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“No. Nothing interesting or out of the ordinary but if I do come across something interesting I will be sure to share it,” I smiled.
“Great. Well, okay. Have a good day.”
“You too, Caroline.”
I pushed the elevator button, and the doors opened immediately. I stepped on and smiled at her again as the doors closed.
Humph…she knew better than to ask me about a case I was working. I tucked that conversation in the “to be examined” file in my mind.
I stepped off the elevator and was met by Samuel.
“Good morning, Averie.”
“Good morning. You must have been coming up to get me because I was taking long.”
“No, you weren’t taking too long. I was waiting to show you to the car.”
“Really?”
“What?” He shrugged.
“You went from being mean to me to waiting for me by the elevator? My Midwestern charm must be wearing you down.”
“Or…”
“Or what?”
“Or you’re directionally challenged, and I didn’t feel like helping you look for the car over the phone by saying things like, ‘no Averie, your other left. Turn to the left.’” He chuckled.
He teased me because the first time I worked with him at his office, he’d given me directions to the women’s lounge, but I went in the opposite direction and used the male lounge. I was curious about the urinals but thought maybe they had an employee who was going through a sex change or something. When I asked him about it, he laughed at least fifteen minutes before telling me I’d gone the wrong way.
“Awww,” I laughed. “Well thank you either way.”
“No problem.”
We walked toward the car together when Barry turned the corner.
“Ah, just the people I wanted to see.”
He stopped in front of us with a smug smirk on his face.
“I wanted to let you know in person the deal for Mr. Elkanah is off the table. We’ve come across some new evidence which makes the offer null and void. Also, you will get an official notification, but we are amending our charges to include, first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and kidnapping. Your clients are going to jail for the rest of their lives. Hell, we may even ask for the death penalty since they are both such menaces to our beloved society,” he smugly smiled.
I felt the anger running off Samuel in waves. His expression was not affected, but I felt it.
“The next time you have something you need to inform me of concerning this case, send it through official channels. Don’t come near my office again. You are not welcome here.”
“Whatever, Averie. You still have time to switch to the winning team.”
“I would suggest you make your way back to your part of town, DA Leathen,” Samuel rumbled.
“Let’s just hope you can keep your little practice after this is over, Ms. Patterson,” Barry chided.
“Let’s just hope you find that dick I mentioned the other day you cock-less eunuch,” I threw back.
I felt a light tug on my arm, I knew it was Samuel directing me from the confrontation.
“You can scurry back to the DA’s office now,” Samuel instructed again.
