Murder One
“Ben felt delicate fingers light on his shoulders and give him a tender squeeze. “Christina, I’m glad you’re—”
He turned. The woman standing behind him was not Christina, but his client, Keri Dalcanton.
He immediately stiffened, embarrassed. “Sorry. Didn’t recognize your voice.” He closed the Catrona file, which he’d been pouring through since he returned to his office.
He pushed away from the conference table. “I didn’t know you were here. Kind of late, isn’t it?”
She gave a little shrug, which... did interesting things to her close-fitting white T-shirt. “I don’t know. I guess I was feeling lonely and … well, worried. Thought I’d see how the case was going.” Her eyes were hooded and her voice strained. She struck Ben as being troubled, and unhappy, and … vulnerable.
Ben reached out sympathetically. Like a typical lawyer, he sometimes got so wrapped up in the difficult and time-consuming business of preparing a case for trial that he forgot there was another person to whom the case was more important than it ever would be to him—the defendant.MoreLess
He turned. The woman standing behind him was not Christina, but his client, Keri Dalcanton.
He immediately stiffened, embarrassed. “Sorry. Didn’t recognize your voice.” He closed the Catrona file, which he’d been pouring through since he returned to his office.
He pushed away from the conference table. “I didn’t know you were here. Kind of late, isn’t it?”
She gave a little shrug, which... did interesting things to her close-fitting white T-shirt. “I don’t know. I guess I was feeling lonely and … well, worried. Thought I’d see how the case was going.” Her eyes were hooded and her voice strained. She struck Ben as being troubled, and unhappy, and … vulnerable.
Ben reached out sympathetically. Like a typical lawyer, he sometimes got so wrapped up in the difficult and time-consuming business of preparing a case for trial that he forgot there was another person to whom the case was more important than it ever would be to him—the defendant.MoreLess
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