Nineteen Minutes

She touched the piped seam of Peter’s mattress and wondered how long she would continue to think of it as Peter’s.

When he was talking about Keynesian models and widgets and competition, it was routine

He’s investigating something new on the case…possibly something exculpatory.”

-techs who saw it had probably assumed it was grout

He started at the upper corner and methodically ran his fingers over every divot and niche

He moved quickly, the heels of his boots echoing, as he pushed aside blue construction tarps and avoided stacks of lumber.

The worst-case scenario is that she commits perjury on the stand and gets charged with it.”

Maybe it was like a cast party for the end of the trial.

The first page was the affidavit that Judge Cormier had brought him

Reporters swam up the stream of onlookers toward the bar, hoping to corral Jordan for a quote.