Elle doesn’t answer. She slowly turns in her chair. Her gaze meets Julian’s. The courtroom holds its breath.

Chaos detonates. Crane’s jaw unhinges. Patricia grabs Elle’s arm. Julian lowers his phone, confused. And somewhere in the back, a cell phone begins to ring—the old Nokia ringtone, tinny and surreal.

Crane smirks. He doesn’t need evidence. He has a secret weapon.

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Elle’s attorney, a weary woman named PATRICIA (60s, spectacles low on her nose), rises slowly.

Then Elle smiles. Not a warm smile. A crocodile’s smile.