Free Earthbound Angels Part 1 by Sweet and Special Books Page B

that he knew were guilty of the crimes they were accused of. Being in practice by himself made this possible. He knew that guilty people deserved a defense, but they wouldn’t be getting it from him. He already had his mission in life and it was to protect the innocent. There were plenty of other attorneys around that didn’t care if their clients were guilty or innocent.
    Simon was finally able to end the lunch so that he could get back to the office. He would have to figure out a way to get out of taking Raven to Erick and Hollianne’s wedding.
    As far as he knew, she hadn’t been on the guest list because of the way she behaved to Hollianne.
    They would shoot him on sight if he dared to bring her to their wedding.
Chapter Nine
    AS IT TURNED out, Hollianne provided the way out of his dilemma.
    She called him soon after he had returned to his office with a question about the wedding present she was getting for Erick. During the conversation, he mentioned that Raven had invited herself to be his date for their wedding.
    “No,” Hollianne said firmly. “I will not have that woman at my wedding. In fact, you know what? Tell her that you can’t escort her to the wedding because the wedding party is matched up with each other. Now, that means that you, as the Best Man, will be paired with my Maid-of-Honor, which is Dreama. If you don’t feel that you can tell her, I certainly have no issues with letting her know another way.”
    Simon was relieved, though he was now feeling a bit bad for disrupting Raven’s plans. “Raven’s not going to take this very well. But I completely understand why you feel the way you do. This is your wedding, and after the way she’s acted toward you, if you don’t want her there, I won’t be the reason for her to turn up.”
    Sighing, Simon disconnected the call. On one hand, he was relieved that he wouldn’t have to take responsibility for Raven not being allowed to attend the wedding.
    On the other hand, however, he would be the one to tell her that he couldn’t take her as his date. Since Raven had asked him specifically about the dress code, she would be back for the answer as soon as she possibly could. He knew her to be that way. So he could tell her about the dress code, but would keep quiet about the invitations. She would soon find out she wasn’t invited to the wedding soon, anyway.
    He was not looking forward to see her face when she found that out. Not at all.
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    WHILE SIMON WAS having his uncomfortable lunch with Raven, Dreama was at the hospital getting her patient settled in a private room.
    Allison required the privacy because she was rather unpredictable at this stage, and Dreama didn’t want to risk her hurting another patient while in one of her tirades. The sedative had worn off about the time that Allison was being transferred to a room and she had needed to be sedated once more.
    After leaving instructions with the nurses that would be attending to Allison, she checked on her patient once more before leaving. As it turned out, she had just enough time to run home and change clothes and still make it to Erick and Hollianne’s for dinner.
    She was very excited about tonight because she was hoping to have some time alone with Simon, if he was to be there.
    Once she reached her condo, she hurried inside and took a quick shower. Applying light makeup and blow drying her hair gave her a more restful look along with emphasizing her natural beauty. She had decided to wear a pair of black well-fitted jeans along with a purple V-neck sweater and black leather knee boots.
    After spraying on some of her signature perfume, she felt she was presentable enough, even for the very handsome and very appealing Simon Draco.
    She got into her car and headed to the outskirts of Moon Bay. It was a drive that she always enjoyed because it was all countryside once she had left the city. No one loved the beauty of nature more than Dreama. Of course she also loved visiting the castle.