Death of a Prince by Susan P. Baker

Author:Susan P. Baker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Refugio Press
Published: 2016-11-25T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

Thunderstorms had moved over the island during the night and showed no signs of letting up. It was one of those days when Sandra wished she could call in sick and stay inside, but since she worked for herself, she knew she couldn’t get away with it.

Pulling on an all-weather coat, the hood covering her head, she ran out to the parking lot. Strong winds made the rain feel like thousands of grains of sand driving into her skin, and it soaked her before she got to her car. It wasn’t as bad as a hurricane, but this was no light shower. Rough, brown breakers crashed onto the beach. Flocks of seagulls huddled on the ground like little old people clutching their coats around them. Traffic crept along, but since the island was only thirty-four miles long from tip to tip, it still didn’t take more than fifteen minutes to get to work.

It was Wednesday. Phillip’s memorial service would be that evening. If the weather didn’t clear by then, the turnout could be disappointing.

After stopping at the office to pick up some files, Sandra went to the courthouse. She was headed to Judge Olsen’s court, where she had a child custody hearing scheduled, when Edgar Saul accosted her in the hallway.

“Can we talk?” he asked.

Sandra put her briefcase down and waited. “Sure. You ready to drop the charges on all my clients? Each and every one of them is innocent.”

“Cut the comedy, Sandra. I just wanted to inform you that I’ve decided to let you go ahead with that examining trial instead of indicting your client beforehand.”

“If you’re talking about Kathryn Fulton’s examining trial, that’s real big of you, Edgar, since I already requested it and the J.P. agreed.”

“Don’t kid yourself. You know damn good and well that I could put a stop to it simply by getting the grand jury to indict her beforehand. I just decided that I’d give you a chance to see how weak your defense is.”

“Oh, right.”

“Sandra, a capital murder trial is very expensive.” He waved his finger in her face. “This county doesn’t need that right now with all the costs of building a new courthouse—”

“Spare me the lecture on how broke this county is. I take it your reasoning is that if I go through with the examining trial, I’ll see how weak my case is and I’ll negotiate with your office. Why not go ahead and make an offer right now and save us both a lot of time?”

Edgar Saul licked his lips. He reminded her more than ever of that cartoon wolf with the long snout and longer tongue. “Life?”

“Tsk tsk. See you in court, my friend.” She picked up her briefcase and walked away. She didn’t know what Edgar’s game was but suspected that he knew he didn’t have enough evidence to indict Kitty, so he was trying to save face.

In a couple of long strides, he caught up with her. “Now don’t go off half-cocked, Sandra. We can talk.

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