Webnovel Author: slowestcook - Novel&Fanfic Collection

Andrea wagged her toothbrush at him. "You can't do something like that without telling me." She had actually let the Date with a capital D slip from her mind given everything else that had happened. Kyle started to back away down the hall towards his bedroom. Andrea followed, toothbrush in hand. "Come back, we need to talk about this…!"

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Urban · slowestcook

She nodded and, impulsively, gave him a wink. Then she stood up and walked back to the officer who had been waiting for her.

Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Urban · slowestcook

"Yes," she said. "Get some sleep, Mr Wynn. You've got an appointment with your defense attorney in the morning."

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Urban · slowestcook

"And third, I know you want to. McCabe doesn't think it can be done, but you're stubborn enough and bull-headed enough to do it if anyone can.

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Andrea thought for a moment. "I'm not going to quit over this, not right now." She tried to look and sound as stern and confident as she could. "But I promise you, Jacquelyn, if I find out you've lied to me again, we're going to have another conversation, and if I don't like your reasons, then you bet I'll quit so fast it'll make your head spin!"

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"Of course not! The second reason I lied is because the powerful people pulling the strings on behalf of your young Mr Wynn wanted me to. I don't know how that boy has so many powerful favors to call in, but now they owe me a couple of favors. I'd probably have done it anyway for your sake, so getting to make some powerful friends at the same time… That's an easy choice." Jackie shrugged as though it was the most obvious choice in the world.

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"Of course I did! It's my job to know everything around here."

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Andrea had her full attention. It was an imposing thing to have.

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Urban · slowestcook

Andrea hadn't planned on dealing with this right now. After consideration, she thought it better to plan to talk to Jacquelyn in the morning after some sleep and a chance to compose herself. As she stood and walked to the boss's office, her legs wanted to just keep going and run right out of the courthouse.

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Urban · slowestcook

The public defender offices were almost as quiet as when Andrea had arrived early that morning. She slipped into her office and quickly checked if there were any urgent messages that needed responding to. There was an email from Madison with a summary of all her cases that had been reassigned, a question if she'd taken the afternoon off again, and apparently Madison would be unavailable this evening because of some date with a Spanish teacher she met. Andrea could feel her head getting tight just thinking about telling Madison about the case she might be taking.

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He reviewed his preparations. Must-have-bacon, covered. Herbs and tomatoes, chopped. Peppers and mushrooms, sauteing—nope, done. Covered to keep warm. He'd have time to finish getting ready in the bathroom and then pull everything together for breakfast. Just as he was thinking through his plan, there was a knock at the apartment door.

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Kyle cocked his head. "A guy can only take so much teasing…"

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The laugh was hearty and real, and the smile it left behind was full of genuine delight.

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Andrea realized she had been inspecting his stomach this whole time. "Yes, right. No, you look fine. I mean, it feels fine. I mean…."

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"Really good… I mean…" She could see the tears in the skin where the darts had pierced. "They look sore, but not infected or anything." She reached out a hand to check the injuries and make sure they looked like they would heal and weren't inflamed.

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But she was glad she hadn't waited until the morning. That had been a smile worth taking a detour for.

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"Well, when it's a frantic attack, a crime of passion or someone fighting for their life," he said, miming a rapid downward stabbing, "you get overlap, you get a lot of wounds to the same area. These by contrast are very spread out, quite evenly spaced. It suggests that it was done carefully and deliberately."

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Bob beamed. "No trouble at all, it's been a pleasure talking to you. I hope I see you down here again soon!"

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Urban · slowestcook