He Defended Her, He Said I Deserved It novel · Chapter 24 of 32
Chapter 24: The Visit
I read it twice, standing in the office in my socks.
Every word.
"No," I said.
Darla didn't argue.
She folded the letter back into its envelope and put it in her cardigan pocket.
"That's a whole answer, sugar," she said. "I'll keep it in case it changes."
It didn't change in January.
A grand jury indicted Kerri on the second Monday of the year. Conspiracy and solicitation, every count the man had pleaded to, and one more.
The trial was set for Tuesday, March sixteenth.
Her lawyer from Norfolk asked for a delay. The judge said no.
My first drawing with my name on it ran on a Sunday in January.
I drew the grandmother with the pound cake, sitting in the corner of the bond office with her coat on, glaring at the door.
The editor called it "Regulars" and ran it bigger than I'd asked.
Nettie cut it out and taped it to the front window, facing Marshall Street.
"Advertising," she said.
Ike said he'd never had a customer who came in because of a drawing.
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