Third person
“I’m not going to sugar-coat it. The evidence against you is quite substantial. We are looking at a long and difficult trial ahead.” The lawyer met his client’s fiery gaze hesitantly. He hadn’t been looking forward to this meeting.
“Well, that’s what I have you for, is it not? To argue against that evidence?”
“Yes. Of course. But we must be realistic. It’s not just how much evidence the prosecutor is going to present – and there is a lot of it. It’s how strong that evidence is, as well.”
Scarlet snatched a piece of paper out of her lawyer’s hands. It was a photocopy of a document that had already been submitted to the court. The apparently damning evidence that the lawyer was talking about.
She looked over the document, of course recognizing it. It was some of the ev
