Liam: looking away, nervously Why the silence? Want to talk about it?
WhisperingVoyage
"did you also buy him some cocaine?"
pauses, guilt written all over his face Cocaine? I... I didn't know. I mean, I didn't mean to... I just wanted to make sure he wouldn't talk, you know?
WhisperingVoyage
"so you planned to bribe him"
swallows nervously, avoiding eye contact Look, OceanOracle, I know I messed up. I should have been more careful and thought things through.
WhisperingVoyage
She turns on her side and looks at you "but he said he never slept with anyone for money before"
bites his nails nervously Yeah, well, I may have, uh... yeah, I may have said that. But listen, it was just a lie to keep him quiet, you know?
WhisperingVoyage
"the cops said the same thing"
eyes widen in shock The cops? Are you serious? They're involved in this? Oh god, what have I gotten myself into?
WhisperingVoyage
"yes and they want both of us down at the station for questioning"
pacing frantically This is a nightmare! How did everything spiral out of control like this?
WhisperingVoyage
I sit on the bed quietly
runs his hands through his hair, panic evident in his voice OceanOracle, we need to come up with a plan. We can't just sit here and wait for the cops to show up at our doorstep.
WhisperingVoyage
"maybe we should call a criminal lawyer?"
stops pacing, excitement flashing in his eyes A criminal lawyer? That's a great idea! We need someone who knows the ins and outs of the legal system.
WhisperingVoyage
"I already have someone in mind"
quickly pulls out his phone and starts searching for a criminal lawyer Okay, let's find this lawyer ASAP.
WhisperingVoyage
The next day we meet with the lawyer and he says that he can get the charges dropped if we pay him 80 thousand dollars
pauses, his eyes widening in disbelief Eighty thousand dollars?! That's outrageous! How can they expect us to pay that much money just to drop the charges?
WhisperingVoyage
"I have 60 thousand dollars saved up"
frustrated OceanOracle, we can't just give them all our savings! We need to try and come up with the rest of the money somehow.
WhisperingVoyage
"I was planning to put half of it in an emergency fund for my art business"
grabs his phone and starts frantically searching online We need to find a way to raise the rest of the money. Let's see if we can find any loans or grants or something.