It wouldn't have gone anywhere if you decided not to testify.
[ Other motions for cases had appeared, according to Tomassen—they'd talked about it when he was first trying to convince him to take it on. But in every single one of them the girl had either backed out or disappeared mysteriously, which hadn't set a positive precedence. It's why Kaz had checked and double checked that Inej wanted to continue pressing on, worried about what the fall out would be from Heleen. Because it wasn't as though Heleen was willing to play by the rules. She had the money and connections to make life completely miserable for someone.
Well, moreso. ]
Almost to the end. [ They're so close. She's so close. To being free of Heleen and not having to worry about the awful woman for the rest of her days. She can use that time to keep healing and kicking off her life. Pursuing what she wants to do instead of being forced to work a debt that wouldn't have ever disappeared.
He reaches up carefully, blindly, palm setting against the side of her neck as he lightly strokes his thumb on her skin. ]
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Date: 2020-11-24 12:48 am (UTC)[ Other motions for cases had appeared, according to Tomassen—they'd talked about it when he was first trying to convince him to take it on. But in every single one of them the girl had either backed out or disappeared mysteriously, which hadn't set a positive precedence. It's why Kaz had checked and double checked that Inej wanted to continue pressing on, worried about what the fall out would be from Heleen. Because it wasn't as though Heleen was willing to play by the rules. She had the money and connections to make life completely miserable for someone.
Well, moreso. ]
Almost to the end. [ They're so close. She's so close. To being free of Heleen and not having to worry about the awful woman for the rest of her days. She can use that time to keep healing and kicking off her life. Pursuing what she wants to do instead of being forced to work a debt that wouldn't have ever disappeared.
He reaches up carefully, blindly, palm setting against the side of her neck as he lightly strokes his thumb on her skin. ]