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Ray shotlook “I’hten the mood

Old enough to be her father—alain, I kept my mouth shut

“Never mind all that,” I snapped “We have business to discuss”

Ray’s shoulders relaxed and relief washed over his face

“Let’s start hy you want to try my client as an adult”

“Well, it’s a brutal cri into a hammock on a suirl gang”

“Possible connections So you don’t know for sure”

“We have reason to suspect she’s connected to a gang”

“Based on what?”

“We know about the fight at school and her association with Rochelle Watson We know the ru s as possibly being connected”

“Even if it were true—and I’ it is—that doesn’t mean Tina would kill her mother”

“No, but it ht make Tina more likely to be violent toward her We know there was a history of animosity—even physical abuse—between the two”

“What about Tina’s father, Rodney Fisher?”

“What about him?”