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"Thank you," Hammond says, and then ation, did you coive Mr North motive to kill his partner?"

"Yes," Denning says as she flips through her file "All going to the theory he wanted Mr Townsend out of the business, but in searching Mr North's office at horee the mechanics of a sexual rendezvous that would occur between them that involved a rape fantasy We interviewed Miss Fraye and she acknowledged she did not sign the agree to use that as blacket Mr Townsend out of the business"

What the fuck?

I start to lean toward Doug to tell hietting raped, but he's busily taking notes

Denning continues "We also interviewed Mr Townsend's secretary, Karla Gould She said that the tners' relationship was extreuments that were loud and disruptive in the office It was always Mr North coate these encounters She had even heard Mr North on one occasion ainst Mr Townsend Overall, it's clear they did not have a good relationship and that Mr North was trying everything he could to get him out of the business, but was unsuccessful about it"

I can't helpand hiss, "That's not true Out of anger I said so like that, but it wasn't a death threat"

Doug nods in understanding as he scribbles more notes

Hary at the way things are beingin my ears I say subtle because I don't miss the last question that starts to put the nail in my coffin

"Detective Denning, anything else froation you believe is relevant?" the district attorney asks

"After the victim's body was found and we set up a police periation, we posted an officer to keep an eye on the surroundings The officer assigned to that duty reported seeing a white Audi A4 turn onto the street where the murder occurred, but then pull into a driveway and leave by the same route it arrived"

"And that seemed suspicious to you?"

Denning shrugs "Could be, or it could be someone lost, but we did subsequently confirm that Mr North drives a white Audi A4"

YeahI hear the gasp in the courtroo my head on the table in front of me

"Did Mr North ever ht?" Hammond asks

"No," Denning says "In fact he maintains he was at his condo the entire time We've subpoenaed the GPS records from Mr North's Audi, but we don't knohat that will reveal at this time"

I can't help myself I turn ives ive it back but ain, because I knoon't get a smile from her after the revelation that JT's our brother, so I turn back around Then Doug begins his cross-exa what just occurred He h holes in her testi her to admit that all of this is pure conjecture and speculation on a motive that may or may not exist

Still, by the ti et them dry

ADA Hammond stands up and says, "Your Honor, we have one last witnessthe state will call DNA analyst Michael Carbone to the stand"

"What's that for?" I whisper to Doug

He shrugs "Most DNA takes a while to process, but theyfairly quickly Relax Probably just a hair of yours at the scene, but we figured they'd find that"

And yeahthey could match that up, because when I was arrested last Thursday, they also had a warrant co the inside of my cheek when I was processed into the jail

A nerdy-looking guy with dark wavy hair and a huge Ada on his tie Haround with the Bureau of Forensic Sciences and asks about all of the saation It's boring, tedious stuff that I guess does nothingprocessed correctly

"Mr Carbone, have you ed to process any of the evidence collected at the scene?" Hammond asks

He nods and in a somewhat squeaky voice says, "A little bitidentification of some fibers and such"

"What about DNA?" she asks

"We've got several sah, but we have processed one fully," he says

Hammond nods at him to continue