Harper’s smile broadened.
“I see we’ve ended up in the same place as we did last week. You have a piece of evidence some human deposited on the victim. Your client swears it wasn’t left by him. A DNA test could confirm it was left by someone else. You believe your client is innocent, you get that piece of evidence tested.”
Was he trying to make her angry? She stalled to give herself time to think.
“I need Jared’s permission to run that test.”
“You bet you do. I’m glad to hear you’re open to the possibility that your client is a liar. As well as a wife-beater and a baby-killer.”
He paused, his eyes on her.
She felt like they’d been playing a card game where only he knew the rules. A beginner, she’d shown him what she was holding.
He looked like a man who’d realized he might have the
