*Derrick POV*
Well, that went better than expected. I hated that Katrina and dad had to embellish the truth a little to get me through that. The sad thing was, even though I didn't kill that man in cold blood, and it was in self-defense, I would have ended up in jail and charges filed already if I had told them exactly what happened. All because there were no signs of a struggle on my part other than the bruise on my cheek.
For now, we are going to just have to play it day by day, and hope that the DA believes us over the ones that they arrested that night.
"Thank you both, I hated to have to put you in that position," I said as we got into the car. My dad turned to me, and with a serious face said, "You didn't ask us to, son. We offered to help you. I would do it a million times over
