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Chapter Fifteen-Queen of Hearts
Author: Yasmine Jameson
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After waiting at the courthouse for two hours, Steve met up with Marisol’s friend Lucienna, an attorney for the state.  She was always good to help the police in a pinch and any friend of Marisol’s was a friend of hers.  Today when he met up with her, he quickly explained to Lucienna what his problem was and asked if she could assist.  “As it turns out,” she says to Mike, “I am free and can help you out.  Plus, I have a pregnant friend at the hospital I can go visit after I am done helping you out.  So, what did the nature of the note on the record suggest?”  Shaking his head not sure how to respond he thought about his response.

Saying to her, “I was thinking if it was a note from the legal department, her suggesting bringing you meant that, he was involved in either a fight or a legal battle with or against the hospital.  Possibly both. I would much rather be able to have access to all the records

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