Chiara tastes the focaccia, then looks the girl straight in the eyes.
«If you manage to get Francesco released, you can ask us whatever you want.»
The magistrate is hesitant: «I cannot guarantee success. I don't know the judge: the one who normally sits in this county is on vacation. There will be someone who comes from the capital.»
Chiara seems to stiffen: «You must be able to convince
any judge.»
«I can't cancel the evidence: the weapon, the blood ...»
Chiara interrupts her again: «I repeat: it wasn't him! You must persuade everyone of his innocence.»
The woman nods: «I will ask for an acquittal, in any case it is not me who issues the sentence, but the judge.»
«Now tell me: what do you want most of all?» Chiara insists. Psyche looks embarrassed: «Well ... there would be one thi
