The jury listened intently as Danielle was giving her version of what happened.
Guy sat in the defendants box with his head down only looking up when she stretched the truth or swore something happened that really didn't. He could feel Connie's eyes burning holes in the back of his head but he couldn't look at her, he was too ashamed.
He had tried to stop her from giving herself in but Connie being Connie had told the police everything.
Fortunately for Guy, they didn't believe a word she said.
"Miss Moreau, you do realise that lying to the police, even if you have the best intentions, is illegal, I'll pretend you didn't say a word otherwise you'll end up in jail with your boyfriend" the detective in charge had told her.
Connie had tried telling Guy's lawyer and he had said the same thing. He'd tried to reassure her by telling her that because Guy had called the police straight away and didn't resist arrest, then he'll get his sentence reduced.
Connie had hit the roof telling him that Guy didn't deserve any kind of sentence and that she was the one who killed her father dammit, why wouldn't anyone believe her?
Deep down, Guy knew he was going to spend the rest of his life in jail, even though he was innocent, the stake was too high to let Connie take the rap for this.
He couldn't bear the thought of him on the outside and her in jail, they'd eat her alive in there.
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Present Day - Jail"Yeah I know you, you're Matt Germaine's younger brother" a man with a shaved head and horrible teeth snarled at Guy.
"So?" Guy answered back standing with his arms folded, he had to be tough in this place and so far so good.
"So, he owes me five grand" the man answered.
"What do you want me to do about it?" Guy retorted.
The snarl on the man's face was replaced by a grin as his back up arrived. "You have exactly ten seconds to tell me where Matty boy is or else your new name's going to be Bubba. Do you understand me?" he said menacingly.
Guy stood his ground though "Look mate I have no idea where Matt is, last time I saw him he was ripping off a gas station and I haven't seen him since. For all I know he's probably in here" he said hotly.
The man gestured to his friends who immediately pounced on Guy, each grabbing him by the arms and pinning them behind him.
The man grinned a horrible grin at Guy, "Next time you see Matty, whether its in here or not, give him this for me will ya"
WHACK! The man's fist connected with Guy's stomach, making him double over in pain.
"Be seeing you" he taunted and on cue the two thugs let him drop to the ground.
Guy lay on the floor for a second before gathering his strength to stand up and enter the cell that he had been assigned for the next lifetime.
"You should have asked for a single cell" a voice came from the top bunk.
"Why's that?" Guy asked wearily, he didn't think his body could take another beating at that stage.
The man sat up and swung his legs over the side to reveal himself to Guy. He was more menacing than the last guy "Cos Matt owes me ten grand" he said before howling into a fit of laughter.
Guy immediately sensed that this guy was crazier than his own father ever was.
"Guy Guy Guy, you're gonna find that you already have at least 50 enemies in this hellhole mainly because of your brother but then you'll gain another 100 enemies because of your father and then the rest of the prison won't like you because everyone else doesn't. You're shit out of luck kid" he jumped off the top bunk and positioned himself so that he was right up in Guy's face.
"But you're not like Matt or your dad are you Guy?" he made a grand gesture of inspecting every inch of Guy's face.
"No I can tell you're not, you don't owe anyone money do you Guy?" he asked menacingly.
Guy shook his head "No" was all he could manage to say. He could never tell when people like this man were joking or being serious.
"I didn't think so. So Guy what are you in for then, robbery, assault, grand theft auto? Am I getting warmer?"
"Murder" Guy replied stone faced, he didn't want to be the prisoner who bragged about his "crime", especially one he didn't really commit.
The guy's face went white, "Murder hey? Well well Guy, seems like you're tougher than your family huh? Tell you what, stick with me and keep your head down, I'll look out for ya in this pig pen" the man broke into a hideous grin.
"You serious?" Guy said in a tone that didn't sound like he was too relieved, although he felt like throwing his arms around this man, he knew that the best thing a guy in jail could have was someone to watch out for him.
"Yeah why not, those guys who were hassling you before are jerks anyway, they suck up to you something fierce whilst plotting behind your back to take you down. Anyway me name's Kev" he said sticking his hand out.
Guy shook it and gave a smile of his own. The first real smile anyone had seen on him for weeks now.