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I so from pink to red

I lift my hand and wave

She lifts her nose and turns away fro to be fun

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A week and a half later, I walk into court for the first day of the Longhorn trial, wearing my best navy suit and lucky silver cuff links Ready to rumble

Little Miss I-don’t- for a fight And if that’s how she wants it, that’s how I’ll give it to her But when I fight in court, I fight to win If she’s not going to play nice--I’ dirty That applies to outside the courtroom too

I set my briefcase on the defense table Justin is already here, looking very young and respectable in a gray jacket and burgundy tie He was understandably freaked when I told hi to be seeing the inside of a courtroo behind his son in the front row of the galley, staring at his phone, barely sparing his kid a glance We’ve worked out an attendance plan for his parents with alternating days I just hope they stick to it, because the last thing I need to worry about is the two of theether

Kennedy strolls in, dressed to kill

Literally--she looks like a sht out of one of th pencil skirt, a shiny silk black blouse that clings to her torso in all the right ways, open at the neck, showing off an onyx necklace set in silver Her hair is pulled back into a high bun and herthe beauty of her features

She takes her place at the prosecution table, turns deliberately my way--and s and thickening, rising in the presence of that breath-stealing smile

It’s the perfect combination of sweet and evil Delicious but deadly A s to love every fucking second of it

She’s still wearing the turquoise contact lenses, and I’m kind of relieved Because her natural eyes would do htly to place some files on the table and ot that line up the back of her stockings--that sexy dark thread that glides over her calf, up the soft skin of her thighs, beneath her skirt to the promised land I run my knuckle over ood

The bailiff instructs us to rise and the Honorable Judge Phillips enters the courtroo his place behind his bench He checks to make sure all the primary parties are here and accounted for I expect hi state Kennedy in action

But that’s not what happens

Because Kennedy stands up "Your Honor, we’d like to submit a motion to disqualify the defense’s forensic co"

A forensic computer technician examines data left behind after cybercri to testify that the evidence of the bank hack and theft that the prosecution says traces back to Justin’s computer is faulty That, sure, Justin’s computer may have been used in the crimes--but there’s a slim chance it wasn’t And slim is all you need for reasonable doubt

If this were chess, my computer expert would be my rook--not the most powerful part of y

I stand up "On what grounds?"

Kennedy’s eyes cut to me "Because he’s not per will bear that out"