less. She had never cared about her mother's opinion and she wouldn't start anytime soon. She immediately took her seat next to Freya and Lucien.
Neither one of them said a word, as Klaus decided to sit all the way in the back with his brother. Cami, took her seat with Annabelle, as Mikael and Esther were whispering something to one another in the front.
Her phone rang and at the same time, a ring could have been heard from the back too. Hayley slowly turned around to see that Klaus was preoccupied, checking his phone with a frown. Looking back at her own work phone, she realized that she had received a voicemail.
She put the phone to her ear and listened, "Good evening, councilors! After looking through each and every file and deciding upon the assets which are to be divided in the divorce between Mr. Elijah Mikaelson and Mrs. Camille Mikaelson, I have come to the conclusion that the matter of the duplex remains the most important asset which cannot be divided. I shall be expecting you in court at 4 PM tomorrow along with your clients in order to get to the bottom of this. Yours sincerely, Judge Horner."
Hayley placed the phone back in her pocket. Most likely, Klaus received the same message.
"What was that?" Freya asked her, as she saw that Hayley was looking unwell again. "Oh, it's nothing. I just have to be in court tomorrow and I have another fight I need to win."
Freya nodded and then whispered, "You know that I cannot take sides in this. Elijah is my brother but Cami has always been close too. And I don't have the heart to take my brother's side and leave Cami without a home. It breaks Rebekah's heart too. We just wish things could go back to the way they were." Hayley smiled a little sadly and nodded. "And I wish I could go back to the time before this divorce…before…" she didn't continue her sentence.
She was heartbroken, which is why she did wish that she had never met him…she wished the attraction between them wasn't that strong. She wished she had stopped him when he first came forth with the intention of sleeping with her.
Groaning, she wanted to slap her face at her stupidity. He was a man…and as long as she knew, men wanted one thing from women. And someone like Klaus was able to get it through expert manipulation and he also received her weakness…and he exploited it.
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The court was in session at exactly 4 PM. Hayley held herself together. The firm had not said anything. Everything was perfect and there was no mention of any photos received by her partners or anyone else around the city. Surprisingly, her mother decided to attend this court meeting with Esther.
Mikael wanted no part of it, still seeing this moment as a disgrace for his family but surprisingly, his anger was not directed at her for defending Camille in court. It was directed towards both Klaus and Elijah. But it certainly was not Hayley's problem right now. She was in the bathroom 5 minutes before 4 o'clock and she leaned her head back against the door. She thought about how strong she had to make of herself now…for her best friend's sake.
After all, it would have been very shameful to let herself get personal with business. Defending Cami right now was her job and she was planning on going through with it.
"You could have asked for this meeting to be postponed." Cami whispered to her as they took their seats in the courtroom. Hayley looked back and noticed that Annabelle and Esther were already sitting there. Her mother had not said a word to her since the Hawaii incident and it was typical for her to make this seem like it was affecting her more than her own daughter.
Annabelle cared about her business more than she cared about family matters. Esther was the exact opposite, which is why Hayley couldn't understand how they had become such good friends, when they had so very little in common. "No. Why would I do that?" Hayley asked her, looking serious as any lawyer would on an important day such as this one.
Klaus and Elijah were sitting opposite them and discussing something. Hayley looked down at Cami's stomach and asked, "Are you okay?" "Don't make it seem like something is wrong. I won't tell Elijah…I can't." Cami whispered and gulped. "It's completely up to you. We will make it work." Hayley informed her.
The honorable judge entered the courtroom and sat down, looking like was on a very high pedestal, compared to the minion pawns which were sitting in front of him. "The court is now in session!" Judge Horner announced. He then cleared his throat and looked over the documents.
"We have managed to divide all of the assets equally. I trust that the dog is in good care!" The judge smiled at Hayley and she smiled in return. "Yes, your Honor! It was a wise decision to leave Sam in the care of my client!" "Unfortunately, the duplex is still up for discussion and as I understand it, no settlement has been mentioned, is that correct, councilors?" he asked them and both Hayley and Klaus stood up.
