is your lover playing on your side?
Jul. 29th, 2015 02:36 amThe thing about working for different firms this summer is that it means Elle spends more time on her own cases, less time studying others or hearing about Emmett's. With him at Poolman and her with the D.A., she can't listen to anything about his work anyway. There are a few cases they're arguing that she knows his firm is on the other side of, and she's literally on one of them. If there's anything she knows that they don't or if he knows anything the D.A. has and she finds out about it, it's trouble for both of them.
Both the D.A. and Poolman and Cooke have so many cases they're overseeing anyway that the odds of them actually being on the same one are pretty slim. It's easier, therefore, not to mention what their cases are at all.
So she's really not expecting to see Emmett when she gets to court that morning.
She's only an associate, pulling her weight but not allowed to talk or do anything major. He's an actual lawyer and part of her can't believe he's actually doing this. She works whatever case she gets put on, but he — well, he can't really afford to say no, at this point in his career, but if he had a strong objection, she's sure they would move him to a case where he'd be more use. If he's here, it's because he has to be or because he actually thinks Aaron King should walk free.
She was only in Darrow for a couple of months when King was arrested for murdering his wife, but she's had plenty of time to go over the evidence: the neighbors who saw King return to the building shortly before the shots rang out; the best friend who has sworn in repeat statements that he arrived to find King kneeling over his wife's prone body; the reports from co-workers claiming King had been unusually agitated for days before the murder. With no other suspects and no reasonable explanation for the timeline, the case appears to her as good as closed.
As long as court is in session, though, there's nothing she can do about Emmett's presence, beyond stealing a few bewildered glances. He's distracting, and not just in the usual way, though he looks really good dressed for court. She's almost positive she's the one that bought that tie; of course he looks good. She tries to keep her head down anyway, take notes, pay attention. Just because he's defending a murderer doesn't mean she's going to let herself slack off or get in trouble when they get back to the D.A.'s office. She's still seething by the time she leaves again, though, heading for Emmett's in the evening.
"I can't believe you're on his defense," she says in lieu of hello. "Are you crazy?"
Both the D.A. and Poolman and Cooke have so many cases they're overseeing anyway that the odds of them actually being on the same one are pretty slim. It's easier, therefore, not to mention what their cases are at all.
So she's really not expecting to see Emmett when she gets to court that morning.
She's only an associate, pulling her weight but not allowed to talk or do anything major. He's an actual lawyer and part of her can't believe he's actually doing this. She works whatever case she gets put on, but he — well, he can't really afford to say no, at this point in his career, but if he had a strong objection, she's sure they would move him to a case where he'd be more use. If he's here, it's because he has to be or because he actually thinks Aaron King should walk free.
She was only in Darrow for a couple of months when King was arrested for murdering his wife, but she's had plenty of time to go over the evidence: the neighbors who saw King return to the building shortly before the shots rang out; the best friend who has sworn in repeat statements that he arrived to find King kneeling over his wife's prone body; the reports from co-workers claiming King had been unusually agitated for days before the murder. With no other suspects and no reasonable explanation for the timeline, the case appears to her as good as closed.
As long as court is in session, though, there's nothing she can do about Emmett's presence, beyond stealing a few bewildered glances. He's distracting, and not just in the usual way, though he looks really good dressed for court. She's almost positive she's the one that bought that tie; of course he looks good. She tries to keep her head down anyway, take notes, pay attention. Just because he's defending a murderer doesn't mean she's going to let herself slack off or get in trouble when they get back to the D.A.'s office. She's still seething by the time she leaves again, though, heading for Emmett's in the evening.
"I can't believe you're on his defense," she says in lieu of hello. "Are you crazy?"