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Yuki used the tih every last word that Marc had spoken She questionedot back to the prosecution table as Art was helping Marc up to the witness stand

Arthur joined her at their table and updated her on his brief chat with Marc “He said he’d had a sudden recurrence of memory,” said Art “It was like a miracle”

A moment later Briana Hill and Madison Benson returned to the defense table Briana was nodding as if Madison had given her an affectionate buck-up speech

The spectators filled the gallery, no doubt wondering what the hell had happened that had caused the judge to throw them out Then the jury came in and took their places in the box Soone off in front of their faces

At eleven sharp the judge took the bench, and a moment before the doors were closed, Jauessed that he had used the recess to sharpen his knives and prepare hiive the cross-examination of his career

Red Dog Parisi had once told Yuki that litigation was a storytelling contest and the best story won Ja job ahead of him if he hoped to underht-years more effective than a secondhand narrative

She’d shown Briana Hill threatening and then raping the victim She had presented proof

She expected that Giftos would tell the jurors that the video was open to interpretation But was it? The jury had been exposed to the rape as if they had been inside Marc’s actual bedrooun

The judge said, “Mr Christopher, you’re still under oath Understand?”

Marc nodded

The judge said, “Court reporter has to hear you Is that a yes?”

“Yes, I understand that I’m under oath”

Rathburn said, “Mr Giftos, are you ready to cross-examine the witness?”

Giftos stood, smoothed his tie, and said, “Sidebar, Your Honor”

Judge Rathburn couldn’t keep the irritation off his face