Running from the Law by Lisa Scottoline

Author:Lisa Scottoline
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Thriller, Crime & Mystery, Adventure, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780060524760
Publisher: New York, NY : PerfectBound, 2002.
Published: 2010-04-24T07:00:00+00:00

16

I got out of the shower and answered the telephone dripping wet, because I was worried it was the hospital calling. It wasn't.

"It's Jake," said the voice.

"Who?"

"Tobin? Remember? Your partner?"

"Oh, yeah. The ponytail."

He laughed. "I hear you need me."

"Why? I got my own ponytail."

"You're walking into a preliminary hearing, aren't you?"

Christ. The furthest thing from my mind. I patted my face with a corner of my towel. "I guess."

"Criminal homicide ring a bell?"

"Sounds familiar."

"Murder of the first degree? Intentionally causing the death of another human being? And a total fox at that?"

"Like that makes a difference?"

"Not to you maybe. The newspapers are calling you a superlawyer. An experienced criminal advocate. They know something I don't?"

"I memorized the Crimes Code in the hospital."

"You studied? For a murder case?"

It could happen. "What are you calling for, Tobin? I've got things to do." I dripped onto the rug, but I'd be damned if I'd tell him I was wearing a washcloth.

"The preliminary hearing is Friday," he said.

"What? That's tomorrow! I thought I had ten days!"

"No, the hearing is held between three and ten days. They're pressing this one, they must think their case is strong. With the media howling, the pressure is on—"

"Wait a minute. How do you know when the hearing is?"

"The notice."

"A notice came to you?"

There was a pause on the other end of the line, except for a slight crunching noise. "Mack asked me to watch your desk, okay? He said you might need a hand."

"You read my mail?"

"I was trying to help."

"I don't need help. And don't open my mail for me. That's what my secretary is for."

"Oh, is that it? I was wondering." There was a crunching sound again.

"What are you doing?"

"Eating breakfast."

"Well, it's rude."

"Bear with me. I got Snickers, a cup of coffee, and a box of Goobers, but only if I'm good. And I'm good. That's why you need me."

"I'm sure. I have to go." I dripped onto my answering machine and noticed its green light flashing. If I had played the messages I probably would have found out about the hearing, but I had been too tired to listen to them when I got home from the hospital.

"Ask me anything. You must have questions."

"Tobin, look, I have a lot to deal with right now. My father is just out of the woods."

"I'm sorry," he said, between nougat and caramel. "Look, if you have to be with your father, I'll take the preliminary hearing for you. Spell you. You'd stay lead counsel."

"No. I'll postpone the hearing."

"You don't want to do that."

"Why not?"

"It gives them time. Time to rehearse the witness, time to get the lab results."

"Lab results?" My head was full of blood cultures from the hospital.

"They test for blood, hair, fiber samples. They'll be doing all of that right now. A burg like Radnor, they're not like Philly, they don't have their own lab. They can do some fingerprint comparisons locally, but they have to send the other stuff out."

"Since when do you know so much?"

"Me? I've returned hundreds of sociopaths to a peace-loving society.

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