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“Linds?” I heard Rich say

“We still don’t knoho set fire to my place or to any of the others,” I said “We still don’t know anything”

Chapter 72

THERE HAD BEEN a whole blessed week’s break while Judge Bendinger returned to physical rehab for his replaced knee But the break was over Bendinger was back And Yuki now felt the tsuna all over again, the out-of-control press, the pressure to win

At nine o’clock sharp, court was called into session

And the defense began to put on its case

L Diana Davis didn’t look up as her first witness ca so close she razed her arm Yuki saw Davis lean in and speak behind her hand to her client, all the while panning the gallery with her eyes The TV ca, and the reporters were packed in the rows at the back of the room

Davis smiled

Yuki whispered to Len Parisi, “There’s no place Davis would rather be Nobody she’d rather defend”

Red Dog smiled “That beast is inside you, too, Yuki Learn to love it”

Yuki watched Davis pat her client’s hand as Lieutenant Charles Clapper, head of CSU, orn in Then Davis stood and greeted her witness

“Lieutenant Clapper, how long have you been head of the San Francisco Crime Scene Unit?”

“Fifteen years”

“And what did you do before that?”

“I started with the San Diego PD right outta school, worked vice for five years, ho to San Francisco and joining the CSU here”