page35 (2/2)

I tried not to sigh loudly into the mouthpiece A couple of people ran past me down the stairs

“You still there, Joe?”

“Yep We’re on Bryant I can see the Hall”

I said, “Is Kevin bringing you into the building?”

I heard Joe ask, “Kevin, you’re taking me inside?”

Then Joe said, “It’s the second floor?”

“Right That’s right Court starts again in fifteen minutes”

The phone clicked off I looked I still had battery life Joe’s phone had disconnected, not mine

I went online and looked up Connor Grant on the Chronicle’s website and read Cindy’s update on the trial She had written that the defendant was a pretty decent lawyer for a schoolteacher and that the witnesses for the prosecution would be questioned today

She wrote, “The prosecution called their first witness this eant Boxer testified that Mr Grant confessed to her at the time of the explosion that he had bo statement

“Earlier, DA Len Parisi told this reporter that he is confident that the jury will find the defendant guilty As in all trials, the burden of proof is on the prosecution, who uilt beyond a shadow of doubt …”

As I sat in the stairwell, shadows of doubt in all colors and shapes crossed my mind Most of them pointed to Joe

Would he remember Grant’s confession?

Could he stand up to Grant’s cross-examination?

I wouldn’t even be allowed in the courtroom to see and hear him for myself