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He thought about those kids for a fewabout hiree fro how to keep himself safe from complicity in acts of treason

Haight selected a favorite album from his playlist, LA Woman, the Doors, 1971, and turned on the speakers He stepped into a pair of sandals and took the spiral staircase to the roof deck There he turned on the hose, and as he watered the to with Jileside He looked forward to a time when all people would be free

CHAPTER 23

THAT MORNING YUKI went to the third floor of the Hall and checked in with Darlene Fanucci, DA Len Parisi’s personal gatekeeper

She took one of the chairs in a row along the wall and waited to be called As she sat there, ADAs came one after the other into Len’s area Some paced like soon-to-be fathers ives in the delivery roo eye contact with everyone until the previous ADA left and Marie told the next in line to go right in Five minutes later the ADA would leave Len’s office at a sht ahead, mind clearly on the case at hand

Yuki found it disorienting, both faht was securely behind her

Yesterday while she was driving hoh to voice mail, then thumbed the keys until it played back

“Yuki, it’s Len Parisi Uh … Yuki, I have to talk to you Call me”

He left his cell and home numbers

Having worked under Len Parisi for four years, Yuki had to fight her powerful reflex to call hiht back

She thought about how uys, becoed atmosphere of the DA’s office

Then, a year ago, after a near-death experience, Yuki had a change of heart and ive back, use her skills to do good works for less-fortunate people who couldn’t afford a lawyer

She expected Len to understand, but she é, and he didn’t take her resignation well In one shortshe lost him as a boss, as a mentor, and as a friend That had hurt Bad

It had been a year since she took the job with the not-forprofit Defense League, and she hadn’t spoken with Len in that time What could he possibly want to discuss with her now?

She pulled off Highway 92 onto an overlook and hit Return Call She pressed her phone hard to her ear and listened to it ring Then Parisi was on the line