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"Well, whoever she is, this whole business is alave my hand a squeeze "After we have a celebratory drink, you can go home to your beautiful wife and baby and put all this behind you How are you feeling? Stressed?"

"Yes, but I feel pretty

coive me too hard of a time, it should be no sweat"

"I know Sis considered She'll e, and do her best to leave a sen of doubt in the minds of the jury that her client is not coet a reduced sentence rather than an acquittal"

The two of us spoke together quietly about the trial and the evidence presented so far It looked to me like it was a slam-dunk case, but I was a civilian and had no idea how the jury would respond All I could do was tell my part of the story and leave it up to the skill of the prosecutor and hope the jury found her guilty

When the clerk called uard opened the door to indicate I was supposed to enter the courtroom, I turned to Lara and raised my eyebrows

"I guess my time in the fishbowl is here Wish me luck"

"You'll do fine," Lara said "Soon, we'll be drinking at Bernie's on 7th and this will all be behind you"

With that, I entered the courtroom

In the end, ht I walked down the row to the witness box, orn in, and I deflectedthat we had any kind of roues at NYU, and that it was Lisa, not nize her e ain at NYU and when she pushed for a relationship, hoent to the aded to stay

While I was speaking, I noticed the woman who had left earlier returned and sat in the back row She wasn't with Lisa's faht -- she was just an audience member who had a hate on for me

The questions finally came to an end, and I felt fine with how I had performed When I was dismissed, and walked past Lisa and her lawyer, I felt finally free

I almost made it out of the courtroom without incident

Almost

Then, the woman from the back row stood up as I passed her and threw an object at me