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“Could you tell the court what Mr Grant told Sergeant Boxer and yourself?”

“Yes She asked him if he’d seen the explosion He said, ‘Did I see it? I created this—this eant Boxer asked hienius, a creator of beauty He asked if we had seen all of it The lass He said he gave himself extra points for that”

Parisi said, “Do you re else he said?”

“I do Sergeant Boxer asked hi you bombed Sci-Tron?’ And he said, ‘Exactly’ He was emphatic And he added that if we needed to knohy, he said that beauty didn’t need a reason”

Parisi asked, “Did you believe this confession?”

There was a moment of silence Yuki didn’t breathe as she watched Joe disappear into his memory And then he snapped his eyes back to Len’s

“Yes, I believed hiave his reasons for blowing up the ed about what a fine job he’d done, how proud he was that he had done it He was convincing, and despite the fact that, in my opinion, what he did was crazy, he sounded sane to me”

“Thanks, Mr Molinari Your Honor, I have no more questions for this witness”

CHAPTER 37

YUKI SAW CONNOR Grant speak to Elise Antonelli froe Hoffman asked, “Mr Grant, do you wish to cross-examine the witness?”

“Yes, Your Honor Yes, I do”

Grant got up, crossed the room to the witness box, and said, “Mr Molinari, first, I’m sorry that you were injured You must still be in a lot of pain”

Joe said, “I can handle it”

Grant went on

“Do you love your wife?”