“Can you give me some names of other men she had a sexual relationship with?”
“No.”
“Can’t or won’t?” Diamond tried to clarify his answer.
“Sam wasn’t allowed to hang with The Last Riders anymore. Since she quit being a hang around, I don’t know who she’s been fucking. I didn’t care enough to ask.”
“You had sex with a woman and didn’t inquire about her sexual history?” Diamond couldn’t believe that a man could be so stupid in this day and age not to check out a partner’s health status.
Knox shrugged, unconcerned. “I used a condom. Didn’t let her have my mouth. She was safe enough to fuck.”
Diamond’s fingers tightened on her pen. This man was a living,-breathing jerk. Taking a deep breath, her mind kept going over and over how much she needed the money that defending Knox would bring.
“Let’s move along. When did you meet Sam on Friday?”
“I didn’t meet her. I crashed my bike and she was driving by and offered me a ride about four o’clock,” Knox estimated.
“She offered you a ride?” Diamond looked up at him. “So how did her giving you a ride end up with both of you at the hotel? Are you sure you didn’t have plans to meet her?”
“I’m sure,” Knox stated.
“Okay, so she gave you a ride and you both decided to go to the motel?” Diamond asked. Trying to get the chain of events straight was like pulling teeth.
Knox sighed. “I called for a lift. While I was waiting for Viper to call me back, we sat in her car. She made a move, I didn’t say no, so we went back to her hotel where we fucked for an hour. Viper returned my call, so I left to meet Rider. End of story.”
“Do you have any witness to that fact? Did she come to the door and someone see her?” Diamond asked hopefully.
“No, she was still lying on the bed when I left.” Damn. Diamond should have known it wouldn’t be that easy.
“Was she breathing?”
Knox’s eyes narrowed at her caustic reply. “Yeah, she was breathing.” Knox leaned forward. “If I was going to kill the bitch, I wouldn’t have left my condom in the trash can. They wouldn’t have found my fingerprints and they fucking would have never found her body.”
Diamond shivered at his harsh answer. She was definitely understanding why the rest of his club had no doubt that he spoke the truth. This man would cover his tracks.
Diamond again looked down at her paperwork. “She had bruising around her mouth and vagina. Were you aware of that?” Keeping a professional appearance was hard when she was fighting the embarrassment of her question.
“Sam and I both enjoy sex that gets a little rough. “ Knox shrugged.
“You have bite marks on your hand that are consistent with the bruising around her mouth.”
“When Sam comes, she likes to scream; the walls at that motel are paper thin.” This time Diamond wasn’t able to prevent herself from blushing.
“I see.”
“I doubt it,” Knox said sarcastically.
Diamond looked up at his reply, meeting his mocking gaze. She smothered her irritation once again, thinking about the money she would earn defending him.
“How often have you and Sam seen each other since she was no longer allowed at the clubhouse?”
“Friday was the first time.”
“Can I ask why, if you disliked this woman so much, did you have sex with her?” Diamond didn’t think he seemed the type to be swept away with passion.
A look of self-disgust flashed across his face. “Not many men would turn her down. Sam was not only good at sex, she enjoyed it. She was one of the few women that could give it to me the way I like it.”
Diamond wasn’t going to touch that answer. Gathering her paperwork, she began putting it back in her briefcase.
“The hearing is first thing in the morning. If you think of anything else that’s important, ask the sheriff to contact me. I’ll see you tomorrow.” Hastily Diamond stood up without looking at him directly.
Diamond went to the door and yelled for the sheriff to let her out. He rushed out of his office, looking at her in surprise.
“Finished?” he asked, looking over her shoulder at Knox still seated at the table with an amused expression on his face.
“Yes, I have what I need.” As soon as the sheriff opened the door, Diamond rushed through it, well aware she was making an ass of herself.
“Thank you, Sheriff.” Without waiting for a reply, Diamond walked through the office, ignoring the receptionist’s curious eyes. Once outside, she took a deep breath, trying to gather her composure. As she stood there, several people passing by gave her inquiring glances, which she ignored. When Knox had described Sam, he hadn’t been trying to embarrass her. He had merely been stating a fact.