Attorney Charles Barnett thought it was all over for him and his heart. In the three years since his partner died, he hasn't felt so much as a spark of attraction to another man. That suddenly changes when Charles is assigned a new case and meets his new client.<br><br>Recent widower Philip d'Autremont has been traveling in all the same circles as Charles, but somehow they've never managed to meet. Now that they have, both men find themselves falling hard and fast.<br><br>But there's more than one hurdle to Charles and Philip beginning a love affair, much less maintaining it: Philip is on trial for murder, a politically ambitious and homophobic district attorney is determined to convict him, and Charles is responsible for Philip's defense.

Trial

“Richard, are you on an exercise kick all of a sudden?” he said.


“You’ve accepted two invitations to exercise in a row, and I was wondering what prompted you to do so.”


“If you must know, Bruce is wearing me out, and I need to build up my stamina.”


Charles wisely left it at that; we gathered our gym bags and left.


Chapter 93