When she was defending Brooke, it was all about making sure that her client got the best possible outcome. Elle didn't want Brooke to waste away her life in jail or lose her career over a guilty verdict for a crime she didn't do. Her husband is dead and that can't be changed; how Brooke spends the rest of her life could be. She didn't think too much about the dead man or the horrible thing that happened to him. This new perspective hurts a little. Nothing about this job is easy on either side of the court, but she's still certain it's where she's meant to be.

"Just saying maybe it was someone else isn't enough," she says. If anyone at the office knew she was saying this, she'd be in huge trouble, but if Emmett's right, then the truth is way more important. He has good instincts. She trusts him. "You need a reasonable alternative to show the jury."