Chapter 61

“Deandra Delaney,” she said as she approached me with an outstretched hand. “I'm your lawyer.”

“Lawyer? For what?”

In that instant, my phone rang.

“Hello?” I picked up without taking my eyes off her.

“Remi,” dad's voice said. “I sent my lawyer to come meet you. You can trust her. She's there to help you… with anything you need, okay?”

“Okay,” I said.

I couldn't be sure but there was something in the way he spoke that I couldn't quite put my hands on.

I put my phone down still, looking at her. She was sharply dressed in a business suit with a white shirt underneath, simply yet somehow so sophisticated.

“Right, the cops will be here any minute. I need you to follow my lead, understand?”

“Yes,” I replied, almost on instinct.

I had questions but there was something about her that made me not want to disappoint her by asking why the cops were going to show up.

“They'll ask questions and try to get you to come down to the station. Don't answer anything I tell you not to.”

“Alright. Why a