Then I put it down.
Then I picked it up and read the rest.
Then I called Samuel at 9:40 at night.
“Mr. Ortiz. I have something that isn’t a number.”
“What is it?”
“My mother-in-law’s handwriting.”
“Saying what?”
“Saying she saw Nicole at my desk on June 14th. And that she told Brian. And that Brian told her to stay out of it.”
PART 3
The hearing was set for a Tuesday.
Not a trial.
A motion for a new trial, based on newly discovered evidence, filed by a public defender named Anita Shaw who had read Samuel’s report twice and then said, out loud, “Oh, for God’s sake.”
Brian and Nicole were both subpoenaed.
So was Dennis Hollis of Hollis & Grey.
So was the floor nurse from Riverside Methodist.
So was Dorothy.
Dorothy had not expected that.
“What on earth do they want with me?”
“You’re the one who found the drain.”
