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“I like the Second A, “but seriously Kids shooting each other outside the saloon like in an old spaghetti western? What is the point of that?”

Syd cas of draft, and at that h the crowd, and slid into a chair between Claire andback her irrepressible golden curls

“Hi, guys,” she said, shucking her jacket To Syd she said, “I hat they’re having”

“Gotcha,” said Sydney “If you order now, I can get you in before a party of six”

“Another minute,” I said “Yuki’s on the way”

I looked at my phone to see if I’d missed a travel update, but no I said to Claire and Cindy, “I hope when Yuki gets here, she’s got that true bill under her belt”

“Who wants to guess?” said a voice behind us

Claire jumped up and pulled out a chair for ADA Yuki Castellano, the woman of the hour

Yuki looked great as always, the streak of blue in her glossy black shoulder-length hairher i her courtroom face, and I couldn’t read her mood

We three spoke in nearly perfect unison “Well?”

“Sorry you had to wait,” said Yuk

i “As you know, the grand jury has been known to turn in the verdict the second you’re out the door But I had to wait out in the hallway Ten minutes went by Twenty”

“Yuki, tell us,” Cindy shouted over the barroohter at the next table

Yuki grinned

She said to the waitress, “Sydney, I need a drink with a little kick to it Surprise me And I think we can order now”