"We call Thomas Sullivan to the stand." Barba calls out to the court now that Sonny has exited.

By the time Tommy is brought to testify, Sonny has returned to the seats with the rest of us. He gives me a nod when he walks in but takes a seat next to his sister.

Barba encourages Tommy "why don't you tell us what happened?"

Tommy sits uncomfortably in the chair, leaning into the microphone to answer "officer Marshall said I had to give a urine test in front of her. So I unzipped my pants and did what she asked. Then she told me to lie on my back. And when I hesitated, she pointed her gun at me. And after that, I did whatever she said."

Barba pushes for him to continue "and what happened next, Mr. Sullivan?"

"She handcuffed one of my wrists to the leg of her desk. And then she rubbed me. Put her mouth on me." He stutters out, clearly uncomfortable saying this out loud.

Barba steps closer to him "I have to ask you to be very specific here. Where did she put her mouth?" He tells him to be specific.

He nods once, going to but clearly not wanting to "uh, she put her mouth on my penis. Um, I didn't want it to- you know, but my body responded. And then she got on top of me and she forced me to penetrate her." He uses some verbage he herd from the squad members.

"She raped you?" Barba asks, wanting the jury to hear it.

Tommy exhales "yes. She raped me."

"How did you react?" Barba questions.

Tommy says "well, I mean, I was completely powerless. I felt angry, terrified. I was worried about my fiancee. Worried that if I didn't go along with it, Officer Marshall could send me back to jail, or shoot me right there." He gets a little more fast past in his tone, truly seeming upset. "You got to understand, P.O.s have complete control."

Barba finishes his questioning "thank you. Nothing further" and returns to his chair. He gives Sonny a curt nod before being seated.

Mr. D'Angelo clears his throat while standing, divulging right in "so it's your contention that, while handcuffed with a gun to your head, all of this against your will, you were able to perform sexually?"

"Yes, but I did not want to." Tommy tries to make clear.

"Well, did you fight back? Did you scream?" He asks.

Tommy responds, shaking "no" instantly.

"No, of course not, because, as you claim, you had a gun to your head." He retorts, putting words in his mouth, as most defense lawyers do. "I mean, did she have the gun in her hand the whole time?" He asks.

"I don't think so. She might have put it down at one point." He says, seemingly honest.

"According to your own testimony, you had one free hand. I mean, you're a sizeable man. Why didn't you just grab the gun?" He pushes him further.

"Because if I had done anything, fought her, yelled at her, if someone had come in- who knows what she would have done. I only had three months probation left." He tells him, tells everyone.

D'Angelo mentions "until you got arrested for oxycodone."

Tommy argues "No, that wasn't mine. Officer Marshall planted it."

"Well, there are two possible scenarios here." D'Angelo starts "scenario one: a dedicated parole officer forces you to have sex with her at gunpoint in her office, and then the next day, she went to your apartment with three other parole officers and planted drugs." He starts to walk a bit closer to the jury "or scenario two: you go out drinking, you violate your parole, and you get arrested for fighting." I can see Sonny's head drop a bit and Tommy roll his eyes at the accusations this man is saying. "That same dedicated parole officer follows up with a search of your house and discovers drugs, at which point, you cry rape."

Barba calls out "objection. Are we on summations here?"

Before the judge can answer, Tommy chimes in "that oxy was not mine."

D'Angelo questions "really? So did it belong to your fiancee?"

Tommy answers "that's not what I meant."

"Not what you meant. Not what you wanted. Not your fault. You're just all tied up in knots, aren't you?" Her lawyer claims.

"Objection." Barba calls.

"Withdrawn." D'Angelo responds "nothing further."

Tommy is excused from the stand and the judge calls for a short recess. I step into the hall with Sonny and Bella. Bella calls out the circumstances "this isn't fair. They're making Tommy out to look like the bad guy."

"Welcome to my life." Sonny returns, quickly grabbing a hold of my hand to give it a tight squeeze.

I reciprocate the gesture and Barba comes barreling out of the court room "hey, have you seen him?"

"Who?" I question, the three of us wondering who the hell he's talking about.

"Jordan Dolphy." He quickly returns "he was supposed to be in the witness room. He's testifying next." Barba quickly spots an officer and asks "have you seen my witness?"

"The squirrelly little guy?" The officer asks.

"Yeah. Where'd he go?" Sonny pushes.

The officer replies "he was jonesing for a smoke. I told him he had to take it outside."

"Did you?" Barba inquires, not waiting for a response. "Come with us." He gestures to the man and begins moving towards the main doors.

Barba, Sonny, and I quickly rush outside. The officer straggles behind us and it's clear to us that Jordan isn't anywhere around. "Oh, damn." Barba mutters.

"What?" The officer asks, uninterested.

"I had a bad feeling while prepping him last night." Barba comments.

"What, you just let this guy go?" I interrogate the officer, pissed this is happening.

The officer doesn't care, basically rolling his eyes at me "he wasn't under arrest, Detective."

"He was a material witness." Sonny lays it out for him.

"Well, now he's immaterial. What do you want from me?" He asks back.

"Find him!" Sonny almost yells back.

The man actually rolls his eyes this time "oh, okay. I'll get right on that." He eyes each one of us before stating "if he comes back into this building, I'll let you know."

A/N: OKAY! I have a few more chapters before the book ends BUT it is going to have a sequel! I've actually already written the first 6 chapters today because I'm so excited for it! I know it took awhile for Sonny and Maddison to build but that's because I like my stories to be as realistic as possible! Thank you so much for sticking with me through the first 20 or so chapters before the "good stuff" happened. I hope it was as fulfilling for you to read as it was for me to write! Anyway, I'm looking forward to where this story is headed and I hope you continue to enjoy it!

Also; thanks for the likes/comments! The more I get the more motivated I am to write and then I get to post more chapters at a time! You're all the best ? ゚リリ