"She's not going to go easy." Emilia looked at Tara and shook her head slowly. "She's a rabid pitbull in the courtroom. She didn't get the nickname Villain for no reason. She's going to tear you apart. It's my job to mount the best defense so we have to be solid with what we bring to the table."
"Great." Tara murmured. "I take a deal and turn on my husband and his club or I take a chance and go up against Sunshine and go to jail for the rest of my life."
The brunette nodded slowly. "It's not that black and white." She took a seat. "I know that Sunshine may even try to present a death sentence. It's something she likes to toss out. It backs people into a corner. It's a game of picking a lesser evil."
"Death penalty?" Tara shook her head frantically. "I can't get a death penalty Emilia."
"I am well aware of that." Emilia nodded her head again. "I'm trying to wrack my brain and figure out some ulterior motive behind everything. I can't find anything at all, I just see an ADA who wants to exact justice. She's doing exactly what she's paid to do, what she's gone to school to do."
"So, unless we can mount a good defense against her, then I have no shot at getting off." Tara sighed as she rested her face in her hands and took in a deep breath. She had no idea what she was about to do to get off but she knew she had to do something to stay with her boys and out of prison. "Can we poke holes? Get her thrown off or something?"
"The thing is that her case is airtight." She shrugged her shoulders. "I went to visit her and she showed me what she had and it's not good for you and it's not good for us. I suggest trying to make a deal, probation and house arrest. You don't have any significant offenses. You have some juvenile offenses but that's it. I think if we can talk directly to Patterson then we may have a case. I don't want to deal with Sunshine because she's the harsher one of the two, believe it or not."
"I believe it." Gemma walked into the room. "Thomas wants you, he's crying."
"Thank you." Tara took her son and kissed his head. "Emilia was giving me my options."
"Legal options huh?" Gemma looked at the brunette before shaking her head. "I say we deal with her our own way. Can't prosecute if she's not in the picture."
"Oh, this family is fun." Emilia murmured as she looked up at Gemma. "As your attorney, I can't condone that but also as your attorney, I can't repeat anything that either of you say to me."
"I know a guy." Gemma nodded slowly. "Just say the word and I'll call him Tara."
"We are not conspiring to commit murder right now are we? Not when I'm already on the hook for a murder charge?" Tara shook her head before standing up. "I'm going to feed him and get him down for a nap. Let me know any news Emilia. I'll be in touch."
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"I like to think that I'm the best at what I do but sometimes even I surprise myself." Sunshine smirked as she walked into Emilia's office and took a seat. "You visited me, so I decided to return the favor." She knocked her knuckles on the glass desk. "Fancy digs you have here, almost nicer than my office."
"What do I owe the joy of this visit?" Emilia looked up from her folder and smiled. "I know this has to be a business call."
"Yeah, it's something like that." She leaned forward. "I want us to team up. Before you shoot down the idea, hear me out for a few moments okay?"
She nodded her head slowly. "Consider my interest piqued."
"You're on a losing case, that's clear and it's not up for debate. We team up, we work together and we can bring down the criminal entity that is the Sons of Anarchy." Sunny smiled. "I see that twinkle in your eyes. See, I look it like this, you're either fighting for the good guys or fighting for the bad guys. Do you want the bad guys to win? Do you want that type of violence in your life? In your daughter's life? We have to bring the Sons down, we have to make it a better place. They sold guns to a street gang, one of the member's girlfriend's kid got a hold of the gun and shot up a school full of innocent kids and adults. Do you really want that to go without some type of ending? For chrissakes, you're defending a murderer."
"She's not a murderer, she just supplied the weapon. She's an accessory." Emilia sighed as she looked at Sunshine. "I hate you so damn much but you're playing the kid card and I'm interested. What'll happen to Tara?"
"I guess I can drop prosecution and focus on Jackson and the Sons but only if Tara takes a plea deal and she helps the case against the club." She smirked. "Come on, it's a solid idea and just imagine being on the winning side for once Ibarra. We would make an unstoppable duo. Let me remind you, we're both Latina, we both come from iffy backgrounds but we made something of ourselves. Do not tie yourself to a losing case Emilia, jump ship and I'll make sure you get the glory you deserve."
"Damn, you're good." Emilia laughed as she leaned closer to Sunshine and nodded. "You're a fast talker and I want to say you're a bit nervous about going up against me."
"Nervous? I wouldn't call it nervous. I'm excited to see what you have." She tapped a nail on Emilia's nose. "Let's see, I'll give you until next Thursday to make a decision. The day before our first court appearance." She stood up and smiled. "Be smart about this Emilia Ibarra, jump to the winning team. You will not regret it at all."
"Can I ask you a question?" Sunshine looked over at Happy before taking a swig of her beer. "It's a serious question. You don't have to answer it if you don't want to, alright? I'd appreciate the honesty though because it's been gnawing at me for a while now."
