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Juan Jose Gomez Period 5 1/14/15

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LINCOLN: I’m telling you, I am innocent! SECURITY GUARD: It’s not my deal, the lawyer that the court assigned to you will be here in a couple minutes. (Walk out of the room) (Michael enters in the room two minutes later) MICHAEL: Good afternoon LINCOLN: Michael!? What are you doing here? (Stands up from the chair) MICHAEL: Oh my God, Linc! It has been so long; it’s good to see you. But I think there is a mistake here. (Gives a hug to Lincon) LINCOLN: Yeah there is! I’ve been set up! MICHAEL: What? Are you actually my client? LINCOLN: Yes, I think I am. Fortunately

MICHAEL: Wait, what? Are you telling me that you killed the secretary!? (Michael’s expressions changed dramatically) LINCOLN: No I did not; I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time MICHAEL: Oh, really? Is that how you’re going to explain this to me, the judge and the whole country? LINCOLN: Are you really thinking that I’m guilty? MICHAEL: Well, that’s what the evidence shows LINCOLN: Wow, you’re not the friend that I remember form high school. (A minute of uncomfortable silence) LINCOLN: You´re supposed to be here helping me! (Starts grunting) I’m tired of everyone looking at me like I am a monster. The media convinced everyone that I am guilty of this horrible crime; and now you, my best friend, entered from that door with the same attitude? MICHAEL: Okay, let’s calm down and stop making this even harder. I’m going home now; let me clear my mind because it’s really hard for me to see you, my best friend, in this position. I don’t really know what to think right now. (Walks out of the room with a confused look) (Next morning. Back in the room) MICHAEL: Hey Linc. I’ve been thinking about this the whole night and trust me, I want to believe you; but the evidence against you is pretty convincing. So if I’m going to be

your lawyer there must be complete honesty between us. I really want to help you and forget about the media, don’t think about anything; just talk to me. LINCOLN: I know Michael and I really appreciate that you’re here. You are the only one that can help me now. MICHAEL: Okay, let’s start from the beginning. What have you been doing all these years? LINCOLN: After you moved to California I attended college here in Seattle; but my grades weren’t good so they kicked me out and right after that I broke up with Sarah… (Michael interrupted Lincon, amazed) MICHAEL: I was about to ask you about her! What happened there? You guys were together since 9th grade LINCOLN: I know but she left me. She moved with her parents to Chicago. That was really hard for me; I was alone because you know that I never had a good relationship with my father. MICHAEL: Yeah I know that. So what did you do next? LINCOLN: After all that I started running out of money so I was looking for a job; but with those grades I couldn’t find a good one and the money I was earning wasn’t enough. MICHAEL: So…?

LINCOLN: That was when the problems appeared. You didn’t meet this guy named Alexis. I met him in a bar, and a couple weeks after I was part of the “business”; I started selling marijuana. MICHAEL: Oh my God, Linc! LINCOLN: It was small amounts; I was just selling it to college students and stuff like that. I wasn’t too involved in it. MICHAEL: Okay I see that you have been going through some problems; I’m so sorry. But how did you get involved in the murder? LINCOLN: These guys are not just street drug sellers. They are like a big organization. Do you remember that the secretary was working to prevent selling of marijuana in the states? MICHAEL: Yes. LINCOLN: So, of course that wasn’t good for them and they took me, the new employee of the “business”, to have been set up for this crime. MICHAEL: How? LINCOLN: They’re good at what they do, Michael. They spent a whole month learning everything about me: schedules, hobbies and people I care about. During that month they realized that I used to go the bar and get drunk every Saturday night; and every Sunday morning I ended up alone in the street. That Sunday, the secretary had a speech in the building that is a couple blocks away from the bar; and I was walking home while he was arriving to the building.

MICHAEL: Oh right, the secretary’s murder was on a Sunday about noon! LINCOLN: Exactly! I was walking and I heard three gun shots. I get really scared and I started running. I didn’t kill him! MICHAEL: Okay, now I know why you were in the security video of the store that is near the building; but why are your finger prints on the suspects gun? LINCOLN: I don’t know either. I spent time with them. Maybe they took them from a cup that I grabbed, I don’t know. MICHAEL: Okay Linc, I trust you. But I’m not going to lie to you; it will be very hard to prove your innocence and this whole process will be tiring and it will take a long time. I need you to be positive, patient, and most important, concentrated: I need you to remember every single detail about them, how do they work and who the boss is. I also need you to be honest and answer all the questions with the truth, it doesn’t matter what the truth is. (Lincoln stands up from the chair, about to cry, and gives to Michael a huge hug) LINCOLN: Oh Michael, thank you so much. MICHAEL: Don’t say “thank you” yet, you’re still guilty (They both laugh). LINCOLN: Let’s do this!