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"Hoas your relationship with your daughter during this tiht pause she replied, but this time she looked firuess part of me blamed her for the fact that she was still alive while my husband was dead Emily was an accident you see I wanted an abortion, but uess I resented the fact that he was gone and I’d been left to raise her alone"

"I see And it was during this time that youbriefly at Frank "When my husband was alive, I worked part-time as an administrative assistant in the probationary office, with Frank We didn’t really speak much but then I saw hianized it for so and then went for lunch on the next MondayWe remained friends until after my husband had passed away"

"And at this family barbecue where he first noticed you, tell hter with you?"

"Yes, but they didn’t meet Frank Well, E out with the barbecue"

"And do you recall whether Frank spoke to E?"

She looked quickly at Frank "Yes, but he was very nice to her He told her that her dress was lovely That she was very pretty She liked hi up at the barrister

"And Emily would have been around nine or ten at the time?"

"Nine," she answered suspiciously "What are you suggesting?"

The barrister held his chin and shook his head "I’ that Frank paid very little attention to you before he saw Emily It may be that he foret closer to her"

"Objection!" the defense barrister called out

"Sustained," the judge answered "And please do try and refrain fro wild conjectures in my courtroom Let’s try to stick with the facts of the case"

"Yes, your honor," the barrister agreed respectfully

"How did E the death of her father?"

"I don’t know We didn’t discuss it," she answered without feeling "I thought she would be pleased Frank really did love her He tried very hard to be a good father"

"In ay?" the barrister asked

"He was always buying her gifts and lots of pretty dresses When he wasn’t at work he spent every minute he could with her"

"And you were resentful of all the attention and affection that he lavished on her?"