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“Were they late?”
“The father said the traffic was bad.”
Dad...
The mental image of the man shouldn't have caused me such mental turmoil, but I hoped it would pass soon.
“Okay. Go and sit down.” I indicated their chair.
“Are you all right?” Holly asked me as if she had noticed something.
“Why wouldn't I be?”
“I don't know, you seem a bit strange.”
“I'm fine.”
“If you're saying.”
“I'm going to start my lesson.” I grabbed the door handle as an indication for us to finish the subject.
“See you later.” She waved.
“See you!” I locked it from the outside and turned to the children. “Shall we start the lesson?”
“Wow!” They cheered.
Chapter nine
At least in theory, I didn't deal with murderers, psychopaths, or any kind of thug who needed to go to jail. Lennox stayed far away from cases involving the death penalty. For example, in some situations, it was impossible to escape a trial, especially when the parties couldn't reach an agreement.
When I went in front of the judge, I was always willing to do everything possible to argue and build an indisputable case in favor of my client; that was my main purpose.
On that particular day, some of the associates were sitting in court, watching me defend a technology company against a case of breach of confidentiality and industrial espionage. An employee who had been fired under these precepts was allegingmanipulation of the facts to compromise him. I was there to prove the company's case.
After calling him to the stand, I was sure he wasn't ready to deal with me, as one by one, his arguments fell apart.
“How did part of the program's code end up in your personal email on October 28?”
“I don't know...” He shuddered.
“You don't know, or you didn't send it?”
“Of course, I didn't send it.”
“You've just said that no one else has access to it.”
“They must have hacked me.”
“Should they, or is that a statement?”
“Objection, judge!” The defense lawyer stood up.
“Your Honor.” I turned to the highest authority in the courtroom. “I'm just trying to understand what happened. My client believes he has been wronged by an employee who denies what happened, and we need to check the facts so we can reach a verdict.”
“Objection denied.”
The defense lawyer snorted.