Miku's eyebrows rose and her eyes widened in surprise. "How could she know that?" the girl muttered, without thinking. "I haven't told anyone about the pain." She seemed to realize that now revealing her hidden distress to her father would probably worry him.<br/><br/>"I-It's really not that bad," she said, more to reassure him than anything. "But..." she went on, tilting her head down. "I would like to try it." While the pain gave her hope she'd be able to walk again... it was still pain, and she wanted it gone. Besides, even when she could feel them, she couldn't move her legs. That much was definite.<br/><br/>-----------------<br/><br/>The woman recalled the event of the rape to the best of her memory, and then went on to the issue of the theft. "...He said, he was going to sue me for stealing from him."<br/><br/>"What did he say you stole from him, exactly?" Yin asked patiently.<br/><br/>"Some silverware, a lamp, and 1000 00 yen. But I didn't! I swear I didn't!" she cried.<br/><br/>"Please just continue with the story Miss Yensu," Yin said calmly.<br/><br/>The woman took a shaky breath and nodded. "I told him there was no way he could do that, since I didn't steal anything from him. But... the police came over a few days later, and they found his silverware, and lamp, in my garage."<br/><br/>"What about the 1000 00 yen?" Yin asked.<br/><br/>Valerie shook her head. "They couldn't find it," she said.<br/><br/>Yin nodded, pleased that the story was the same. "Well, I want you to take your son and go somewhere relaxing to spend time with each other until it's time for the trial to start. I'm going to do everything I can."<br/><br/>The woman nodded, sobbing slightly and left the lawyer's office. Yin dug in her filing cabinet. She'd received bank records for both Valerie and her ex-boyfriend. No changes had been made to Valerie's bank account, but 1000 00 yen had gone missing from the boyfriend's. Where it had gone was truly a mystery, but the evidence she currently had was not enough to prove Miss Yensu didn't have the money somewhere. Wherever that money was found, would determine the results of this case.