"No, your Honor!" they exclaimed at the same time. "Then for the time being, I suggest that both Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson should leave the duplex until the rightful owner has been settled. And as I understand it, Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson have many neighbors, people they know and a maid for the duplex, do they not?"
"They do, your Honor!" Klaus and Hayley said at the same time again.
Judge Horner eyed them suspiciously for one moment before clearing his throat again and saying, "Then I suggest that a clear investigation is made, directly by the councilors!" "Your Honor, what would you ask of us to do, more precisely?" Klaus asked him. "You and Miss. Marshall are to spend two days in that duplex and you are to inspect and receive information from the staff and from other people about how both Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson contributed in the arrangement of that duplex!" Hayley parted her mouth in shock but then she intervened at once.
"Excuse me, your Honor! But is this really necessary? I can simply stop by and…" "As I understand it, Miss. Marshall, your own home is not that close by to this duplex." "No, it is not, your Honor." "Then in order for you to focus precisely on this job for the next 48 hours, I suggest that you spend your time there. No information will be able to pass you unnoticed and non-received! I believe I make an excellent point!"
"You do, your Honor." Hayley finally whispered. "Very well! Get your selves packed, councilors and I will hear your report of everything you have discovered about that duplex in two days!" He hit the hammer and then retreated. Hayley looked towards Cami, who was biting her lip nervously.
"Hey…maybe you don't have to do this." Cami whispered to her, eventually and Hayley shook her head, as she gathered up her files in her suitcase. "You heard Judge Horner. I have to. It is part of my job and nothing in my personal life is going to get in the middle of it. I am fine, really, I am." Hayley finished packing up her stuff and she and Cami left the courtroom before Klaus and Elijah would. "What's wrong? You're shaking."
Cami put her hand on Hayley but she immediately said, "I have to…" "…go to the bathroom again. I understand. Listen, it's a very stressful job and the main reason why I asked you to represent me is because you are my best friend and I trust you more than anyone. But if this is going out of line for you…"
"It is not. Things like these happen." "But it's too strange how Judge Horner has suddenly decided to make you and Klaus live together at my place…well…my and Elijah's place."
Hayley shook her head, saying softly, "I don't know what he was thinking. But just because Klaus and I are going to be under the same roof that does not mean that we have to interact. After all…we simply have to get information about you and Elijah from the people in your neighborhood. It shouldn't be too hard."
"Some have always been closer to me and others closer to Elijah. How do you know that what they tell you will be the truth?" "They can't lie. They will be forced to swear an oath eventually. You have nothing to worry about, Cami."
"Then go ahead…take your time in there." Cami pointed to the bathroom and Hayley immediately stepped inside.
"She might be having a panic attack, I suppose." Cami turned around to see that Elijah was standing there before her. "And what do you care?" she immediately asked him. "I didn't say anything about caring, Camille. It was a simple observation. There is no need for you to snap at me the way you just had." "I snap at you because you deserve it." Cami told him at once.
"No, I don't believe that is the reason you do it." "Are we done with this pointless conversation? I thought that you would like to consult with your own lawyer instead of bothering me right now." "Niklaus is not very eager to speak to anyone at the moment, because of Judge Horner's decision."
"Maybe because he finally realized that he can't hide your secrets for much longer than he already succeeded in doing." Elijah's face turned serious and he grabbed her hand.
"Elijah, I don't want you to touch me. We are in the courthouse. Do I need to sue you for physical abuse too?" Elijah let loose of a small smile at that moment, making her eyes widen with surprise. "What are you smiling about?" "Perhaps because what you have just stated happened to be hilarious to me. This not physical abuse, Camille. It is a touch of affection…"
"…but it's still a crime that you are touching me without my permission. So, a crime is a crime unless you let go of me right now." Elijah did as she asked and Cami massaged her hand, looking at him for a moment before looking back towards the bathroom. The fact that Hayley wasn't hurrying up, made her feel empty inside. She didn't want to be around Elijah, but he gave her no choice.
