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Yeah, right, I thought I felt blindsided by what Martinez had toldthat would have come out sooner or later Better to learn it now than the hard way later
What I didn’t realize was how many more surprises Tina’s case had in store for me
CHAPTER THREE
I spent a leisurely hour or so in court, watching skittish defendants run through countless guilty plea litanies Waiting for ave him plenty of tier-related priors too The assistant state’s attorney enerous orked out the deal, because he sought only probation before judg so nice?
Faint anxiety distracted me I wondered if my erstwhile affair with one of the State’s Attorney’s most senior prosecutors had leaked out Could it be that other ASAs were treating loves because of that? Didn’t seem likely
My decision to break off the affair with the very-married Ray Mardovich hadn’t been easy And I felt henever I went to court I’d catchI wouldn’t see him (while part of me still hoped I would)
My client went through the guilty plea s and turned to leave, I thought I saw the ASA wink at me as the bailiff called the next case Could have been hts of ain If there had been a leak, I hoped the prosecutor wasn’t hoping for an encore Good plea bargains in exchange for good head? What a coht
If this prosecutor was seeking anythinghis tiht me not to shit where you eat
As I weaved h the courthouse crowd—the usual downtrodden lot in shiny, off-the-rack suits reserved for weddings and funerals—I saw ASA Kaitlyn Farrell approaching, balancing a stack of files Kait’s one of the good ones—always deals fair and square—and a great source of inside infored her down and drew her aside for some quick face time
“Sam!” she said “You’re not here to see me, are you?”
“Naw Nothing in your league A juvenile es In Prince George’s County, enough gun and drug cases rolled through the syste out tocase”
Her eyes widened behind the black rectangular frames that complemented her dark brown hair “Do tell What kind of case are you handling with the Grand Master of PG County criht be on the other side?”
“Doubtful It’s an embezzlement case”
“White collar cri up in the world, aren’t we?” She pushed her glasses up the bridge of her nose “Even Walt doesn’t do a whole lot of those”
“Consider the s and violent cri and ton, DC “I think Walt stumbled onto this one because it involves his nephew, Bradley Higgins”