co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo

Amanda sat at the lunch table nervously waiting for Leah. She'd called her right after Wade had left. She had the tape recorder in her purse. She looked up as Leah walked in. She waved to her and Leah walked over.

"What's going on? You sounded a little upset on phone." Leah said sitting down across from her.

"Wade came to see today."

"What did he want?"

She sighed and leaned close so no one would hear. "He knows about me and John and he is filing an injunction to get the case thrown out based on my inappropriate relationship."

Leah sighed. "Anything else?"

"He tried to blackmail me into sleeping with him."

"Do you have proof?"

Amanda got the tape recorder out of her purse and the earphones too. She handed them to Leah. Leah put the earphones in and pressed played. She listened to Amanda and Wade's conversation.

"Well, I think if Wade files that injunction, I have something to fight it with." Leah replied after she stopped the tape. "Were you going to sleep with him? Are your feelings for John that deep that you would do that?"

"I taped the conversation because I wasn't going to sleep with him. John deserves the truth though but sleeping with Wade wouldn't have been right." Amanda replied. "And I do care about John. More than I thought I would so soon. So, what's next?"

"I wait and see if Wade files that injunction and if he does, I counter file. Until then, you do your job about that autopsy. And make sure you tell John the truth. It's not my place to do it."

"I know it's not and I have every intention of telling John." Amanda said getting up. "See you later."

She headed out and got into her SUV and drove to John's work. He said he had some things to catch up on. She wanted to tell him to get it out of the way. She pulled in and headed in.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" He asked when she walked in.

"I need to talk to you."

"Sure. Let's go to the office." He said walking back to it. He sat down at his desk and she sat down across from him. "What's up?"

"Wade Barrett came and saw me at the office today. He saw us kissing at the cemetery and he wanted to tell me that he was filing an injunction to get the case thrown out based on our inappropriate relationship."

"Will he succeed?" He asked. "I knew I should've kissed you at the cemetery."

"Leah doesn't think he will." She said. "He also offered to forget he knew about us."

"What?"

"He offered to forget he knew about us if I slept with him. I taped the whole thing and gave it to Leah."

"He wanted you to sleep with him? Would you have done it?"

"No. I would never cheat on you even though we have only started dating. I want you to have the truth about your brother but sleeping with him wouldn't have been right. Not when I have feelings for you."

"You have feelings for me?"

"Yes, I do." She replied.

He got up and walked over to her. "Good. Because I have feelings for you too." He said before leaning in and kissing her.

She smiled when he pulled away. "I have to get back to work. I want to finish the autopsy today and my assistant is overseeing everything to make sure it's on the up and up and Wade will have no grounds for anything."

"I'll see you tonight?" She nodded. "Good. Come by my house and I'll cook for you."

"See you then." She got up and headed back to work. She wanted to finish that autopsy.

She arrived back at the office and saw that Justin was pulling up some things. "Everything okay?"

"Yep. I have everything set up and I got the original x-rays and reports. I figured it would help to read them about the organs."

"Great idea. Pull it up and read it to me while I recreate and see if something comes to my mind."

Justin nodded and got the reports and started to read them to her. She followed everything as a normal autopsy using the report and fake organs to walk through it.

"The report doesn't make sense." She said as she looked it over and compared it to what she had recreated. "The report says he fell down the stairs and ruptured the bowel."

"Yes." Justin said looking it over. "That's consistence. It matches what we have. So what's wrong?"

"Look at the bruises on the photo. What do they look like to you?"

Justin looked them over and then the x-rays. "It looks like he was dragged down the steps."

"Exactly. Now, look at the rib cage." She said pointing to the area. "Do you see anything strange?"

He looked it over and saw the breaks and fractures. "They're fractured."

"Yes now read the report about the ribs." He picked it up and read over it.

"It says there were no signs of a previous fall or anything about the ribs being fractured."

"Exactly. Shouldn't that have been in the report? A rookie ME would know to do that. Paul Heyman was a seasoned ME. He should have made a note of it."

"What should we do now?"

"Well, we can't talk to Heyman." She sighed. "I will tell the judge my findings for one. It just seems strange that just as we were going to court to do this, Heyman is killed. All I can do is tell the judge my findings."

"Alright. I will make the notes and sign off on them. I also had a friend pull his old medical records. He was treated for a lot of bruises and broken bones before his death. It was in the ER every week almost."

"Why didn't the cops or hospital follow up?" She asked taking them.

"Because the Laurinatis' have the whole town in their back pocket."

She sighed because she knew that was true. She finished up her report and made Justin sign off on things. "Okay, I will message a copy to The Laurinatis' lawyer, Leah, and the judge. And see what happens."

He nodded and signed off on the report and she did too. They arranged for it to be picked up and taken to the appropriate people. With everything, Amanda was certain that the judge would proceed with charges but she couldn't be one hundred percent sure. She put the reports in the envelopes and they were picked up the messenger service. She then headed to her house to change and then head to John's. She really liked him. She just hoped it didn't cause issues in this court case.

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