"look, I don't have time for bullshit alright? Bob said that you said this was important, so just spill it so I can get going."

I like the nerve of this bastard Stephanie thought.

Stephanie folded her arms across her chest. "Well first of all, fuck you, second of all, where the hell have you been? And third, I want some fucking answers"

"you'll have to be a little more specific"

"don't play dumb with me, ever since your little stare down with Ken you've bee M.I.A and I wanna know why, I wanna know why he shook you up so badly"

"first of all, he didn't shake me up, seco-"

"bullshit"

Tyler rolled his eyes. "and second of all, don't worry about it"

"well you can't leave until you tell me something"

he arched a brow. "says who?"

"I've learned a lot in prison Tyler, don't think for one second I wont paralyze your ass"

He sighed and shook his head. "what do you want?"

"what's your issue with Ken?"

"I just didn't like the vibe he was giving me alright. I felt like he was...I don't know, it was just weird and uncomfortable. And one thing that Tyler Briskley doesn't get is uncomfortable. When someone makes me feel like that, then I got to get away or do something."

"What about Kiren?"

"what about her?"

"She did the same thing, well she didn't have the stare down that you two did but she did seem a little unraveled by him."

"she hasn't spoken about it much, just told me to stay away from a guy named Rogers"

"that's Ken"

"I figured much" he said walking over to the sofa and taking a seat.

"and what about Bob?" Stephanie said walking over and taking a seat next to him.

"What about him?"

"why has he been missing in action as well?"

"I told him to stay clear of things, back off of you for a while till Kiren and I could figure this Rogers guy out"

"so you told him to be an asshole?"

"no." He said scratching his beard. "that was a decision he made on his own"

"bastard"

"but it was probably for the best, ya know, to get suspicion off and shit."

"hmph." Stephanie said folding her arms across her chest. "so what exactly are you looking to find out about Ken? He could be just any regular old cop like everyone else and..."

"nah" Tyler said shaking his head. "Regular cops just don't stare you down like that unless they know something about you or you know something about them. I don't know shit about him, but I think he knows something about me and I want to find it out. Actually, I want you to find it out."

Stephanie laughed. "HA! Fuck that, you're on your own. I've already had my run ins with Ken over you and I'm not getting into that again, if you wanna find out so bad then you'll have to do it on your own. You and Kiren swear to have all the resources and shit, so get the job done yourselves and I'll be damned if I do anything that benefits that bitch."

"what about me?"

"fuck you too Tyler, you forget I'm in here because of you as well right"

"No. You're in here because you were a drug addict"

Stephanie was quiet and said nothing as she gave Tyler a long and hard stare.

"fuck you and get the fuck out and don't come back" Stephanie said as she started to get up but Tyler grabbed her arm.

"look I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ca-"

"yes you did!" She snapped.

"no, I didn't. It just came out"

"well get out"

"Steph"

"Tyler"

he sighed. "Please, can we just get along?"

"why? So you can use me for what you need and disappear again? No thanks."

"look, I need your help and you need my help"

Stephanie laughed again. "What could you possibly do for me? Tyler go home or back to being Kiren's bitch"

he chuckled. "Then I guess that would mean we have something in common right?"

"whatever" Stephanie said rolling her eyes. "I don't have time for this"

"but you begged and pleaded and asked for me to come and now I'm here and you-"

"correction motherfucker, I didn't beg or plead for shit, so you tell Bob to get his little story straight. Yes, I asked for you but I didn't beg."

"ok, ok" he said holding up his hands. "No need to get feisty. Look, Kiren has agreed to drop a charge or two that would take a little time off your sentence if you help her with Ken"

"I knew there was a catch"

"but it's a good one, you at least get one or two years off"

"I don't plan on serving my entire sentence anyway"

"well I also bet you didn't plan on serving the entire year that you have"

"Yeah, ok. Fuck you, help yourself" Stephanie said getting up again only for Tyler to pull her back down. "Im not gonna sit here and let you say your little side comments about me"

"Im sorry, it won't happen again"

"yeah right, you're a natural born lier."

"so will you help?"

"she has to hold up her part of the deal first. I wanna hear and see a judge tell me that a portion of my time is being removed. When and ONLY when that happens, will I talk to Ken, no exceptions. You let that bitch know it's my way or the highway and that I'm in control now."

Tyler looked shocked. "Damn girl, you've changed"

"not a damn thing has changed, I might have lost my lawyers license but I didn't forget how to be one. No one can negotiate better than me, not even Kiren. That's why her ass was always second, hell, third best at anything we did in law school. "

"Please not another story, I hear enough of them from her"

"which are probably all lies, but anyway, what exactly do you want me to find out anyway?"

"just basically what his problem is with us"

"that's it?"

"and a little more digging wouldn't hurt" he said flashing that beautiful smile.

"who's to say I haven't already asked him that?"

Tylers eyes widen. "You did say you talked to him well had run ins or whatever, well what did he say?" He asked curiously as he scooted closer to Stephanie.

she shook her head. "Nope. Not until I see a move from Kiren first"

"well how do I know you're not lying?"

"how do I know that you're not!?"

"ok fine. I'll talk to her but nothing is guaranteed"

"same here"

There was a knock at the door. Stephanie and Tyler both looked at it.

Stephanie got up. "I'll get it, it's probably one of the guards, I'll just tell them to give us more time."

Tyler chuckled. "Pleeeease, you're the last person on earth that should be asking for more time."

"Oh fuck you Tyler" Stephanie said as she laughed, but her smile quickly faded as she opened the door and saw who was on the other side greeting her.

"Hey, I see you're already here, it was so supposed to be a surprise visit. Damn cops"

Stephanie could say nothing as she stood in shock and turned her head to look back at Tyler and then back to the door.

oh shit. She thought.

"...Paul"

Sooooooo! Paul and Tyler are both at the jail, both there to see Stephanie, how will this all go down? Leave reviews.

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