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

As she was replacing her handkerchief in her purse in preparation for leaving the stand, Mrs. Treadwell looked at me and said, “What will happen to me now?”


“I honestly can’t say. I expect you will be charged with perjury. Perhaps the prosecutor will go easy on you if you cooperate with the authorities, who will doubtless be charging Mr. Foible and his associate with suborning your perjury, but I really can’t speak for them.”


WHEN SHE’D STEPPED down, Charles recalled Sergeant Kellerman, who appeared to be a trifle nervous. Charles had arranged to have Kellerman kept sequestered so that he wouldn’t know what had taken place in court that morning.


Charles began by saying, “Sergeant Kellerman, I just have a couple of questions concerning your report, and you’ll be free to go.”


Chapter 100