The Underwriting by Miller Michelle

Author:Miller, Michelle [Miller, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-05-14T07:00:00+00:00

AMANDA

FRIDAY, APRIL 11; SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Amanda handed Juan a beer and plopped down on the sofa beside him. She had an hour to kill before her first San Francisco date with a guy she’d met on Hook and she was in a great mood.

“Are you watching porn?” Amanda laughed at how glued he was to the TV, then bit her lip when she realized he was watching a story about Kelly Jacobson.

“No,” Juan said but didn’t smile.

She liked Juan a lot. Last Friday, she’d come home from her first day of work to a surprise dinner party that he and Julie had prepared to welcome her to the city. He’d cooked empanadas that were better than she’d ever had at a Mexican restaurant, and he’d asked questions in a way that made her feel like he genuinely wanted to get to know her.

“What’s the news?” she asked, noting the headline, Breaking News: Jacobson Death Ruled Suspicious; Suspect in Custody.

“They think it was murder,” Juan said. “They think her RA gave her drugs and made her overdose.”

“What made them—”

“Shhh,” he commanded, turning up the volume as the suspect came on the screen.

“Police today arrested Robby Goodman, a Stanford senior who was Kelly Jacobson’s RA. An anonymous tip to a reporter at the New York Times led the university to open an investigation into the girl’s death. The police have reason to believe the girl did not willingly take the drugs that killed her, as originally thought.

“We’re still learning about Robby Goodman, but it appears he was actively involved in rugby, a sport that’s been relegated to club status at most American universities owing to its extraordinary aggression. Here’s Mr. Goodman’s attorney.”

“There is absolutely no basis for this accusation. Police have no information to prove my client was with Kelly that night. This is a witch hunt, trying to vindicate a girl’s purity by vilifying an innocent man.”

“Are you okay?” Amanda said softly. Juan’s face was white.

“Yeah,” he said.

“You’re a lawyer, right?” he asked after a pause.

“A paralegal,” she corrected. “I don’t know whether I’m going to law school or not.”

“So can I ask you a legal question, hypothetically?”

“Shoot.”

“If someone had information that could help in a murder investigation, are they, like, legally, required to tell?”

“Legally, only if they’re indicted. But ethically, they probably should.”

“What if they aren’t supposed to have the information?”

“Doesn’t change the fact they have it and it could help.”

“But what if they don’t know if it could help?”

“What are you trying to get at?”

“I think Kelly was logged into Hook when she died and I think it might help the investigation if they knew,” he blurted, then brought his hand to his mouth in surprise he’d let it out.

“How do you know?” She sat forward. “Can you look up people’s histories?”

He bit his lip. “I can’t tell you.”

“Holy shit!” She punched him, excited. “Can you look up this guy I used to—”

“Please don’t say anything.” He cut her off. “It’s super confidential.”

“Well, yeah.”

“So you think I should tell someone? About Kelly?”

“Only if you want to be responsible for ruining your IPO.

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