He Defended Her, He Said I Deserved It novel · Chapter 22 of 32
Chapter 22: Deleted
I read the paragraph twice.
"Backdated," I said.
"That's the word."
"I wrote those in pencil with a judge ten feet away. Some have coffee rings from the cafeteria."
"I know, sugar."
"They want to take my books."
"They want you to say no." Darla sat on the edge of Ike's desk. "If you fight it, it looks like you're hiding something. They don't want the books. They want the fight."
I thought about it.
"Then they can have them," I said.
Darla smiled slowly. The gum came out of her pocket for the first time all morning.
"That," she said, "is my girl."
The hearing was Thursday morning, in front of the judge with the half-glasses.
I carried all thirty-one books in myself.
Six milk crates on a hand truck borrowed from the bar next door.
Kerri was at the defense table in a gray suit.
Not cream. Gray.
Her lawyer from Norfolk stood up and talked about the integrity of evidence for fifteen minutes.
The judge let him finish.
"Ms. Kittery?"
"No objection, Your Honor."
The man from Norfolk stopped halfway into his chair.
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