"Go for it." Happy looked at the brunette and nodded. "I'll try my best to answer the question."
She nodded slowly before taking a deep breath. "You're like the club's enforcer right? So, you kinda handle all of the dirty business that no one else wants to or can handle. With that being said, can you be honest and tell me if you were the one who killed Esai?"
He eyed the brunette carefully before nodding once. "Thought you were over asking questions you already know the answers to?"
"I figured but I wanted to hear it from you." She sighed as she relaxed into the sofa. "Esai was like my best friend and my second love." She laughed. "We didn't work out because he loved his club way more. I think we made it nine months into a relationship. I'd call him once a week, he'd never return my calls until Friday mornings though. Then one week it stopped and then I got the news that Esai was gone. He had a little family that he left behind. Like, I felt bad for the kids. I reached out to his wife and she got so angry at me that we had to be sat on different sides at the funeral." She shook her head. "It's stupid. I miss him though."
"I'm sorry about your friend but he tried to kill my former president." Happy shook his head slowly. "It ain't nothin' to be sad about though. You still got people around. I'm still your friend girl."
"Pretty, girl, baby girl, little one. These pet names give me the feeling of you trying to be dominant." She pulled her shirt off and groaned. "Remind me to lower the temp when I get up."
"You don't seem to mind though." He smirked at her and shrugged. "I thought you'd be pissed at me for my answer."
"No." She shook her head slowly. "I don't expect good to come from the Sons. You're all men who do bad things. Some of you are good men who do bad things. I don't know, I've just come to just expect nothing but bad." She stood up and yawned. "I just can't be pissed at you. Get over it." She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Little one." Happy smirked as he stood up and moved towards the brunette. "Stop eye fucking me. I'm not a piece of meat."
"I mean, if you're gonna be walking around shirtless, then I'm going to take in the view." She smirked back at him. "I'm gonna objectify the shit out of you. You're welcome handsome. Also, how do we always go from something serious to flirting? You owned up to killing my friend and for some reason I'm very attracted to you right now."
"Laws of attraction or something." He licked his lips and shrugged. "Sucks for you because this is off limits." He smirked at her.
She rolled her eyes before grabbing his hands. "You're terrible to me and I'm terrible before being attracted to a killer."
"Opposites attract." He nodded slowly as he rested his hands on her hips before leaning closer to her. "I have to go though, club business." He smirked at her. "You should really take a cold shower or get laid or something."
"Evil." She shook her head before dropping back down to the sofa and groaning. "So evil. I don't like you anymore."
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"There's something wrong with me." Sunshine looked at her aunt. "I found out that Happy killed Esai and I am still overly sexually attracted to Happy. It's killing me. It's so wrong. Like he owned up to it and all I wanted to do was jump his bones." She groaned as she pushed her plate away. "I hate me."
Maria laughed and nodded her head slowly. "Breath mija. You'll be fine. It's nothing weird, you're attracted to the man, he's easy on the eyes, a bit older than you but not bad, you like honesty and he's been very honest with you. So, you gotta look at it like this, can you get past all of the bad parts of him? Do you just want to sleep with him? Or what?"
"I don't honestly know. Maybe I have to sleep with him then decide." She laughed and shook her head. "See, it's been way too long since I've had sex and now I'm some sex crazed woman. I don't know. I'm just trying to let it all happen organically. It's just weird, like I know he's a bad guy but I still let him stay in my home, I still call him my best friend and I still wanna see if he fucks like I think he fucks. Pardon my language."
"Woman to woman?" The older woman smiled. "Embrace the sexuality and go after what you want. If it's good it's good, if it's bad it's bad and you know not to do it again." She shrugged. "You're not seventeen anymore Sunny, get laid, be safe about it though. I've seen those things that walk around that clubhouse. I've treated a few for some undesirable diseases."
"You're right." She nodded slowly. "I'm gonna embrace it. I'm going to grab the bull by the horns and fuck Happy. Okay, don't talk about diseases because I'll just barf my dinner back up. How are things going with your boyfriend?"
"Things are good, he'll be home this weekend. I want you around." She winked. "Don't put too much thought in it Sunshine. You know what you want and you go after it, don't second guess yourself and stop your natural instincts either. If you don't take charge, you'll never get what you want."
"Life just makes no damn sense." Sunshine murmured to herself. "I wanna fuck the man that killed my Esai. Ha. It's terrible. I'm terrible but let's see what's going to happen next."
I know, I've been slow on updating but I do appreciate the support and the reviews. I'm having fun with this story and seeing all the dynamics. Especially Sunny & Happy. it's weird but it's fun. it's throwing the usually self sure Sunshine for a loop and she's dumbfounded. but hey, we all love our Killer Happy lol