Weak in the Knees Ch. 05 - Sex Stories

Weak in the Knees Ch. 05

Zach was up early with everyone else a few weeks later, dressing in a suit to head to the courthouse. Reese Morgan and his accomplices were going to be before the judge first thing and Zach had to be there for it. Zach was standing in front of the mirror in the living room tying his tie, and both Zayne and Diego noticed the way his hands shook as he tied it, though Zach was trying not to show it.

Diego shared some side-eye with Zayne, who shook his head to indicate that they should leave it alone for now.

Zayne cleared his throat, which caused his twin to look over at him. "Are you sure you should go by yourself? Someone can go with you, you know."

Zach pursed his lips together. "I'm fine, Zayne. It's just the official hearing where they will be pleading guilty and the judge will decide sentencing. I can handle it. I'd be grateful if you all make sure Nadya is taken care of. There might be paparazzi that come to the house to try and talk to you or see Nadya. Just keep her inside and occupied, okay?"

Diego nodded wordlessly, his opinion that Zach was being stupid plain on his face as he picked Nadya up from where she was playing and brought her over to Zach for goodbyes. Zach frowned at Diego but when he turned his attention to Nadya, he was all smiles as he gave her kisses all over her cheek and neck, making her giggle.

"You be good baby for Diego, okay?" Zach told her. Then he kissed Diego on the cheek. "You be good too. No matter how annoyed you are with ...

... me."

"I refuse," Diego said with a pout, which Nadya promptly mimicked. When Diego saw it he couldn't help but laugh, causing her to giggle again.

Zach couldn't help but smile at them both. He kissed Diego again, too briefly for either of their liking, before he walked out of the house and got into his car. Zayne sighed and picked up his phone, deciding that even if Zach didn't want support at the courthouse, they could at least have everyone come over that evening afterwards.

The courthouse was a somber place to Zach, and he walked through security before being given directions to which room he was supposed to go to. He shook hands with the DA who was the one who was bringing the charges against them.

"Mr. Morgan asked to speak with you before everything begins," the DA said. "Are you comfortable with that?"

Zach looked over at where Reese was sitting, his eyes on Zach. Zach finally nodded his head and the DA led him over to where Reese was sitting. Zach took the seat next to him. More people were coming in but they were kind of sitting in their own little bubble right then.

"You had to know I never would have hurt her, Zach," Reese said after a long awkward silence between them.

Zach gave an incredulous look at Reese. "Reese, they shot off a gun right next to her. It's amazing it didn't damage her hearing."

"They weren't supposed to do that," Reese commented.

"But they did," Zach pointed out. "On top of that, she now has pretty bad separation anxiety. ...