She said: and then she called and I described it to her. And I knew I wasn’t wrong.
Thomas’s lawyer said: Your Honor.
He said: this is circumstantial at best.
He said: a ring described over the phone. A retired teller with a faulty memory.
The judge said: I’d like to see the photographs from the bank’s security footage.
Thomas’s lawyer said: Your Honor, those were submitted in the original discovery.
The judge said: I’d like to see them again.
She looked at them.
She looked at them for a long time.
She said: the resolution on these is quite poor.
She said: Mrs. Wilkes.
The teller said: yes, Your Honor.
She said: the person who came to your window in April. Do you see her in this room today?
The courtroom did not breathe.
Thomas was looking at the judge.
His mother was looking at the floor.
