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Chapter 5

Date: 20th April 2026, 01:30

Location: Hotel, Sweden

*ring-ring, ring-ring* *ring-ring, ring-ring* A mobile phone rang on a bedside table. A hand emerged from the bed and patted around the bedside table. It clicked the bed side lamp on before grabbing the phone and brought it to the hand owner's head. However, the phone had stopped ringing and a voice mail had been left on the phone. The person pressed a few buttons

You have 1 new message. Message 1:

"Hey Auntie Emma! It's me Trucy! Just thought I would let you know, if you didn't know already, Daddy got arrested for murder. He has a defence attorney called Apollo Justice who works for Mr Gavin and this is his first case so…" There was a long silence. "So just to let you know. Oh the court hearing is tomorrow and I know you have the day off today so you can call me back and I will let you listen to the trial if you want. Anyways, I better go to bed now. Night Auntie Emma! Oh wait it's the morning where you are isn't it? So have a nice morning!" *click*

End of messages. You have no more messages.

The phone dropped from Emma's hand on to the floor. A body stirred from the other bed and sat up. Liam yawned and looked over at Emma.

"Emma? Why are you awake so early?" He asked tiredly. He saw Emma's expression on her face and frowned. He walked over to her bed and sat beside her. He put his arm around her waist and Emma leaned into him.

"My brother..." She said before pausing. Liam squeezed her waist slightly in encouragement.

"Your brother…?" He said. Emma suddenly slapped her forehead with her right hand, which was holding the phone earlier.

"IS A FUCKING MORON!" She said loudly. Liam winced before shaking his head slowly and gently took Emma's hand from her forehead and held it in his left hand.

"And why, may I ask, is your brother, as you so eloquently put it, 'a fucking moron'?" He asked. Emma sighed and looked up at him.

"He managed to get himself arrested for murder." She said. Liam's eyes widened slightly and was about to speak but Emma beat him to it, taking her hand back and pointing at him. "I knew it! I knew as soon as I left he would get himself into trouble sooner or later. I thought to myself as I left that I would get a phone call saying he has been arrested for murder sooner or later." She sighed, dropped her arm and snuggled in to Liam's side. Liam tightened his hold around her, looking down at her with concern written all over his face.

"So, what do you want to do? Go over there?" He asked, leaning against the head board. Emma sighed and closed her eyes again.

"No, it's too much of a hassle. His defence is from Gavin Office's," Liam sat up straight suddenly, knocking Emma back onto the bed. "Hey!"

"Gavin Office's?" He asked, with a wary expression on his face. Emma pulled him back down and snuggled back into him, rolling her eyes.

"It's not Gavin himself. It's Apollo Justice. You remember, he's the kid I put through law school after his application for a scholarship was forgotten on someone's desk so was not considered." Emma mumbled. Liam's eyes then lit up in recognition. He sighed and relaxed, his arm around Emma once again.

"Okay. How about we deal with it later then?" He asked. Emma mumbled in agreement before falling back asleep. Liam smiled down at her and started to pull away but Emma grabbed his arm that was around her waist.

"Stay here. I'm cold." She mumbled before snuggling herself back into his chest. Liam smiled down at her gently and laid down, his heart beating quite fast. She's so beautiful… He thought before he fell back asleep himself.

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Date: 20th April 2026, 17:30

Location: Hotel, Italy

Emma collapsed on one of the beds in the room. She and Liam had travelled over to Italy from Sweden with a 3 hour delay and 2 layovers. Liam chuckled as he wheeled their luggage into the room and shut the door. Emma sat up and looked at the clock. She had about half an hour before the trial started over in LA and she had to call Trucy to let her listen in on the hearing. Liam walked over to her and Emma looked up at him.

"Hey, I'm going to organise some things for the trial. Do you want to stay here and call Trucy about you brother?" He asked, smiling gently. Emma returned the smile and nodded.

"If you could, thanks Liam." Emma stood up and grabbed her phone from the bedside table. Liam wrapped his arms round her and gave her a quick hug with a kiss on the top of the head. He then pulled back and smirked at Emma's flushed cheeks.

"See ya later sweet cheeks." He said before quickly escaping the room before Emma could hit him round the back of the head. Emma stood there for a couple of minutes, blushing deeply, before shaking her head and walked onto the balcony to call Trucy.

*ring-ring, ring-ring*

"Hello Auntie Emma!" Trucy answered. Emma smiled at the sound of her niece.

"Hey Truce. How you holding up, seeing as your Dad is a complete moron?" Emma said, leaning on the balcony barrier, looking over Italy.

"I'm okay. Polly looks like he's going to throw up though…" Trucy said, concern leaking through in her voice. Emma raised an eyebrow in confusion, even though Trucy could not see her.

"Err, Truce, who's Polly?" She asked. Trucy giggled down the phone.

"Polly is Daddy's lawyer Auntie Emma. Oh hold on a second." Emma could hear Trucy talking to another person down the phone. "'Polly would you like to talk to Daddy's sister?' 'Who?' 'My Auntie Emma Polly! At the moment she's in Europe teaching law students how to be a lawyer! Even though she is technically a forensic investigator. But she's also a defence attorney, like you, and a prosecutor like Papa Miles!'" Emma's eyes widened at that final statement.

"HOLD IT! What did you just say Trucy?" Emma shouted down the phone. There was a click before Trucy started speaking again.

"Auntie Emma! I put you on loud speaker so don't shout so loudly!" Trucy scorned. Emma rolled her eyes.

"Sorry, but did you just say 'Papa Miles'?" Emma asked.

"Yep!" Emma could see in her head an image of Trucy, grinning and bouncing on the balls of her feet. Emma smirked.

"Okay, okay. So is Mr Justice there then?" Emma heard a male voice clearing his throat.

"That would be me Ms Wright. Pleasure to speak to you, I have heard a lot about you." Apollo said, nervousness clear in his voice. Emma smiled.

"Thank you Mr Justice, I wish you the best of luck today."

"Thank you Ms Wright." There was some whispering on the end of the phone. "I'm afraid I must go Ms Wright. It was a pleasure talking with you." There was some hustling sounds and a click on the phone.

"It's me again Auntie Emma. Should I keep my phone on during the trial? Then you can hear what's going on." Emma sat down in a chair on the balcony and put her feet up on a small table.

"If you could Trucy that would be great." Emma sighed as she relaxed into the chair, ready to listen to the trial. What are you playing at Nicki…?

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