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Yuki’s heart thudded al in earnest

“Keep talking,” he said

Giftos went on

“We called her office number and accessed the voice es There were three er than six seconds The first two es were essentially, ‘Call me or else’ The last one was another coded threat

“I’ve transcribed these es by hand,” said James Giftos “We also recorded the ties on her voice ency”

Giftos handed his pen-and-ink transcript of the three phone e Rathburn

Judge Rathburn passed the transcript to Yuki and asked Giftos to play the recorder

He did it

As Giftos had said, the calls had all been made within a week of the incident And the technical quality was good

Yuki said, “Your Honor, these calls are vague and auous”

“I’ them in,” said Rathburn

Yuki felt a vortex opening under her feet, but she steadied herself, dragged herself back froo down She couldn’t go down

She followed Judge Rathburn back to the courtroom

Back at their table, Art said so quietly only she could hear hiot this”

If only she could be sure There were two opposing stories Only one of them was true Which one? And ould the jury believe?