co-written by RatedrKjErIcHo

ADA Striker sat in John's living room and waited for the other man to come back from the kitchen with the coffee he'd offered.

"Here you are." John said as he walked back into the room and handed the cup to him. "So, what did you want to talk to me about?"

"About the case."

"What about it?"

"I wanted to get to know you and the reasons you looked into the case so that I can give Joey a more accurate voice."

"My mom died of cancer and she made me promise to find Joey. I expected to find my brother and get to know him. And tell him about our mother. But instead I find out he died when he was young. I went and found his grave and by chance a relative was there and told me about the inquire into his death. Then Leah suggested I talk to the medical examiner and she looked into the cause of death. I realized something wasn't' right. And I did more research and realized it wasn't an accident. They robbed him of his life. His future. He won't get to get married, have kids. He never even got to school. They took his future from him."

"Thank you for your time Mr. Cena. You have helped me."

"I'm glad. I want justice for my brother. He deserves that."

"I'll make sure that happens."

"Thank you." Matt nodded and left. He had a lot to do for the case.

Amanda sat in her office pulling some reports for the Heyman case. The police wanted the autopsy report and if there was any marks on him besides the gun shots to the back. She didn't find anything. But it was just weird that he died when all of this started.

"Can you break for lunch?" She heard from the door. She smiled when she saw John there with food.

"Always." She smiled. "Especially if you bought me something wonderful."

He smiled and walked in. "Well, I hope you like burgers from Fuddruckers."

"Are you kidding? Yeah I do." She smiled and sat down on the sofa in the office. He sat down by her and took out the food. "So, what's up?"

"The DA came to see me. He said he wanted to give Joey an accurate voice."

"That makes sense." She replied before taking a bite of her burger. "He wants to convey to the jury that Joey was a real person not just a name."

"Yeah. So will you be called to testify?"

"Yeah I probably will. Since I did the second autopsy."

"I hope the Lauranitits' are found guilty."

"I'm sure they will be. The evidence is there and I feel the jury will see the truth."

"You're very confident."

"Not really. I just believe in the justice system and I believe in karma and that everything happens the way it should. We might not always know why happens but eventually the reason is shown to us."

"That's a nice way to look at it but I can't help but wonder why my mom and brother died."

She put her burger down and took his hand in hers. "John, the one thing I have learned in my job is that bad stuff happen in life that you can't change. But that's no reason to shut out the world or be overly angry with it. You remember that no matter what happens there is goodness out there and that's what's worth living for."

He smiled. "I look at you and Leah and I know there's goodness in the world."

"Aww." She said leaning in and kissing him. "That's so sweet."

"Well you're a good person."

"Yeah." She smiled. "But I can be bad too."

"Oh I know. And we will definitely explore that later." He smiled. "Well I didn't want to interrupt you too much. Just wanted to make sure you had lunch."

"Well thank you." She smiled. "So how about after work we meet at my place and have some dinner and a little fun?"

"How about you give me the key and I'll go ahead and cook dinner. I'll meet you there and we can discuss all the ways you can be bad."

"Alright." She said and got her keys from her pocket. She took off the key to her place. "Here you go. I should be home about six or so.'

"I will have everything ready." He said as he got up and kissed her. "See you later." She smiled as he walked out.

She went back to looking over the Heyman case. "Dr. Rollins, can I speak with you?"

"Sure Judge Lawler." She said as he came in and sat down. "Is there some kind of problem?"

"Its about the Heyman case and the Lauranitits case."

"Alright. What about them?"

"Do you think they are connected?"

"Why would you ask me that?"

"Because the routine search of Mr. Heyman's house turned up files he was reviewing. The one open on his desk was Joey's."

"Why would he be reviewing it? He did the autopsy."

"I don't know." He replied. "Maybe he noticed something he did wrong."

"Well, there was a lot wrong with that autopsy."

"Maybe that was what the letter in his mouth meant." Justin said.

"Justin, I thought you had gone for the day."

"I found this in his mouth. I'm sorry I didn't give it to you sooner. I completely forgot about it. We got slammed with that car accident and I put the paper down." He said handing it to her in the plastic bag.

"You think he was trying to tell us something?"

"I don't know. But read the letter and see if it makes sense to you." He said. She read over the letter.

"I think he was trying to tell us who shot him. But it doesn't exactly tell us who. And I can't really make sense of it."

"Could he have been making a statement on Joey's case and put that in his mouth for safe keeping?" Justin asked.

"It's possible. Take it and run it through trace. See if there's any other clue on the paper."

"Okay." He said leaving the office.

The judge turned to her. "Keep me updated on things."

"Of course." She replied as he walked out. She had not given any thought to the fact that the cases might be related. She needed to see Heyman's police file. She needed to see if there was something she's missed or something that he was going to come clean about. She called Stephen and asked him if he would get her a copy of the file on Heyman's case. He said he would see what he could do. She continue to read over the autopsy report and file she had on Heyman. There had to be something.

Justin came to the door about an hour later. "I know you're the boss but you've got a date. Go home."

Amanda looked at her watch." Oh crap. Let's call it a day." She said putting the files in her desk and locking the drawer. She grabbed her stuff and locked her office door and they headed out. She just couldn't get it off her mind. What was she missing?"

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