Joe Dillard - 01 - An Innocent Client (31 page)

Will you do the same for me as you did for Angel?”

I was thinking about the conflict. She was right about Angel. They couldn’t try her again, no matter what, and since the rules prohibited me from uttering a word about Angel’s confession, it wouldn’t be an issue. On top of that, if Erlene really had a videotape of Landers conducting an illegal search, the car and everything in it would be out, there’d be no trial and no risk that I’d ever have to question Angel on a witness stand. And because Angel had told me what really happened, I knew Erlene hadn’t killed Tester.

My God, if I agreed, Erlene would be my innocent client. Finally.

”You’re going to be locked up in here for a while,”

I said. ”You up to it?”

”I could post a million in cash for bond if I wanted to, but I’m afraid the nosy old IRS people would wonder where I got all that money. Don’t you worry about me, baby doll. I’ll be fine.”

”You’re in for a bad run of publicity.”

”Doesn’t matter, sugar. The Junior League isn’t ever going to ask me to join anyway.”

”They’ll try to paint you as an immoral madame who uses young girls and preys on horny men.”

”You can clean me up. You’re a sugar pie.”

The woman had an almost irresistible charm about her, not to mention a fat bank account. I shook my head and grinned.

”Okay,” I said. ”You’ve got yourself a lawyer. But it’s going to cost you.”

Document Outline

• Cover Page
  
• Praise
  
• Title Page
  
• Copyright Page
  
• Dedication Page
  
• Part One
  
  • April 12: 7:00 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 8:45 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 10:00 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 10:20 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 11:15 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 11:45 a.m.
    
  • April 12: 12:10 p.m.
    
  • April 12: 4:00 p.m.
    
  • April 12: 6:00 p.m.
    
  • April 12: 2:00 p.m.
    
  • April 26: 11:00 a.m.
    
  • April 26: 3:00 p.m.
    
• Part Two
  
  • April 26: 5:05 p.m.
    
  • April 27: 6:00 p.m.
    
  • April 30: 8:45 a.m.
    
  • April 30: 4:00 p.m.
    
  • June 6: 5:45 a.m.
    
  • June 9: 10:00 a.m.
    
  • June 12: 2:15 p.m.
    
  • June 13: 1:00 p.m.
    
  • June 15: 6:00 a.m.
    
  • June 16: 8:00 p.m.
    
  • June 16: 9:15 p.m.
    
  • June 16: 11:00 p.m.
    
  • June 17: 2:30 p.m.
    
  • June 23: 9:20 a.m.
    
  • June 23: 3:30 p.m.
    
  • June 25: 1:00 p.m.
    
  • June 25: 4:00 p.m.
    
  • June 28: 1:30 p.m.
    
  • July 1: 10:10 a.m.
    
  • July 2: 9:05 a.m.
    
  • July 5: 8:20 a.m.
    
  • July 7: 11:45 p.m.
    
  • July 9: 10:50 a.m.
    
  • July 10: 9:45 a.m.
    
  • July 11: 7:00 a.m.
    
  • July 11: 9:00 a.m.
    
  • July 14: 9:00 a.m.
    
  • July 14: 11:45 a.m.
    
  • July 16: 9:20 a.m.
    
  • July 17: 10:20 a.m.
    
• Part Three
  
  • July 24: 6:15 a.m.
    
  • July 24: 9:00 a.m.
    
  • July 24: 2:15 p.m.
    
  • July 24: 3:00 p.m.
    
  • July 24: 6:05 p.m.
    
  • July 25: 1:00 a.m.
    
  • July 25: 11:00 a.m.
    
  • July 25: Noon
    
  • July 31: 2:00 p.m.
    
  • July 31: 4:15 p.m.
    
  • August 2: 11:00 a.m.
    

Table of Contents

PART I

PART II

PART III