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Yuki saw the flash

in Conklin’s eye but was helpless to stop hiet rid of our notes is so that shyster lawyers like you don’t twist things around —”

Yuki stared at Conklin She’d never seen hi to nail him to the wall

“Inspector Conklin, is that how you behaved when you interviewed my client? Lose your temper like that?”

“Objection, Your Honor,” Yuki called out

“On what grounds?”

“Defense counsel is objectionable”

Bendinger was unable to stifle a laugh “Overruled Watch it, Ms Castellano”

Davis smiled, faced Conklin, one hand on her hip “Only one more question, Inspector Any other important evidence you shredded that would have exonerated my client?”

Chapter 40

STILL FEELING STUNG by Davis’s cross-examination of Rich Conklin and the stress of the entire horrid day, Yuki left the Hall of Justice by the back door and walked several blocks out of her way, checking her BlackBerry as she walked

She deleted , as now back in his ho lot froray Acura sedan when she heard someone call her name

Yuki turned, frisked the crowded lot with her eyes, saw Jason Twilly loping toward her against traffic on Bryant, calling out, “Yuki, hey, hang on a minute” Yuki reached into the car, put her briefcase on the passenger seat, and turned back to face the superstar writer, as closing in

Twilly looked fantastic, Yuki thought, as she watched hi lot She liked everything about the way he put his act together: the cut of his hair, the Oliver Peoples glasses fra a fine blue shirt under a well-fitted gray jacket, and his pants were buckled with a plain Hermès belt that must’ve cost seven hundred dollars

Twilly pulled up to where she stood with her car door opened between the hard from his run