Chapter 14
Usagi pulled up into the capsule corp. driveway. She checked her reflection in the rearview mirror. Although her eyes were a little red, there was no other indication that she had been crying. She grabbed her purse and a small briefcase and got out of the car. She hadn't even reached past the front door when Bulma and Annie came out.
Bulma & Annie both came and started asking questions. Like was she alright? How were Hotaru and the others doing and did she feel sad? She answered all their questions and they were nice enough to not press the issue. She then went to see Trunks in his office.
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Trunks looked up from his work as he heard the door open. Usagi entered with a serious look on her face. Although you couldn't see it he could sense that she was hurting inside. Trunks got up and wordlessly pulled her into a hug. She returned it and despite herself and her resolutions, she began to cry. At a loss for words he simply held her more tightly, rubbing her back in a comforting gesture. Usagi willed herself to stop and after a while she did. Trunks led her to a small couch letting her sit down. He picked up a tissue and handed it to her.
"Here you go," he said.
"Thank you. I feel so ashamed," she said drying her tears.
"Why?"
"Because I promised myself that I wouldn't cry and I breakdown 5 seconds after I get in here," she answered.
"You shouldn't be. After all you went through and will go through I think you deserve to cry."
"What do you mean?"
"Well because you and that guy are at an equal footing, we need to discredit him, make him lose face before the judge. That means that you will more than likely have to tell about your experiences that night."
"I figured I would have to," she said.
"Any other information that you have to make him look bad would be helpful," Trunks said.
Usagi thought about for a while and said, "No I don't have anything," she said. "But we can take a look through this," she indicated her briefcase.
"Haruka and Michiru said they found some invaluable information today."
"Lets see it then."
Usagi dug through it until she came across two large brown envelopes. She handed one to Trunks and opened the other one. He opened his and pulled out a small pile of papers. They were some legal documents dating back about 2 years. He read the first page and he was a little surprised and thumbed through the others. This showed on his face and Usagi was curious.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Well it says here that a few nurses and a couple of female patients filed sexual harassment charges but they were all settled out of court. The terms of the agreement were that they can never testify against him in any trial though," he said.
"Well there goes that idea," Usagi grumbled.
"No we can still use this," Trunks said.
"What good will it do? The victims can't even testify! All we have is documents saying that… he… sexually harassed… some women." She said a realization hit her. Trunks nodded.
"That will show that he has a history of doing that to women. Most criminal psychiatrists agree that most sex offenders first do sexual harassment then graduate to other things," he said handing her some papers.
"But if that is true then won't that contradict the case? He raped me before all of this happened." She pointed out.
"But there are police reports that he has done this in the past although the women dropped the charges," he said handing her some more papers. She looked at them.
"This one was before I even knew him," she said smiling, showing Trunks. She was happy to know that they finally had something in their favor.
Trunks was glad to see her smile. She definitely looked better with one. And he was happy to know that he was able to help his girl out. He really wanted to kill the guy who did that to her and was putting her through so much grief. And he promised to make it as painful as possible.
He remembered some information on his desk and went for it. "I also got some information on his personal life. He has five other children but only three he recognizes. Their names are Darien, Benjamin and Salina. Benjamin and Salina are twins." He said showing her a picture of the three.
Usagi looked at it. "They're cute," she said sadly.
"The mother of the twins is Hino Rei and the mother of Darien is Aino Minako. He lives with the two of them in a large house near the outskirts of the city. But he also has an apartment in the city where he spends most of his time with various women."
"And the other two?" She asked.
"Two girls, Kumiko by a woman named Kino Makoto, a master chef at the Green Castle Resort, a 5 star hotel, she's engaged to the hotel chain owner. And Akina by a woman named Kazurihito Ami. She recently got married to one of my mother's friends, Kazurihito Hiroshi, a business owner." He said showing her more pictures.
She went through them slowly, noting the expressions of happiness on their faces. In a way she was glad that they were happy and wished them luck. Trunks noted the look on her face but said nothing. He was about to continue when the phone rang. Getting up he went to answer it.
"Hello." He said. Usagi looked at him curiously, but was only able to hear one side of the conversation which wasn't much. She watched as his expression changed from one of interest to one of amazement. When he hung up the phone she looked at him curiously.
"Well we have an answer to all our troubles." He said
"What?" she asked, not daring to believe it.
"Well it looks like that guy will have a lot more problems to deal with in the future."
"Why? Tell me!" she said impatiently.
"Well about 2 years before he withdrew 200,000 dollars suspiciously. My private investigator found out what he did with it."
"What?" she asked.
"He gave it to a family in to help with their financial situation. But the money ran out and he refused to give them more. So they want to sue him for 100,000 dollars. He paid it though saving his skin but this will definitely discredit him beyond belief."
"But why was he giving them money in the first place?"
"Because he allegedly made unwanted sexual advances towards their daughter who was then 15, one year below the legal age of consent. They settled out of court but the family is out for more money. He won't go to jail but if it got out it would ruin him." He said.
"I can't believe it. He tried it on another girl! That sick, stupid, arrogant onore," she said anger towards him welling up within her. She
hoped that he didn't try it on anyone else. "So we have a case against him?" she asked after a while.
"A very strong one. No judge in their right mind will allow a man like that to be near any child."
"Good," she said smiling. She didn't like to use dirty tricks but if he wanted to play then she would play of his terms.
