While Charles knew that release was needed, it didn’t come easy for him and he worried that it would lead to more accidents. He supposed he could only put it off for so long but he just needed a moment to catch his breath and catch up with his own life. Sometimes it felt like one disaster to manage after another which naturally made him want to grab even harder control of the situation. In this case to control things, he needed to let Caden go and deal with things to see what his rival had in store... Alan had been by the window looking in the office having some of the documents spread out before him and Caden could tell he was in his ‘work’ mode rather than play. It was interesting to see the way he could flip between at the drop of a hat but the lawyer’s face was all serious as he studied the docs with a thoughtful expression. The coffee had been delivered and Alan had started on his next one but only sipping it really since there was a fine line between being wired.<br/><br/>He had been all ready to start dissecting the case when Caden’s other question brought his attention back to the present and their situation. “What are we discussing?” He said with a raised brow and an amused smirk. The explanation of his side to the story didn’t deter Alan but made his expression drop for a moment as he considered. “You know... I liked old movies as a child. One of the ones that really made an impression on me was a movie about the trail of a murder samurai. In the movie all witnesses and parties were summoned before the court and each pled their case without a shadow of a doubt as if their life depended on it. Each with their version of their truth. I couldn’t say if it’s what inspired me to be a lawyer but I suspected it might have had an influence.” He moved to shift some of the papers, “So what is it do you hope to hear in my truth then? Something vindicate me? Or something you can feel like your dom was not in the wrong much like I’m sure he has insisted to you.” Alan said looked up with a sharp look in his eyes.<br/><br/>“Because the only consistent truth we might come to is that someone ended up dead that night and we are all still paying the price. I’m not going to entertain a cross-examination of the facts. That’s what the court did and they made their ruling. It doesn’t change how I feel.” He said waved it off like it was no matter, “Is that what you wanted to talk about? To plead your case?” Alan sounded a touch disheartened like Caden really was a lost cause and he was disappointed in him for buying what Charles had been selling.