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David helped her to a corner booth. ‘I’m fine. It was my fault. I caught my heel in a crack and . . .’
    â€˜Don’t listen to her, Mick,’ said David. ‘The press holed us up on the front steps of County, practically barrelled her down the stairs.’
    Mick shook his head. ‘Barbarians,’ he said, never one to hold back on an opinion. ‘Not to worry,’ he said, helping Sara into her seat. ‘I’ll get you a . . .’
    â€˜Coffee, strong, black,’ interrupted Sara.
    â€˜Juice, combo, orange,’ countered Mick. ‘You need a little sugar is all – and I’ll add some wheat grass for protein.’
    â€˜Thanks, Mick,’ said Sara, knowing there was no point in arguing, as Mick rushed back to his lime green counter and set about ‘fixing things’ the only way he knew how.
    â€˜Not another word,’ said Sara, as David reached across the table to take her hand. ‘It was just a fall, David. If I thought it was anything more I’d be at the doctor’s in a shot. You
know
that.’ She smiled. ‘Besides, you keep sweeping me off my feet like you did on the front steps of County and people are going to assume we are trying out for the lead roles in the next live action version of
Cinderella
.’
    â€˜You and Cinderella,’ he said, squeezing her hand with a smile.
    â€˜Hey, stop complaining. I could have had a Snow White fetish and then I’d be demanding seven little people come share our cosy two-bedder.’
    â€˜This your way of telling me you’re carrying septuplets?’ asked David with a smile.
    â€˜Over my dead body,’ she laughed.
    Half an hour, two roasted chicken sandwiches, one coffee and an extra large juice later, David and Sara were back to discussing their case. They didn’t have much time. They had promised their client that they would look in on his two children later in the afternoon and had called ahead to Logan’s business partner, Katherine de Castro, to make sure she would be at home. She was, and she would be, she had assured them with enthusiasm, and they set up the visit for three.
    â€˜I know he has hired us to represent him,’ Sara began, referring to their client, ‘but in all honesty, part of me thinks we should be talking to the ADA. Logan didn’t kill her and I am not sure what it says about us – basically sharing in his lie and endorsing his confession by representing him in court.’
    â€˜I know,’ said David. ‘But we have no other option. Carmichael will be going through the motions just like us – charging Jeffrey with involuntary manslaughter, and then waiting for the forensics to come in so that she can arrest J.T. and hand him over to juvie.’
    â€˜She isn’t going to like that,’ said Sara.
    â€˜She won’t have any choice.’
    â€˜And you?’ asked Sara after a pause. ‘Is that going to be enough for you?’
    David knew this discussion was coming – and he loved her for bringing it up.
    â€˜I’m not sure,’ he replied. ‘It’s just that this whole case comes with so many questions it is hard to know where I should stand. Stephanie was so generous, so selfless, so full of ideas and opinions and dreams. And for her life to end the way it did – at the hand of her only son . . . part of me needs to know what went down, Sara, and not just for Stephanie, but for me.’
    Sara nodded. ‘It’s like you knew her at “A”, and she ended up at “C” and “B” is . . .’
    â€˜A sixteen-year mystery I owe it to her to understand.’
    â€˜Stephanie didn’t ask you to do this, David.’
    â€˜She didn’t have to.’
    The look of understanding on Sara’s face said it all.
    â€˜So we start by supporting the lie, and after that, well . . . we see what we can do about unveiling the