Dead Man Walking ~ 2/? ~
When Adam was on his way with Allison to Kris' office the next day, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He didn't really know what he could say, or how he could ask him for help. They reached the door of the office and Allison knocked
" Come in "
Allison stuck her head through the open door " Adam Lambert's here for you "
" Good, let him in Alli "
Allison opened the door more and let Adam walk in, Adam looked a little anxiously at her so she gave him a reassuring smile. Kris turned his face to Adam and smiled. Allison went back into the hall and closed the door
" Have a seat Adam " Kris gestured to the chair in front of his desk and sat down on his own at the other side of the desk
" Thanks " Adam sat down, looking around a little uncomfortably
" So " Kris looked at Adam, smiling " What can I do for you? "
" I uhm, I don't really know... " Adam looked at his feet and fidgetted with his fingers in his shirt " Brad said you could help me "
" Help you with what? " Kris asked patiently
" Finding me a lawyer or something, I'm not really familiar with these things... "
Kris nodded " I can help you with that " he stood up from his chair and looked into some drawers of a closet that was standing behind his desk " Hmm, I can't find your file in here...Didn't the police officer bring it with him from court? "
" I haven't been to court, I didn't have a trial "
" What?!? " Kris looked shocked " You didn't have a trial? "
" No... " Adam finally looked up at Kris " They just placed me in that cell and told me I was on death row "
" But that's impossible! " Kris got angry " Everyone on death row had a trial first, unless... "
" Unless what? " Adam looked curiously at Kris
" Unless they have enough evidence that you are guilty, then the police officer in charge can make the call, but that isn't the case with you "
" They did find the knife in my backyard... "
" That isn't enough, Adam. They need a witness who has seen you murder those kids, or they would need evidence on tape that you did it before they can make that call "
" Oh " Adam let out a little breath of relief " They didn't have that... "
" No, they didn't " Kris paced around his office " Now who was the police officer in charge... " he stopped dead in his tracks " Oh no... It can't be... "
Adam looked worried at Kris " It was Mills huh? "
" Yes... " Kris rubbed his forehead then he sat down in front of Adam again " I'm sorry about this, I'll talk to Cale about this and I'll make sure you get a trial as soon as possible "
" You don't have to talk to Mills for me "
" Yes I do " Kris looked straight into Adam's eyes " If this comes out, it could cost him his job... I know how much influence Cale has on the other cops that were with him, so they'll shut up about this, but... " Kris looked very anxious
Adam smiled a little " Don't worry, I won't tell anyone... "
Kris let out a breath of relief " Thank you... " Kris grabbed his phone " I'm gonna call someone to get you a trial ok? "
Adam just nodded, listened to the conversation Kris had on the phone. When Kris hang up the phone, he smiled at Adam
" You're trial will be tomorrow afternoon, Cale will be there too 'cause he has to show the evidence and do the story of the house seeking. Look Adam, I know what Cale did was unacceptable and I will speak to him about it, but thank you... Thank you that you're willing to keep this quiet... "
" I don't do this for him " for the first time Adam looked into Kris' eyes and almost melted " I'm doing this for you... I don't want you to get into trouble. I may not know much about the law, but I do know that this could give problems to you too if they found out you don't have a file of me"
Kris smiled, a glint of a tear stuck in his eyes " Yeah, it could cost me suspension or even my job... Thank you... You really are a great guy "
Adam smiled back, a little nervous " Can I ask you something else? "
" Sure " Kris looked questioningly at Adam
" What do you think of Brad? " Adam plucked at his nail polish
Kris raised his eyebrow " What do I think of Brad..." he thought about it for a minute " He's a sweetheart... Bit of a goofball but totally harmless... Why the question? "
" Just because... " Adam smiled shyly " He seems kinda in to you... "
Kris laughed " Oh yeah, I know that... But he's not my type, and he knows that "
" Plus, you do have a boyfriend... "
" Yeah... A boyfriend who I'm pretty mad at at the moment... Oh well... "
" I'm sure you'll work it out... " Adam smiled reassuringly and Kris gave a weak smile back
Kris stood up " I'll bring you back to your cell " he walked to the door and waited for Adam to stand up too so he could follow him
The walk back to Adam's cell went on quietly, when Kris had locked the door and went back to his office Brad turned eagerly to Adam
" How did it go? "
" Fine, I have a trial tomorrow... "
" That's good! It's still weird that you didn't already had one... "
" Oh well " Adam shrugged " I'm gonna have one now... " it was hard not to tell Brad why he didn't have a trial yet, but he promised Kris that he would keep it a secret, so he did...
~~
When Kris got home the next morning, after his night shift, he met Cale in the kitchen, as always, eating and drinking his coffee before he went to work. Cale smiled at Kris and gave him a kiss on the forehead
" Goodmorning honey " Cale said happily
" Yeah, whatever you call 'good' about it... "
Cale raised his eyebrow " What's wrong? Bad shift? "
" No... " Kris sat down on a chair " We need to talk "
" Ok... " Cale sat down too, he was used to eat and drink standing, Kris sounded so serious
" Why didn't you tell me Adam Lambert was placed into death row without a trial? " Kris looked angry at Cale
" Oh..." Cale blushed " I thought you knew... "
" No, I didn't!" Kris got angry more and more " What gave you the right to put him in death row? You didn't have enough evidence Cale, the only thing you have is that stupid knife, which Anyone could have burried there! "
" Kris... "
" No Cale, let me finish!" first he was mad, now he was getting furious " You put an, in my eyes innocent, man on death row, ! You just could've put him in jail and wait for a trial, but Nooooo, you Had to put him directly in death row! God Cale, what were you thinking?! Do you know you could lose your job when they find out? "
Cale sighed " I'm sorry... I just thought the knife was enough "
Kris shook his head in disbelief " No Cale, you just wanted to be ' the man who put big famous rockstar Adam Lambert into death row ' . Why do you hate him so much? "
Cale played with his cup " Maybe because you like him so much... "
Kris sighed desperately " Oh Cale, you're really hopeless... " his face softened and he leaned forward to give Cale a quick kiss on the lips
Cale smiled and stood up " I really have to go to work now " he ruffled his hand through Kris' hair lovingly and walked to the door
" Just make sure you'll be at Adam's trial this afternoon, they'll give you a call about it " Kris shouted after him
" Don't worry, I'll go..." Cale shouted back and walked out the door
Kris sighed and went to bed, he Really needed sleep right now... When he was laying in bed, he got lost in his thoughts
It was strange to have this fight with Cale... We didn't have a fight since...
Well, since a long time ago...
I hope Adam's trial goes well, too bad I can't be there...
Maybe they'll let him free?! No... I don't think that's gonna happen on his first trial...
Oh well, a man can hope...
But I would surely miss him...