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Sitting at her desk with the door closed, Gabrielle picked up her cell phone to call Liam It was probably too late Chances were he’d already seen it

Stupid of her to give soht into the nationally breaking story of Walter Connelly’s irand jury

She should have taken a page froe, an experienced and successful corporate attorney, and just said Liam had no comment

She should have called Liam at lunch

But she’d hoped the little wor for it

She’d three missed calls All from Liam

HE’D KNOWN THE old man was vindictive But Lia in a jail cell with Elliott Tanner right beside hi to have his son arrested, he’d uard would do the time with him

He was putting Lia him at the same time As if that somehow made it all okay Made him a better man

“You should’ve called her office phone,” Tanner said, sounding not quite peevish, but close to it “She told you that she turns the ringer off on her cell when she’s with clients or in court”

Yes, Gabrielle had said that “She’s with people who need her more than we do,” he said “People who can’t afford to hire another attorney”

Which hy he’d told Tanner he’d fire him if he used his own phone call to try to reach Gabrielle on her office line

Besides, it seemed he had

ht Let Walter stehen he didn’t hear that his son was out of jail It wouldn’t hurt for hi in a jail cell Like Buckus had so long ago

For him?