Nothing but the Truth by Robyn Gigl

Author:Robyn Gigl [Gigl, Robyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 26

Three months later

July 12, 2010

ERIN LEANED CLOSE TO THE BARS OF THE HOLDING CELL AND SPOKE softly to avoid being overheard. Bader had just granted the state’s motion to bar the recordings involving the stop of Swish, and Erin was surprised by how unnerved Jon appeared by her decision. “Don’t worry. Remember this is what I told you we were expecting to happen. Our goal is to try and get into evidence the recording of Britton and Smith. This was just setting the stage for that.”

“Okay,” Jon said, sounding unconvinced.

She was worried about him. Over the last few months, he had lost a lot of weight and his skin had a milky pallor, the result of not being outside for eight months.

“We’re in the home stretch, Jon. Less than two months to trial,” she said in an effort to offer him some hope. “Hang in there,” she said, knowing full well that for him the trial held the possibility of either redemption or damnation. “Have faith things are going to work out.”

His eyes betrayed a sadness that seemed to transcend his current situation. “I lost my faith a long time ago,” Jon replied.

She sensed his response was metaphoric, but it provided a segue into something she needed to ask. “You told me that Gabe spoke to a lawyer. Assuming you testify, have you given any more thought to how you will respond if you’re asked about your relationship with him?”

“Nothing’s changed,” Jon offered with a rueful grin. “He’s promised he won’t hurt me.” He held up his hand and shook his head before she could say anything. “I know,” he said. “You’ve warned me. I get caught in a lie . . .” He didn’t finish the sentence. “I understand, Erin. I understand. But I have to trust him.”

As she walked back into the courtroom, she found herself drawn back to the memories of her own incarceration and the impotence of knowing that, in large part, your fate rested in the hands of others. The one difference, she thought, was that Jon did have some control over his own fate—he just needed to tell the truth—despite that she was pretty sure he wouldn’t.

* * *

“Kind of what we figured,” Erin said to Swish when she returned from the argument on the motion. “Bader made easy work of our relevancy argument. But we got what we set out to do; Bader’s seen and heard the recordings.”

“Good,” Swish said.

“Let’s hope,” she replied. “Um, I need to talk to you about something else.”

“Sure, what’s up?” Swish asked.

“Remember I told you back in January that Mark and I were talking about having a baby?”

“How could I forget?” he replied, with a wink.

“Well, since then, we went ahead with the process and . . . and Liz is three and a half months pregnant. Mark and I are going to have a baby!” she said, her excitement tempered by her trepidations about how Swish would react.

Slowly the corners of Swish’s mouth started to curl, and the smile that started there didn’t stop until it lit up his face.

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