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Yuki slapped her desk “Stop lying to me”

He recoiled, then said, “Okay, okay, Paul told e I don’t see what that has to do with anything It was harainst Briana This has gotten out of hand Can we just draw this whole thing to a close?”

“Drop the charges? You ed its mind?”

“Can you do that?”

“Tell me what happened with you, Paul, and Briana,” she said

“What more is there to tell?” he asked her

“Plenty Feel free to fill in the blanks”

Yuki took a sheet of paper out of a folder on her desk and flashed it at Marc

“This is Paul’s suicide note”

“No Please Please don’t read it to me”

“I’ll skip around,” Yuki said “Paul said that he’s sorry He didn’t mean to lie about Briana He wishes he’d never her when he shot you, at your request”

Marc was saying, “Oh, God Oh, God,” and crying now, hands over his eyes Compared with the tears he had shed on the witness stand, this was a very ugly cry

Yuki went on “Here’s a quote: ‘Please tell Briana I knohat I did rong and I a her I hope one day she can forgive irlfriend and his parents for taking his life”

She gave the cri across from her direct eye contact “Marc Was this accusation that Briana Hill raped you a lie?”

He nodded