Let Darkness Come (2009)
“At the table, her lawyer is already seated and frowning at a page filled with handwritten notes.Well…at least the woman has been doing something while she rots in jail.She pulls out the cracked plastic chair at the opposite side of the table. “Hi,” she says, her voice flat. “Long time, no see.”Finally, Briley looks up and meets her gaze. “How are you feeling? I heard you were involved in some trouble this weekend.”The lawyer knew? And yet she did nothing. Obviously Erin’s name is not at the top... of this woman’s priority list.She pushes a stray hank of hair out of her eyes. “I’m surviving. Nobody’s about to vote me Miss Congeniality, but—” She shrugs. “I shouldn’t complain. I can stand this place for as long as it takes to get through the trial.”The lawyer smiles, but with a distracted, inward look, like a parent who’s afraid to make promises she can’t keep.Erin looks away. “Did you have a nice Christmas?”“Um…yes. And you?”Erin rolls her eyes.MoreLess
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