"I do have one question I must ask you, however." He finally said and Cami groaned. "Fine. What is your question?" "What is your main reason for going through with this?" he asked and she cleared her throat. "You mean the trial? The divorce?"
"As I recall, you filed for it. So yes…I believe I have made my question quite clear." "You know the reason." "No. Frankly, I do not." "Then why did you sign the divorce papers?"
"The official papers, I have not signed…yet…as we are not yet divorced. Remember that. And I went along with this trail because you claimed that you were no longer happy with me."
"And I was telling you the truth." "How come? You had everything. Everything you wanted, I offered it to you." "Material stuff…not exactly what I am into. I wanted to feel the love my husband had for me…but you were always too occupied with work…or with other women."
He leaned forward to grab her hand again but Cami shook her head, feeling her tears fill up in her eyes. "Other women?" he asked and Cami stated, "Look at me now in the eyes and tell me that you haven't been in any sexual relationship with anyone since we got married." Elijah once again parted his mouth but with no response.
"There are no judges, no lawyers…I am still your legal wife…so just tell me. Tell me so I can know." Cami told him. Elijah's eyes looked like they showed nothing but guilt and regret and Cami had her answer, as Hayley finally came out of the bathroom. Her eyes widened when she saw Elijah there.
"Elijah…is there any reason why you are here?" she asked him. "Hello to you too, Hayley. And as a matter of fact…I wanted to talk to my wife." "Soon to be ex-wife and unless she wants to, I don't think you have that right. You do have a right to consult with your own lawyer. So, please move on." Elijah looked at Cami once more before leaving.
"Did he say anything important to you?" Hayley asked her at once. "No…he didn't say anything." "Are you sure?" "Yes. But I am not telling him about the baby." "Okay…but you better come with me. We have things to discuss before I move into your duplex for these two days." Hayley instructed her.
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As soon as her bags were packed, Hayley got into her car and drove over to Cami and Elijah's duplex. It was a very expensive building, much like the one she was living in. As soon as she entered the apartment, she noticed that something was not quite right…and that he was present.
Klaus came out of the bathroom, looking like he had already made himself comfortable. He looked at her for one moment and she looked back, but with no emotion on neither one of their faces. "I have taken this floor. You can take the upstairs one." He informed her and then he moved away from her, starting to unpack some clothes.
Hayley grabbed her bag and headed upstairs, not saying a word. She had no intention of leaving unless she intended to talk to the neighbors or anyone else. She decided to call Cami immediately. "Hey! Did you get there alright?" "I did. And he was already here. He took the downstairs and I am staying upstairs." "Good. That way, you get your own privacy."
"I better get my own privacy. I am here to work, after all." "Did he say something to you?" "Nothing. Just that the downstairs was his." "If you think that it is best for you to ignore him, you do that, okay? I don't think it's a problem." "We are not here to interact with each other, Cami. We are here to interact with others."
"Good. Start with the neighbors. And Murielle doesn't come by as often as she used to, to clean up." "The maid? On whose side do you think she is on?" "She had a rough divorce a while back so she got a little burned by the man in her life. I think she may give you some good info about me and Elijah." "Good. Then, that is exactly what I will do." Hayley ended the phone call and checked her list. She had a number of people that she could talk to who would vouch for her and Cami.
But first, she wanted to get to know the neighbor, Albert. He had been there for a while and maybe he did catch some interesting information.
As soon as Hayley got to know the old man, he slipped out something which made her gasp lightly Apparently, a year back, Elijah had offered thousands of dollars to a black-haired mistress for a liposuction she wanted to have. Hayley immediately jotted that aspect down.
"So, Katherine Pierce was not the only one." She whispered and Albert shook his head. "I know that he had a mistress a year ago and I heard him on the phone with her plenty of times talking about this liposuction. I had to tell you, since I am under the oath, Miss…but please do not let Mr. Mikaelson know that it was me who told you about this."
"You shall remain anonymous to the Mikaelson family but the judge will have your name. That is the only thing I promise you."
