Women's Murder Club [10] 10th Anniversary by James Patterson

Author:James Patterson
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Mystery.Crime
ISBN: 9780316036269
Publisher: Hachette Digital, Inc.
Published: 2011-05-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 64

YUKI SCRIBBLED A NOTE to Nicky on her pad: “Do you know anything about this piano man?”

Gaines scribbled back, “Not one thing.”

Christ. St. John hadn’t supported the cops’ theory of the case, so he’d been ignored. Now she’d been blindsided. Clearly, Hoffman had been trying to tell her about Ellen’s affair with Dennis Martin when she’d blown him off.

Yuki fought the panic that was rising from her stomach and busied herself with her note cards as she thought through this surprise bombshell.

What St. John’s testimony meant was that Ellen Lafferty had motive. And since Dennis Martin had a gun—evidence that Yuki herself had introduced—it followed that Ellen could have found the gun. If so, Lafferty had had the means to shoot Dennis Martin. Motive? Maybe. Opportunity? Every single day.

Dammit.

First rule any litigator learned was you don’t ask questions if you don’t know the answers. She was flying absolutely blind.

Yuki got to her feet and said, “Good morning, Mr. St. John.”

“Good morning.”

Yuki rounded the prosecution table, talking as she walked toward the witness.

“All I want from you are facts,” Yuki said. “Not what someone told you. Not what you heard.”

“Ms. Castellano,” LaVan said wearily. “I’m wearing the robes, not you. I give the instructions, not you. If you have a question, I suggest you ask it.”

“Yes, Your Honor. Mr. St. John, please answer my questions with what you know firsthand.”

“Sure. Okay. I understand that,” St. John said.

Yuki sent up a quick prayer to her dead mother, then said, “Mr. St. John, did you ever see Mr. Martin and Ms. Lafferty in what would be called a compromising position?”

“Having sex, you mean?”

“Yes. Or kissing. Overtly sexual behavior.”

“No. I only know what Ellen told me.”

“Thank you. That’s all I have for this witness, Your Honor.”

“You may stand down,” said the judge.

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