Degree of Guilt
Degree of Guilt
“The way she looked startled him.
The fluorescent light captured with pitiless clarity the change since the previous day: puffy eyelids; a yellow pallor to her skin; the slack beneath her face. Slumped in the chair, her slender frame looked drained of energy, much older and too thin.
He gazed at the bruise next to her eye, then at her eyes themselves. They had a haunted, fearful look she would hate if she could see it.
It was that – the sense that some essence had been taken from her – which mad...e Paget want to touch her. And then feel, in the next moment, that this was the last thing he should do.
‘I’m sorry this happened,’ he said.
She studied him. ‘Don’t feel sorry, Chris. It happened, and it’s done. I just want to get out of here.’ ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Yes. Please, just help me.’ Paget nodded. ‘The first thing is to persuade the D.A. he doesn’t have a case.’ ‘How do I do that?’ ‘I’ll help you find a first-rate criminal lawyer – someone who’s tried these cases a lot and whom the D.A respects.MoreLess
The fluorescent light captured with pitiless clarity the change since the previous day: puffy eyelids; a yellow pallor to her skin; the slack beneath her face. Slumped in the chair, her slender frame looked drained of energy, much older and too thin.
He gazed at the bruise next to her eye, then at her eyes themselves. They had a haunted, fearful look she would hate if she could see it.
It was that – the sense that some essence had been taken from her – which mad...e Paget want to touch her. And then feel, in the next moment, that this was the last thing he should do.
‘I’m sorry this happened,’ he said.
She studied him. ‘Don’t feel sorry, Chris. It happened, and it’s done. I just want to get out of here.’ ‘Are you all right?’ ‘Yes. Please, just help me.’ Paget nodded. ‘The first thing is to persuade the D.A. he doesn’t have a case.’ ‘How do I do that?’ ‘I’ll help you find a first-rate criminal lawyer – someone who’s tried these cases a lot and whom the D.A respects.MoreLess
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