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Usagi pulled up into the capsule corp. driveway. She checked her reflection in the rearview mirror. Although her eyes were a little red, there was no other indication that she had been crying. She grabbed her purse and a small briefcase and got out of the car. She hadn't even reached past the front door when Bulma and Annie came out.
Bulma & Annie both came and started asking questions. Like was she alright? How were Hotaru and the others doing and did she feel sad? She answered all their questions and they were nice enough to not press the issue. She then went to see Trunks in his office.
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Trunks looked up from his work as he heard the door open. Usagi entered with a serious look on her face. Although you couldn't see it he could sense that she was hurting inside. Trunks got up and wordlessly pulled her into a hug. She returned it and despite herself and her resolutions, she began to cry. At a loss for words he simply held her more tightly, rubbing her back in a comforting gesture. Usagi willed herself to stop and after a while she did. Trunks led her to a small couch letting her sit down. He picked up a tissue and handed it to her.
"Here you go," he said.
"Thank you. I feel so ashamed," she said drying her tears.
"Why?"
"Because I promised myself that I wouldn't cry and I breakdown 5 seconds after I get in here," she answered.
"You shouldn't be. After all you went through and will go through I think you deserve to cry."
"What do you mean?"
"Well because you and that guy are at an equal footing, we need to discredit him, make him lose face before the judge. That means that you will more than likely have to tell about your experiences that night."
"I figured I would have to," she said.
"Any other information that you have to make him look bad would be helpful," Trunks said.
Usagi thought about for a while and said, "No I don't have anything," she said. "But we can take a look through this," she indicated her briefcase.
"Haruka and Michiru said they found some invaluable information today."
"Lets see it then."
Usagi dug through it until she came across two large brown envelopes. She handed one to Trunks and opened the other one. He opened his and pulled out a small pile of papers. They were some legal documents dating back about 2 years. He read the first page and he was a little surprised and thumbed through the others. This showed on his face and Usagi was curious.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Well it says here that a few nurses and a couple of female patients filed sexual harassment charges but they were all settled out of court. The terms of the agreement were that they can never testify against him in any trial though," he said.
"Well there goes that idea," Usagi grumbled.
"No we can still use this," Trunks said.
"What good will it do? The victims can't even testify! All we have is documents saying that… he… sexually harassed… some women." She said a realization hit her. Trunks nodded.
"That will show that he has a history of doing that to women. Most criminal psychiatrists agree that most sex offenders first do sexual harassment then graduate to other things," he said handing her some papers.
"But if that is true then won't that contradict the case? He raped me before all of this happened." She pointed out.
"But there are police reports that he has done this in the past although the women dropped the charges," he said handing her some more papers. She looked at them.
"This one was before I even knew him," she said smiling, showing Trunks. She was happy to know that they finally had something in their favor.
Trunks was glad to see her smile. She definitely looked better with one. And he was happy to know that he was able to help his girl out. He really wanted to kill the guy who did that to her and was putting her through so much grief. And he promised to make it as painful as possible.
He remembered some information on his desk and went for it. "I also got some information on his personal life. He has five other children but only three he recognizes. Their names are Darien, Benjamin and Salina. Benjamin and Salina are twins." He said showing her a picture of the three.
Usagi looked at it. "They're cute," she said sadly.
"The mother of the twins is Hino Rei and the mother of Darien is Aino Minako. He lives with the two of them in a large house near the outskirts of the city. But he also has an apartment in the city where he spends most of his time with various women."
"And the other two?" She asked.
"Two girls, Kumiko by a woman named Kino Makoto, a master chef at the Green Castle Resort, a 5 star hotel, she's engaged to the hotel chain owner. And Akina by a woman named Kazurihito Ami. She recently got married to one of my mother's friends, Kazurihito Hiroshi, a business owner." He said showing her more pictures.
She went through them slowly, noting the expressions of happiness on their faces. In a way she was glad that they were happy and wished them luck. Trunks noted the look on her face but said nothing. He was about to continue when the phone rang. Getting up he went to answer it.
"Hello." He said. Usagi looked at him curiously, but was only able to hear one side of the conversation which wasn't much. She watched as his expression changed from one of interest to one of amazement. When he hung up the phone she looked at him curiously.
"Well we have an answer to all our troubles." He said
"What?" she asked, not daring to believe it.
"Well it looks like that guy will have a lot more problems to deal with in the future."
"Why? Tell me!" she said impatiently.
"Well about 2 years before he withdrew 200,000 dollars suspiciously. My private investigator found out what he did with it."
"What?" she asked.
"He gave it to a family in to help with their financial situation. But the money ran out and he refused to give them more. So they want to sue him for 100,000 dollars. He paid it though saving his skin but this will definitely discredit him beyond belief."
"But why was he giving them money in the first place?"
"Because he allegedly made unwanted sexual advances towards their daughter who was then 15, one year below the legal age of consent. They settled out of court but the family is out for more money. He won't go to jail but if it got out it would ruin him." He said.
"I can't believe it. He tried it on another girl! That sick, stupid, arrogant onore," she said anger towards him welling up within her. She
hoped that he didn't try it on anyone else. "So we have a case against him?" she asked after a while.
"A very strong one. No judge in their right mind will allow a man like that to be near any child."
"Good," she said smiling. She didn't like to use dirty tricks but if he wanted to play then she would play of his terms.
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