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Rathburn asked, “You deposed the witness, Mr Giftos?”

“He wasn’t forthco”

“Well, I think this is a question of weight versus ad to allow the testimony, Mr Giftos It’s adht”

When James Giftos returned to his counsel table, his face was stormy

Yuki re her elation under wraps She’d won the very valuable point, the admission of Paul Yates’s testi Even now he looked ready to bolt for the exit She asked him if he needed to take a short break

“No I’m okay”

Yuki nodded and asked, “Do you reun at you?”

“Terror,” said Yates “Stark terror It was theI’ve ever experienced I froze I could hardly hear what she was saying Myall over the place The phone The door Pop her in the face withmy chain or was she totally psycho? Fuck I didn’t knohat to do She told me to take offto do”

“Did you take off your pants, Mr Yates?”

“I dropped them to the floor”

“What did the defendant say to you, Mr Yates?”

“She said so to, you know, fuck’ And then she opened her hand and showed ra She told me to take the pills I said, ‘Sure,’ and as she held theun away When she went after it, I pulled up my pants and ran out the door”

“And what happened after that?” Yuki asked

“I went down to the baseht it was safe to come out”

“Paul Is the woman who assaulted you in this courtroom?”