"Very good, Miss…but what will I do when Mr. Mikaelson's brother decides to come and talk to me too?" "I am a lawyer and I take my work seriously. Klaus Mikaelson is a fantastic lawyer as well and you must remember that he is coming to you with the intention of making his brother look like a strawberry shortcake. Do not keep the information you have given me from him. But also, I would advise you to not let yourself manipulated."
"I will not, Miss. Thank you." Hayley left the man's apartment and looked down at her notes. She didn't know whether or not she should call Cami and let her know what happened. But she knew what would happen if this is what she would do…the blonde would break down.
She was not as strong as she was, to hear something like this. But maybe deep inside her heart, she knew about Elijah's affairs, but she hoped…a small part of her maybe hoped that she was wrong. Hayley put her phone away, deciding that it would be best to let this slide for now.
But with what Albert had just told her, Hayley was sure more than ever that the case was practically already won by her. Cami was most likely to receive the duplex.
Meanwhile, Klaus had other tricks up his sleeves as he consulted with the neighbors and of course, with Murielle, since he decided to go all the way to her house, seeing as she wasn't visiting the duplex this day.
"I saw the bills, Mr. Mikaelson. I want this to be done fairly. I am not against either one of them. I myself went through a tough divorce and it was settled unfairly. For two kind people like Mr. and Mrs. Mikaelson, they deserve an honest divorce." Murielle told him and Klaus smirked.
"I couldn't agree more with you. Which is why I am certain that Miss. Marshall is going to do her best to make it look like Cami O'Connell, as she was known before becoming a Mikaelson, is the simple victim here. I am not going to do as she does and claim that my brother wasn't at fault in his marriage to the young therapist. However, when it comes to the money invested in this duplex, I happen to believe that Cami O'Connell has indeed taken advantage of my brother's money."
"I know that she used a lot of Mr. Mikaelson's money in order to rearrange her new office." Klaus jotted down what Murielle was saying and he nodded.
"I see…and do you happen to know if my brother was aware of this?" "I heard a phone call between her and some other guy…I don't think Mr. Mikaelson knew about this arrangement but maybe with all the money he has, he hadn't even noticed that some of it had gone away for Mrs. Mikaelson's benefit. I saw the bill once, sitting on a table in one of her private areas of the house, some places where Mr. Mikaelson doesn't normally go."
"Thank you for your time. You have indeed been very helpful to me." Klaus told her with a small smile and headed back to the duplex, all the information he needed…was jotted down. Now, all that was left was for him to present the evidence to the judge.
When Klaus returned to the duplex, he was feeling tired…and knowing that Hayley was just upstairs…most probably sleeping as it was late in the night…it made him feel uneasy. He sat down at the bar and poured himself drink after drink. He didn't feel like sleeping. He was more agitated than he normally would have been.
This wasn't an easy case, but since he was fighting the woman who had been in his bed and with whom he has shared so much…it made things even more complicated. He was furious with her for her assumptions and now that Cami and Elijah knew about their past relationship...or whatever it was…he was forced to put the past behind him and focus on winning the case for Elijah.
His father would ruin them both if they brought down the family name. But when he thought some more about the little wolf…he growled to himself and threw the glass to the wall.
The drink spilled and he rubbed his hands over his face just as the doorbell rang. Klaus pulled himself together and went to answer the door to see that Caroline Forbes had somehow managed to get inside the building.
Her eyes were full of desperation as she cupped his cheeks and said, "Klaus, please…you need to give me another chance…it was a mistake…" He didn't even let her finish her sentence that he pulled her inside and ripped open her shirt, starting to kiss her body roughly.
Caroline simply smiled and moaned, leaning back against the wall as he started taking all the pleasure for himself. He had needed at a release…and it couldn't have come at a better time than this one.
A/N: Let's keep in mind that Klaus and Hayley share that duplex…so the morning is going to be awkward now that Caroline showed up and Klaus decided to sleep with her again. The next chapter is going to be a big game changer, before we move on to another plot of this story.
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