Troubled Waters (38 page)

That would never happen to you, though. You'd be smart enough to figure out a way to grab the knife and stab Clytie instead. Then you'd wipe the blood on your dress and walk out of that house like a princess. And if the Furies didn't like it, well, too bad for them
.

I can see you now, walking out of the courthouse like a Trojan princess, after winning my case
.

Sincerely
,

Keith

As I drafted the papers that would order the prison to release Keith Jernigan, I remembered Dorinda's Tarot reading. She'd predicted that the outcome would be Justice; I smiled to myself as I realized how right she'd been. I'd tilted against the windmills of injustice and, for once in my professional life, I'd come out the winner.

This was why I'd gone to law school in the first place. This was why I got up every morning and slogged to work in the dingy, dark, dirty, ugly pits of the criminal courts.

I could count the number of truly bet-the-farm innocent clients I'd ever represented on the fingers of one hand.

Now I could also use the thumb.

It felt wonderful.

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About the Author

Carolyn Wheat is an attorney, editor, and award-winning author. She has worked on both sides of the legal fence, defending indigents accused of crime for the Brooklyn office of the Legal Aid Society and giving legal advice to the New York City Police Department. Wheat's short stories have won the Anthony, Agatha, Shamus, and Macavity Awards, and two of her six Cass Jameson Mysteries have been nominated for Edgar Awards.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, events, and incidents either are the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, businesses, companies, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 1997 by Carolyn Wheat

Cover design by Barbara Brown

ISBN: 978-1-5040-0226-4

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