Page 39 of Legal Passion
He shrugged. “Hey, it’s no big deal. I don’t hold any grudges against Harrison. It all worked out for the best for me. I’m doing great.”
“Not in this trial,” she couldn’t help but add.
He mock-grimaced at her remark. “You presented your side. Now it’s my turn. Everything’s going to turn around,” he insisted. But she couldn’t help but think he was trying to convince himself as much as he was her. “You’ll see.”
She gestured at the list on her desk and shook her head. “I don’t think so.” Byron Mueller was no Ernest Rapier, but she caught herself before she changed Stone’s mind about putting him on the stand.
“The jury will hear what I do when Byron talks about his wife’s murder.”
“Guilt?” she asked. “Remorse?” They would hear that once she got done cross-examining the witness.
Stone shook his head. “They’ll hear that he had nothing to do with it.”
She was almost convinced that that was what Stone believed. Maybe he wasn’t just determined to win for the sake of the win. Maybe he really believed his client was innocent.
She narrowed her eyes and studied his face. “You actually think he’s innocent.”
“That’s what I’ve been telling you this entire time,” he said.
He had. But she’d been sure he was lying.
“So, okay,” she said. But she was only humoring him. “If not your client, who killed her?”
