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Connor took his ti down the last of his pancakes “That’s true But no one knows your cases as well as you do Whoever is threatening you is probably betting the DA’s case will be a lot weaker with a prosecutor who has been substituted midstream”
“But that’s crazy!”
“Yup” Connor nodded “Crazy and desperate”
Was he purposely trying to scare her?
As if reading skepticism on her face, he continued, “There’ve been plots in the past to knock off judges A defendant e if he succeeds in getting rid of the first one” He shrugged “It isn’t a big leap to think soy could ith an overzealous Assistant DA”
She felt a prick of annoyance “I’m not overzealous”
Connor leaned back in his chair “Yeah, but you’re doing your job too well and it’s scaring this guy When I called you overzealous, I was just conjecturing about what our Mr Nice on the phone could be thinking—and whathim Maybe the next Assistant DA won’t care as much about your cases or won’t have your determination and brains”
She couldn’t help the frisson of happiness that went through her at his offhand compliment
Connor leaned forward and shoved his e on a lot?”
She gave him a sardonic look “I only wish there was just one” She knew she should be standing up right now, thanking hi hiht Yet, she supposed, she owed him some satisfaction in return for his concern, howeverbreakfast
“All right, what’s aon?”
She considered a lary case”
“That one hasn’t made the papers”
She nodded “It wouldn’t, but Sa, including drug dealing and ed with burglarizing a home”
“Is he out on bail?”
“No, he’s behind bars awaiting trial” Then she added, by way of explanation, “He’s only in his early twenties, so there’s still tiets off for this one—or even if he doesn’t but gets out of prison in a few years”
Connor nodded curtly “Drug dealing Was he a neighborhood pusher?”
“Basically”
Connor drained his coffee cup, taking his tiang? He’s the right age and corner-dealing is the bread-and-butter of gang business”
His perceptiveness surprised her “Sohbors have more or less said so Off the record”
His face gave away nothing “So, so to put their old buddy Taylor in the sla while”
A chill went through her as he gave voice to the fear that she refused to acknowledge, but she forced herself to nod in agreeic”
“Any other prosecutions you’re handling?”
“There’s the Kendall case”
“Okay, what’s the Kendall case?”
She shrugged “Business executive accused of e sche subsequent revenue to cover themoney in the company’s accounts receivable” She paused “At least that’s e’re trying to prove”
“Kendall Name sounds familiar”
She nodded “He’s high profile Sits on a bunch of charitable boards A big social climber”
His lips twisted “Great, my favorite type”
She pasted a look of mock surprise on her face “What? You dislike the social climbers as much as the born-rich types? Are there any types you do like?”