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“No We have a Chinese wall at our house, and we respect it”

“Please tell the jury what a Chinese wall is”

“We don’t discuss the case together Ever Period”

“Lieutenant, thank you,” said Parisi “Now here’s a hypothetical question If you were going to destroy evidence—DNA, fingerprints, video ca up the crime scene with a hard-force explosion accompanied by a flash fire do the job?”

“Absolutely There was nothing left of Sci-Tron but six tons of granulated rubble”

Parisi thanked Brady and told him that he could step down

CHAPTER 44

AFTER THE LUNCH break, as everyone resumed their places, Yuki took her seat at the prosecution table Len sat down heavily beside her

Len seemed to have recovered his co from the accusation that she and her husband had colluded, when in fact they had carefully, rigorously avoided any talk about the case But the worst part of the assault on Brady’s credibility was how Grant had brilliantly summarized his defense in four words

One suspect No evidence

If Antonelli had coached him to do this, kudos to her

Antonelli sat quietly by as Grant introduced his character witnesses: his priest, his banker, and last, Kenneth Evan Miller, an eighteen-year-old student at Saint Brendan as president of the senior class

Kenneth Miller had close-cropped blond hair and hornrireen blazer with the school logo on a patch over the breast pocket

Miller testified under Grant’s questioning: “You are a very devoted teacher I’d say you have a warm relationship with your students, and I personally learned a lot from you”

Yuki atching the young man closely When she had deposed hi back She was going to try to dislodge whatever that so was on cross