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117 I'll Do It (Winona)
Phillip and | are sitting talking in the bedroom. I'm not sure | should ask too much about his night out. He wasn't
that late hand of course, he'd stayed sober drinking zero percent beers.
But he is still sore and sorry from his wrestling match yesterday.
"I may as well have a hangover, | feel just as bad."
"No. | don't ever want to see you drunk again."
"I'm really sorry | did that to you, Winona. It will never happen again."
As close as I've gotten to Phillip again, | know | can never trust him like | used to. He attackedand | don't
know how far he would have gone if Jayden hadn't cback that night.
"I appreciate you being here fornow, But you must see that | can never just trust you again. But | want us to
always be friends. But that's it."
I've taken a lot of tover this. I've really searched deep inside myself to see if | could ever love Phillip like
that. If | could ever truly forgive and forget.
But | know that's not going to happen and part ofrebuilding myself now is not to accept anyone treating me
badly as okay.
It's not okay and there are no excuses. Phillip made a choice to drink alcohol that night. He made a choice not to
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While he may have fallen in love with me, | didn't get to know the true man.
I know I can't love him. Not like that. I mean, can | even trust him with Abby? What if he has a drink one day and
she's with him? | know | need to get him off that birth certificate once all of this is over. If it's
ever over.
"I know, Winona. | can't blyou for that. | could've told you a million times. | should've."
"But you didn't and now | can't just pretend it's okay beyond this court case. | can't be okay with anyone treating
| get a notification on my phone. Someone is at the door? At this hour?
1 flick to the video view. "Gordon is here."
"It's almost nine at night. What could he want?" Phillip says.
| got up to go let him in. "I hope it's good."
| walk downstairs and go open the door. "Gordon? What on earth?"
"Office." Gordon says as he steps in and goes to the office door and swipes the fob.
go in and wait until he shuts the door
"| think we've got her."
117 I Da it
"Who? Ashlyn?"
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He nods. "I've had Daniel on the phone. He and Jayden need Ashlyn detained ASAP. | talked to the social worker
with the kids today, listened to their recount of the story with your father." "Okay." | say even though | have no
clue what he's saying.
"I watched the interviews with your father. Every interview, the exact sstory the kids told. All in separate
interviews. They have had no contact with him since so he hasn't influenced them in any way. Experts say the
kids are telling the truth." "I'm not picking up what you're putting down." It all sounds cryptic to me.
"It's enough. It's enough to create doubt." Gordon's voice rises with excitement briefly. "They were there when
he had conversations with Ashlyn. When she told him what she wanted him to do. When she paid him cash."
"Will the judge believe them?"
"We have more than one expert ready to give testimony."
"So..?"
"So, | have enough to pick up Ashlyn and hold her for questioning." He looks pleased but he isn't smiling.
"Can you arrest her?"
"I need more proof for that. A signed confession from your father."
"Hasn't that already happened?" | mean what has he just been saying they had if it isn't a confession?
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He shakes his head. "No. We've interviewed him but it's not a signed confession for what went down with Ashlyn.
For what he made those two kids do for food and money. How he threatened to hurt Sarah."
Of course. He would know that and want something himself in exchange. "Will he give a confession?" | hate him
so much. Those poor kids. How many more of them have there been?
Gordon nods. "He says he'll only talk to you."
"What?!" The last thing | want is to be near that monster.
"No matter what, we'll keep you safe. There will be security outside the door. He can't touch you physically. He'll
be restrained."
But mentally and emotionally he can break me. "Why would he need this from me?"
"I don't know. Maybe he's looking for forgiveness. Maybe he's just loco. But we need this if we want to get Ashlyn
behind bars while we put the case together against her."
"What happens tothen? To the case she has against me?"
"Effectively, the case will get thrown out of court. | will follow up the investigation on if she'd already lost the
baby before she cto Santa Monica. But even without that, there's reasonable doubt." 'll do it."
"Before you agree. | need you to know, you will have a wire. And you need to get the full confession out of
him. I'll take you through it. No matter what he says to you. If you don't get his full account and admission. It
won't hold up and we can't hold Ashlyn."
"I'l do it.".
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