GCPD HQ, July 14th Early Evening

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley sat, a little fidgety. The room was nearly bare, white walls, a table, two chairs. The sort of room you interrogated someone in. But now, well, she was being given a sliver of hope. She was meeting a lawyer, the lawyer Hinata had contacted to help save her from all these bogus charges

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[glasses_justice]

As an attorney visiting a police department, you were treated with a certain amount of respect, but the grudging variety that implied no one trusted you not to ransack the place when they weren't looking.

To most cops, lawyers existed to keep guilty people out of jail. It wasn't worth the argument.

And so Alex found herself entering the interrogation room with the usual red tape in place. Nothing too arduous. Even here, people must fear getting sued.

"Ms. Fitzpatrick?" Alex asked, crossing the room and holding out her hand. "Alex Cabot. I've been hired to be your attorney."

[onlysmokesnics]

Hayley nodded, somewhat excitedly. "They told me. Hinata came through for me, I knew she would." And in the same breath, she added "I didn't do it, by the way. I didn't."

[glasses_justice]

"It's okay," Alex said, sitting down across the table and nodding. "Hinata is the one that contacted me, yes. Take a deep breath and we can start at the beginning."

She was speaking slowly and clearly. The girl had had a shock, and being arrested for murder was enough to scare anyone, much less if it was your own family found dead.

"I've filed some preliminary papers with the court -- they'll be sending evidence over, and I'm petitioning them to allow bail. Hinata has offered to pay it, if that's acceptable to you. She's the one who hired me, but I'm your attorney -- you get to make the decisions."

[onlysmokesnics]

"She... she's willing to do that for me?" Hayley said. "I really don't want to stay in here, if I can help it." She took another deep breath. "This place is awfully scary and it makes me feel like I'm a criminal."