“Surely you can’t believe Nell had anything to do with this, other than as a witness?” Sarah’s eyes narrowed.
“I have to consider all possibilities—”
“Really? They were total bad guys, so you have to consider the innocent bystander, instead of the hundreds, possibly thousands, of really bad people who had good—and bad—reasons to want both of dead?” Sarah demanded.
Ben swallowed.
“Not to mention, it’s not your case anymore,” Alex pointed out. Hey, if the shoe were on the other foot, Ben would have taken the shot.
Ben’s eyes narrowed a bit, then he shrugged and finally grinned. “I think I’ll stop now.” He looked down, realized he hadn’t taken more than a couple of bites and dug in again, quickly cleaning his plate.
Sarah waited until he was done before slanting a look at Nell. “I’m fee
