As I walked back to the lobby, my phone rang and it was my mom. I didn't even answer and sent her straight to voicemail.

"Hey",i heard. I looked up and it was trey. What the hell was he doing here?

"What do you want Trey like What?",i said real agitated.

"Are you okay?",he asked.

"My dad and my man is locked up right now so no I'm not okay",i said rolling my eyes. I sat on the bench and he sat next to me.

"Why are you even here? And why you care?",I told him.

"I followed one of the cop cars & I'm just real concerned about you."

"Ha i wonder why? Shouldn't you be concerned about your girl ebony?"

"Her and I weren't serious. I dumped her."

"Your specialty. Breaking hearts as usual",I spat at him rolling eyes cause I didn't need this right now.

"Im gonna chill out for a min though. I wanna change that."

"Okay So remind me why your here again?",I said totally ignoring his sobb story.

"Real question is why your here? You not the type a girl to get into trouble with law enforcement so wasup with you?"

I turned my head and looked out the window. It was starting to get dark and I didn't know what I was gonna do but I needed to release Santiago out before his family finds out. Only way I could do that is if I tell the cops what really went down and why he had a gun pointed to my father's head.

"How much is his bail?",trey said.

I turned to him and said, "he has money to bail himself out if he wanted to. So no thanks",i said.

"So why he still in the cell?"

"Cause If me",i said putting my hand to my head. I was starting to get a bad headache and trey sitting here talking nonsense to me, wasn't helping.

"What's on your mind?"

"Don't you have a case to go win or something?",I asked him.

"I'm glad you acknowledged the fact that I take W's in my cases",he said with a smirk.

"But seriously wasup? What really went down in the house?",he asked.

"Santiago was dropping me home and that's the first time he was gonna officially meet my dad but it was on bad terms. So they talked and exchanged some words and got into a big fight."

"Nah something had to be said that flipped homeboy off to put a gun to your dad head",Trey said. As a lawyer, he knew when I wasn't telling the whole truth or not.

"My dad said something like now he has me all to himself."

"What's that supposed to mean?",he said observing me. Trey used to be my best friend but I never even told him that I was molested when I was younger.

"My dad used to molest me when I was little and he just recently got out of jail and almost tried to do the same thing like two weeks ago."

"Damn. Why I never knew this?"

"No one knew",I said looking at my hands.

"To be honest, i would've pulled that trigger. I'm sorry you went through that."

"I'm sorry I went through it too. Wish I had the chance to stop it."

"You do. Take him to court I'll represent you",Trey said looking at me.

"That's my blood. That's my dad."

"That ain't ya dad Khia if he hurting you. A father protects his child. Especially since you a girl, you should be his prized possession. You don't deserve to get hurt like that",he said. I looked at him and he seemed sincere.

"I'm just scared cause he has people behind him."

"And so do you. You got your mom, I know she'll agree to you taking him to court in a heartbeat. You got lil dude, as much as I hate his guts he doing right by you & doing what your dad should've done in terms of protecting you. You still got me, like I said, I'll represent you and your case is a easy win for me. They'll keep your pops behind bars for good",Trey explained.

"You put up a good argument",I said evaluating his points.

"It's up to you Khia. From what I remember, your one of the smartest girls I know. From what I've seen, you know your worth. So I know you will make the right decision at the end of the day",he said.

"What's in it for you?",I asked him.

"Nothing. I owe you to be honest. I respect you and your relationship so I give you my word that I won't cross no boundaries."

"Okay. I need a card if we gonna keep this professional",I said. He got up and smiled.

"You should have my number."

"That's if it wasn't blocked on my phone",I said.

He pulled his card out of his pocket and said, "anytime you need me, just give me a call."

"Only thing I'll need you to do is to win this case."

"I Can already tell you now, you already won",he said reaching for a hug but I stopped him and gave him a handshake instead. He chuckled and made his way to the door. I put his card in my back pocket and gathered my thoughts together to tell the officers what went down at the house. Here goes nothing.

Santiago

Felt good to be out them dusty cells. I been here since morning and it was now 10. I signed out and gave the lady at the door my name so she could give me my things in a zip lock bag. I saw Khia with her head in her lap. Not sure if she was sleeping or crying. I knew it took a lot of her to tell the officers the truth. I squared down to her and lift her head up. Her eyes were red and tears streamed down her face. Her nose was red and running so I asked for a box of tissues and wiped her nose.

"It's ok baby. You did the right thing",I said hugging her. She sniffled a little bit and said, "taking him to court is the right thing?"

I looked at her confused. I didn't think that was the decision she was willing to take now.