Words utterly escaped me, but Meili intervened. “I’m sorry, Your Honor. I’m sure it won’t happen again.”
Mr. Carter stood. By only the second day in court, he reminded me of a jumping jack, hopping to his feet whenever he had something to say. Maybe because he was only five feet tall, he thought jumping around made him seem bigger to the jury. “Your Honor, I’d like to move that Ms. Guerra be removed from the courtroom until my client has finished testifying.”
Meili opened her mouth to respond, but I shook my head at her.
“It’s fine, Your Honor,” I said. “I’ll wait outside until she’s done showing the pictures.”
A moment after I settled onto a bench in the hall, the door swung open. The last person I ever would’ve expected to see entered the hallway.
“Detective Egan? What are you doing
